Earl Thomas will think next time he decides to promote his futurstic healing methods. After dislocating his shoulder in the NFC Championship game, Seahawks Safety Earl Thomas said he was 100 percent heading into the Super Bowl.
That got Thomas a random HGH test from the league. Thomas was not pleased, and posted a tweet this morning about the test.
Yesterday I said my shoulder was a 10 … Wake up the next morning and I have a blood test for HGH .. League office distraction
— Earl Thomas (@Earl_Thomas) January 29, 2015
According to Ed Werder of ESPN, Seahawks players complained that they were being treated like prisoners.
However, another Seahawks player told ESPN that many players are mad about it.
“We are being treated like criminals, tested like people on parole,” the player said.
The NFL’s HGH random testing program selects six players each out of eight randomly selected teams per week in the offseason. Random testing for HGH isn’t as frequent once training camp begins through the end of postseason.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll has said he expects Thomas to be fine for the Super Bowl, and on Wednesday, Thomas detailed the improvement of his shoulder injury.
“I’ve come so far,” Thomas told reporters. “I feel so much better. Each day, it’s surprised me because this is my first time with the injury and you don’t know what to expect. It has been just positive results from the trainers. They’re doing a great job with me.”