NFL senior vice president of labor policy and government affairs Adolpho Birch has informed the NFLPA that the players named in the December Al-Jazeera America report alleging performance-enhancing drug use will be interviewed in July.
In a memo obtained by NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport, Birch outlined a plan to interview Green Bay Packers linebackers Julius Peppers and Clay Matthews and Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison on the first day of their respective training camps. The interview for former Packers linebacker Mike Neal, currently a free agent, is scheduled to take place on or before July 22.