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6 hours ago, cant wait said:

honestly the kid is so naturally gifted he really could take some time off and make a real comeback in a year or two. he’s like the football equivalent of josh hamilton

This IS his comeback ... and it lasted one whole game. 

By the time he's clean and ready to play, he'll be using a zimmer frame.

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Josh Gordon timeline.  Forgive the long post, but its a long timeline.  Nothing major, aside from a DWI, but a ton of little sh!t.  Was oririnally suspended in college at Baylor for marijuana possession in 2010; missed two seasons in college and has not been able to stay out of trouble since:

http://thefootballgirl.com/josh-gordon-release-browns/

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June 12, 2012: Browns select Josh Gordon in the second round of the supplemental draft

Cleveland takes a massive, almost unheard of risk by giving up its second round pick in the following year’s NFL draft to add the troubled ex-Baylor star. Gordon has not played a down of competitive football since December 2010 after being arrested for falling asleep at a Taco Bell with marijuana in his car. Baylor suspended Gordon indefinitely, and it was later revealed that he failed a drug test.

June 7th, 2013: The NFL announced it is suspending Gordon for two games for violating the substance abuse policy.  Gordon claimed the substance, codeine, was an ingredient in his strep throat medication and therefore ingested unintentionally.

2013 NFL Season: Gordon lights the league on fire upon his return from suspension. He puts on a show almost every week as an explosive deep threat, even as defensive coordinators add help to cover him Despite missing two games, Gordon’s 1646 yards receiving yards, aided by back-to-back 200+ yard efforts, makes him tops in the league. He is named a first-team All Pro and Pro Bowl starter.

May 2014: Outside the Lines reports that Gordon will be suspended for the entire 2014 season for another failed drug test. In August the league conforms that Gordon will indeed be suspended for the season after his appeal was unsuccessful.

July 7th 2014: Gordon is arrested and charged with DWI after driving while impaired in Raleigh, North Carolina.

September 19th, 2014: Gordon’s suspension for his failed drug test is cut to 10 games due to the NFL’s new drug policy which states a ban doesn’t come until the fifth failed test. Gordon’s latest is his fourth.

2014 NFL Season: Gordon is immediately inserted into the starting lineup in Week 11 and returns to his old ways with eight catches for 120 yards.  But he is largely irrelevant in the four games that follow, only topping 50 yards once.

December 27th, 2014: Gordon is suspended by the Browns for their Week 17 game after violating team rules. Gordon, along with Johnny Manziel, missed the team’s walkthrough on Saturday.

February 3rd, 2015: The NFL announces it is suspending Gordon for the 2015 season after he violated the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse. The league found alcohol in Gordon’s bloodstream, a substance for which is tested because of his previous DUI. Then Browns head coach Pettine had called this offseason “squarely at a crossroads for us” in regards to Gordon.

July 25th,2016: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell conditionally reinstates Gordon, though imposes a four-game suspension to start the season so Gordon can prove he can stay sober.

September 22nd, 2016: There’s a warrant out for Gordon’s arrest for failing to comply with a paternity test. He finally submits a DNA test and the results confirm he is the father to a one-year-old girl.

September 29th 2016: Scheduled to return from suspension, Gordon instead announces he is entering an inpatient rehab facility.

October 4th, 2016: Goodell announces that Gordon is back on indefinite leave.

May 11th, 2017: The NFL denies Gordon’s application for reinstatement, despite his business manager claiming Gordon is in “the best place mentally.”

November 1st, 2017: Goodell conditionally reinstates Gordon again. ” [Josh’s] commitment to sobriety and to reaching his goals in football and beyond will determine his success. It ultimately is up to Josh,” says Goodell in a statement.

December 3rd, 2017: Gordon plays in his first game since 2014. He is targeted 11 times and finishes with 85 yards. He will play in the team’s remaining four games.

July 20th, 2018: A Cuyahoga County judge issues a temporary restraining order requiring Gordon to make child support payments which he neglected to do through his suspensions.

July 23rd, 2018: Gordon announces that he will miss the start of Browns training camp as part of his “overall health plan.” Browns GM John Dorsey pledges his support.

August 18th, 2018: Gordon returns.

September 9th, 2018: Gordon has one catch for 17 yards and a touchdown in Cleveland’s opening week tie with the Steelers.

September 15th, 2018: Gordon is released after showing up to the facility late and being flagged for possible substance use.

 

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9 hours ago, ID. said:

Yes, I believe he left to take part in the 33rd annual Nova Scotia dolphin roundup & slaughter.  He participates every year.

Holy eff.  Is this an actual thing?  I searched for it but found an annual dolphin hunt in Japan.  I have heard of the Gadhimai Festival in Nepal though (which takes place every 5 years).  That thing is insane (mass slaughter of animals - in the 100's of thousands - in a large open field).

Or maybe you're just making a joke that Josh Gordon is going to sign with the Jets to play against the Dolphins today?

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13 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

Holy eff.  Is this an actual thing?  I searched for it but found an annual dolphin hunt in Japan.  I have heard of the Gadhimai Festival in Nepal though (which takes place every 5 years).  That thing is insane (mass slaughter of animals - in the 100's of thousands - in a large open field).

