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NFL will interview players named in Al-Jazeera America PED story

The NFL plans to interview three players — Julius Peppers, Clay Matthews and James Harrison — named in an Al-Jazeera America report linking them to performance enhancers and other drugs, the league has told the NFLPA, according to USA Today.

Citing a "strongly worded letter" from NFL senior VP of labor policy and league affairs Adolpho Birch, obtained by USA Today, the NFL will schedule interviews with the three for the first day of their respective training camps.

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Peppers and Matthews play for the Packers, who open camp July 26, and Harrison plays for the Steelers, who open camp July 29.