After being cleared by the NFL post the league’s investigation into an Al-Jazeera America report into PED use, Clay Matthews spoke out against the entire process and is worried about how the league is investigating these claims.

“That’s why we stuck strong with the [players’ association] in regards to this,” Matthews told Ryan Wood of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Just because it sets a dangerous precedent. I think this is something that’ll come up within the next negotiations, CBA negotiations. It’s a very dangerous precedent.”

“We weren’t ready to fall on the knife for something we’ve maintained our innocence about,” Matthews said. “Obviously, the interview proved that (we were innocent). It’s exactly that. Especially with the regular season starting, yeah, it’s good to get all that behind us and focused on the regular season starting with Jacksonville next week.”

Matthews is not the first player to speak out on this process, especially after James Harrison has been vocal in his opposition to the league’s investigation into this report. It’ll be interesting to see how the league goes about further investigations, and how players react to them, until this becomes a contentious point of CBA negotiations down the line.

[Larry Brown Sports/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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