Or maybe you're just making a joke that Josh Gordon is going to sign with the Jets to play against the Dolphins today?

Oh an opportunity for me to say how much I hate humans. True story. Anyway Jags should get Gordon and Dez and then just cross their fingers. 

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Ian Rapoport‏ @RapSheet

Notes on Josh Gordon’s impeding departure from the #Browns: His release was not a result of a substance abuse violation or failing a test. He did injure his hamstring at a photo shoot.

 

Michael Lombardi‏ @mlombardiNFL

Browns can claim non football injury and have no obligation to him

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7 minutes ago, HessStation said:

Oh an opportunity for me to say how much I hate humans. True story. Anyway Jags should get Gordon and Dez and then just cross their fingers. 

all those mother****ers standing on that beach I would have no problem at all dropping the worst possible weapon on them and watching them all suffer and roll around in their own sh*t

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5 minutes ago, C Mart said:

Ian Rapoport‏ @RapSheet

Notes on Josh Gordon’s impeding departure from the #Browns: His release was not a result of a substance abuse violation or failing a test. He did injure his hamstring at a photo shoot.

 

Michael Lombardi‏ @mlombardiNFL

Browns can claim non football injury and have no obligation to him

Sounds like they're upset he's focused on things other than football.  He must be a real head case for them to want to release a guy with that much talent.  Some team will still probably take a chance on the guy.  He's probably fool's gold but I still wouldn't mind if it were the Jets.

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6 minutes ago, Smashmouth said:

all those mother****ers standing on that beach I would have no problem at all dropping the worst possible weapon on them and watching them all suffer and roll around in their own sh*t

 

15 minutes ago, HessStation said:

Oh an opportunity for me to say how much I hate humans. True story. Anyway Jags should get Gordon and Dez and then just cross their fingers. 

You guys are my kind of peeps.

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3 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

Sounds like they're upset he's focused on things other than football.  He must be a real head case for them to want to release a guy with that much talent.  Some team will still probably take a chance on the guy.  He's probably fool's gold but I still wouldn't mind if it were the Jets.

Sorry, but there is no way in hell I allow Gordon with in 20 miles of Florham Park. 

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38 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

Holy eff.  Is this an actual thing?  I searched for it but found an annual dolphin hunt in Japan.  I have heard of the Gadhimai Festival in Nepal though (which takes place every 5 years).  That thing is insane (mass slaughter of animals - in the 100's of thousands - in a large open field).

Or maybe you're just making a joke that Josh Gordon is going to sign with the Jets to play against the Dolphins today?

Ok never hear of that festival. Just googled it up. Wtf is wrong with people? Holy f just drop a nuke on nepal and start fresh im nauseated

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54 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

Holy eff.  Is this an actual thing?  I searched for it but found an annual dolphin hunt in Japan.  I have heard of the Gadhimai Festival in Nepal though (which takes place every 5 years).  That thing is insane (mass slaughter of animals - in the 100's of thousands - in a large open field).

Or maybe you're just making a joke that Josh Gordon is going to sign with the Jets to play against the Dolphins today?

It is a thing, but I’m pretty sure it happens in one of the Nordic countries (Norway I think). 

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30 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

Sounds like they're upset he's focused on things other than football.  He must be a real head case for them to want to release a guy with that much talent.  Some team will still probably take a chance on the guy.  He's probably fool's gold but I still wouldn't mind if it were the Jets.

No freakin' way you want this guy on your roster and in your clubhouse. Everyday it would be "will Gordon show up? Will he be here 100% mentally?  Will he pass his next drug test?"  How can you put together a gameplan with this guy?

Jets are fine at WR.

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Bingo!

Anthony Becht‏ @Anthony_Becht

Are we still showing compassion for this Josh Gordon comeback? Yep so dialed in rumor has it he hurt his hammy in a promo shoot? More excuses...I said in once.... I said it 100 times... time to move on and give a kid a chance that’s doing all the right things

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1 hour ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

Sounds like they're upset he's focused on things other than football.  He must be a real head case for them to want to release a guy with that much talent.  Some team will still probably take a chance on the guy.  He's probably fool's gold but I still wouldn't mind if it were the Jets.

This may just be a Cleveland blunder. Normally I wouldn’t think this would be a team mistake but it’s the Browns. 

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1 hour ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

Holy eff.  Is this an actual thing?  I searched for it but found an annual dolphin hunt in Japan.  I have heard of the Gadhimai Festival in Nepal though (which takes place every 5 years).  That thing is insane (mass slaughter of animals - in the 100's of thousands - in a large open field).

Or maybe you're just making a joke that Josh Gordon is going to sign with the Jets to play against the Dolphins today?

No, I was joking. 

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54 minutes ago, C Mart said:

Bingo!

Anthony Becht‏ @Anthony_Becht

Are we still showing compassion for this Josh Gordon comeback? Yep so dialed in rumor has it he hurt his hammy in a promo shoot? More excuses...I said in once.... I said it 100 times... time to move on and give a kid a chance that’s doing all the right things

Meanwhile Randy Moss and Charles Woodson blaming the Browns, because they never really "welcomed him back right" or something. LOL. I guess the concept of Personal accountability is lost on some....

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