MIAMI — Richard Sherman thinks something is up, but he’s not sure what.
The 49ers star cornerback went public with the news that the NFL tested his blood for performance-enhancing drugs Thursday morning. That in itself wasn’t what bothered him. Sherman thought it was curious, though, because the tests are supposed to be random and he was also tested after the NFC title game last week.
“For the pee test, you get multiple of those if you haven’t taken them during the year, but for the blood, it’s so rare that you get them,” he said. “I’ve never gotten them [two weeks in a row]. I can honestly say I don’t think anybody’s ever gotten them in back-to-back weeks.
“They say the chances of that happening are infinitesimal, but clearly they’re not when you’re me. The chances of them happening back-to-back weeks of the NFC Championship and the Super Bowl are probably astronomically low, but here we are.”
Sherman and the NFL have a questionable history in this department.
The league ruled that he failed a urine test for Adderall in 2012 and would have suspended him four games, but Sherman won an appeal on the claim that the tester mishandled his sample in a way that altered the results.
The NFL drug-tested Sherman the day he won his appeal.
When asked why he thought the league gave him a blood test again this week, Sherman seemed to doubt the randomness of the testing.
“I didn’t pull the name out the hat; You’ve gotta go ask the league,” he said. “You ask them and they’ll probably have some odd response.”
A spokesperson for the NFL did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
