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The NFL is one of the strictest professional sports leagues on earth when it comes to testing for performance-enhancing substances.
These tests are supposed to be random but New England Patriots linebacker Matthew Judon believes they aren’t. And he’s calling out the NFL for the supposedly ‘random’ PED tests.
The NFL is so strict with PED tests they even force NFL players to do testing at international locations during offseason vacations. If a player is on vacation at that resort in Sicily from The White Lotus they only have 4 hours to get to an approved international testing facility and provide a sample.
Currently, any player can be tested at any time. Players are supposedly chosen at random but Matthew Judon says that’s not the case. He’s blasting the NFL and NFLPA, saying ‘no way this is random’ about his latest PED test request.
Dear @NFLPA @NFL leave me the F alone please. It’s no way this is random. I take melatonin to sleep sometimes. The rest is just vibes pic.twitter.com/9bfYeoQH4O
— Matthew Judon (@man_dammn) December 15, 2022
That caption from Matthew Judon reads “Dear @NFLPA @NFL leave me the F alone please. It’s no way this is random. I take melatonin to sleep sometimes. The rest is just vibes.”
It was just two weeks ago the NFL came after Matthew Judon with a ‘random’ PED testing request:
Another random drug test for the gang. NFL saying I know it gotta be something.
— Matthew Judon (@man_dammn) December 2, 2022
That caption from Judon read “Another random drug test for the gang. NFL saying I know it gotta be something.”
At this point they building another me with all the nose swabs n pee they got from me https://t.co/nr7ljgGp21
— Matthew Judon (@man_dammn) December 2, 2022
There was another one on November 25th:
How many random drug test can one have?
— Matthew Judon (@man_dammn) November 25, 2022
Matthew Judon is having a great year so far. He has 50 tackles in 13 games. Judon has 29 solo tackles and 14.5 sacks.
14.5 is the most sacks of his career. It’s possible the increased production is tripping up the NFL’s supposedly ‘random’ system. But that’s all just speculation from various people on Twitter.
Patriots fans chimed in with jokes:
https://twitter.com/AnthonyBangers/status/1603383269122543617
This could realistically happen:
They will be testing you at halftime. 😂😂
— Mike Sullivan (@msully17) December 15, 2022
He’s not wrong:
Random PED tests is a better success measure than the pro bowl these days.
— PatsFanKev (@PatsFanKev) December 15, 2022