CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera plans to ask the NFL to explain why free safety Eric Reid was ejected for a shoulder-to-helmet hit on Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in the third quarter of Thursday night's 52-21 loss.
Rivera, however, doesn't plan to ask the league about Reid's claim after the game that he was drug tested for "like the fifth time'' since he was signed by Carolina in late September.
"They're not going to catch me on anything,'' said Reid, who in May filed a grievance against the NFL in which he claimed collusion to keep him unemployed because his protests against social injustice during the national anthem while with the San Francisco 49ers.