Cam Newton won’t be playing again this year https://www.carolinapanthersfanshop.com/hats , but they aren’t putting him on injured reserve.Via the team’s official website, Panthers general manager Marty Hurney said the plan was to simply deactivate Newton the next two weeks.They will have to make a roster move later this week, since Taylor Heinicke is the only other quarterback on their 53-man roster at the moment.Heinicke has thrown four passes this season, including a couple of Hail Mary attempts that Newton couldn’t attempt because his shoulder didn’t allow him to propel a ball that far in the air. Along with one attempt with the Texans in 2017, the backup will get more work this week than in his career.Heinicke’s background with offensive coordinator Norv Turner (in Minnesota) was the reason they held onto him this year.Hurney said the plan was to promote Kyle Allen from their practice squad so they’d have two. The question of whether Panthers safety Eric Reid‘s random PED tests were truly random continues to percolate, unresolved because Reid has failed to take the steps that would resolve it.Apparently Carolina Panthers Hoodie , he doesn’t need to. Because his suspicions are gaining traction. On Thursday, Panthers coach Ron Rivera commented on the generally accepted (but unverified) belief that Reid has been randomly picked for PED tests seven times in 11 weeks with the team.“I guess there was something about some mathematician saying it’s highly improbable, but definitely possible,” Rivera told reporters, via David Newton of ESPN.com. “But I’ll say this, if my name came up that many times C.J. Anderson Jersey , I’d buy a lottery ticket.”Those observations presume that Reid has been randomly tested seven times. At a minimum, the media possibly has miscounted; the last time the issue came up, he’d been randomly test five times with a total of six tests. Unless he had yet another random test and didn’t complain about it (unlikely), he has been randomly tested only six times.But, again, that’s unverified. A player can claim that he’s been randomly tested every single week if he wants Russell Color Rush Shepard Jersey , and there’s nothing the league or the union can say or do to refute it. That’s not to say that Reid isn’t telling the truth. If he is, however, and if he believes that foul play has a occurred, he should direct the NFL and/or the NFLPA to disclose all details about his random testing.As recently explained, there are only three possible explanations for this situation: (1) Reid has been specifically and deliberately targeted for six or more “random” PED tests; (2) Reid hasn’t actually been randomly tested as many times as he claims he has been tested; or (3) Reid’s tests, however many there have been Jordan Scarlett Jersey , are the result of the legitimate application of the random testing process.If it’s indeed deliberate, it would be one of the biggest scandals in recent NFL history. And it could easily be proven, via a fairly basic examination of the digital footprints generated, or not, by the engagement of the algorithm that randomly selects 10 players per team per week.Reid could obtain that proof by directing the union to file a grievance. And he should want to do it, since it would not only bolster his collusion case but also create separate rights for which Reid would be entitled to some sort of remedy.Maybe Rivera simply said what he had to say because he feels compelled to support his player. If he really wanted to help his player https://www.carolinapanthersfanshop.com/Christian-Miller-Jersey , however, Rivera should tell Reid that he should quit talking about his suspicions and take action. Until Reid takes steps aimed at getting the truth out, it’s fair to be at least a little skeptical about the overall veracity of his allegations.