Josh Gordon Tweets He Will Not Be At Training Camp This Week
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Just saw a Snapchat of JG yesterday.
He's training down in Florida. Rocking some Florida Gator attire.
Less stressful than training in Cleveland? I'll posit Josh will be back the day after the HBO cameras go away.
Less stressful than training in Cleveland? I'll posit Josh will be back the day after the HBO cameras go away.
Same feelings that I have too Larry.
Mike
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I was unaware. And no wonder, there were hardly any td's. - and I never heard an announcer explain it.....but then some of the games were sooo bad that I watched just the plays.
Still...he's a general screw-up and I'm sick of him. And I'll bet anything that the coaches and FO are fed up with him (no matter how politically correct they have to be at a press conference).
The only reason he hasn't been cut is because if he ever DOES get his butt on the field, he's a load for a DB to cover. But if it comes to him costing us a roster spot...........
No offense my brother, it's just that I've heard this so many times, not just from you but a lot of places- I felt it needed addressed.
I'm actually okay with him not being here.
1) Hard Knocks is a drama, and drama is the last thing Gordon needs.
2) Gordon is in amazing shape. He's actually one of the most physically gifted WRs in the game. The last thing we need is for him to tear an ACL or something before we unleash him on PIT.
3) Gordon may not have the games logged but he's been in the league nearly 6 years now and is still on his rookie contract. He's making peanuts compared to other WRs that couldn't hold his jock strap. He knows he has no legs to stand on for holding out for a new contract but I believe minimizing the risk for both parties is the best thing for all of us right now.
If Gordon keeps his head on straight and has a monster year, helps us make the playoffs and end the drought, he could be in for a sizeable raise next year.
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Anyone who is an addict or knows one personally will immediately understand the relevance. I also want to remind everyone that nobody wakes up one day and WANTS to be an addict. It takes everything from a person, a family, and leaves them an empty shell devoid of all hope and future....IF....they don't get help and CONTINUE getting help. I want Josh back as much or even more than anyone. But you know what? Even if he never plays another down of football, it appears as if Josh is figuring out what it takes to live a sober life, and that means more than anything in the world. It would be an awful shame to never see this rare talent play a game he is so good at, but it'd be a bigger shame to see his life, his chance at being a father....washed away too.
......and that's all very nice. We can say a prayer for him at church on Sunday. BUT IS HE GONNA PLAY FOOTBALL!!? OR NOT!!
He has left his team in a lurch. (theoretically - I'm assuming they never counted 100% on him) Because the actual truth is that he lead his team on that he was full go to be a Cleveland Brown....clean....dedicated....a new man....a father....all that jive. And now he doesn't report to work?! Well then you're NOT a new man, rededicated, yadda yadda.
Perhaps he's just too screwed up to be a football player. Last year with the dark glasses on while on the sideline during games. Maybe he's just too whacked to be a football player.
......and that's all very nice. We can say a prayer for him at church on Sunday. BUT IS HE GONNA PLAY FOOTBALL!!? OR NOT!!
He has left his team in a lurch. (theoretically - I'm assuming they never counted 100% on him) Because the actual truth is that he lead his team on that he was full go to be a Cleveland Brown....clean....dedicated....a new man....a father....all that jive. And now he doesn't report to work?! Well then you're NOT a new man, rededicated, yadda yadda.
Perhaps he's just too screwed up to be a football player. Last year with the dark glasses on while on the sideline during games. Maybe he's just too whacked to be a football player.
And that's my biggest problem with the situation. "Is he going to play football?" I realize these things seldom have a time-frame, but even with knee injuries, ankle injuries, soft-tissue problems...you GENERALLY have a freaking time-frame. My biggest issue is that we weren't given one. I think if the general public was given just a BROAD idea of when to expect him back, it wouldn't be THAT big of a deal AT ALL. Like, "Josh is taking measures to ensure his continued success. We support him in his growth as a person and as someone battling a terrible affliction. Although we will miss Josh at the beginning of training camp, we fully expect him to return after the first preseason game, better than ever."
But we didn't get that. We didn't get anything CLOSE to that.
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Same feelings that I have too Larry.
Mike
Yeah I hope so too.....and still playing football not parking cars.
The BROWNS have a lot riding on this potential #1 WR, so does HBO what a story!
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Same feelings that I have too Larry.
Mike
Yeah I hope so too.....and still playing football not parking cars.
The BROWNS have a lot riding on this potential #1 WR, so does HBO what a story!
Yeah I hope so too.....and still playing football not parking cars.
The BROWNS have a lot riding on this potential #1 WR, so does HBO what a story!
Well, I've never watched Hard Knocks- yet. Can I assume as a player you can summarily ignore them? Like, got nothing to say to you guys, get out of my face?
The QBs have their RV, off limits to everyone, maybe Josh needs one too.
HBO has tons of money- Hey Josh, how much do you need to show back up at training camp? It's going to hurt our ratings if you're not there.
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I dunno, man. All this for a guy who literally hasn't done anything of consequence on the football field in four seasons. Four. Since then it's been one fukup after another.
I'm not going to be at all surprised if he doesn't show up this season. Hope I'm wrong.
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Anyone who is an addict or knows one personally will immediately understand the relevance. I also want to remind everyone that nobody wakes up one day and WANTS to be an addict. It takes everything from a person, a family, and leaves them an empty shell devoid of all hope and future....IF....they don't get help and CONTINUE getting help. I want Josh back as much or even more than anyone. But you know what? Even if he never plays another down of football, it appears as if Josh is figuring out what it takes to live a sober life, and that means more than anything in the world. It would be an awful shame to never see this rare talent play a game he is so good at, but it'd be a bigger shame to see his life, his chance at being a father....washed away too.
......and that's all very nice. We can say a prayer for him at church on Sunday. BUT IS HE GONNA PLAY FOOTBALL!!? OR NOT!!
He has left his team in a lurch. (theoretically - I'm assuming they never counted 100% on him) Because the actual truth is that he lead his team on that he was full go to be a Cleveland Brown....clean....dedicated....a new man....a father....all that jive. And now he doesn't report to work?! Well then you're NOT a new man, rededicated, yadda yadda.
Perhaps he's just too screwed up to be a football player. Last year with the dark glasses on while on the sideline during games. Maybe he's just too whacked to be a football player.
......and that's all very nice. We can say a prayer for him at church on Sunday. BUT IS HE GONNA PLAY FOOTBALL!!? OR NOT!!
He has left his team in a lurch. (theoretically - I'm assuming they never counted 100% on him) Because the actual truth is that he lead his team on that he was full go to be a Cleveland Brown....clean....dedicated....a new man....a father....all that jive. And now he doesn't report to work?! Well then you're NOT a new man, rededicated, yadda yadda.
Perhaps he's just too screwed up to be a football player. Last year with the dark glasses on while on the sideline during games. Maybe he's just too whacked to be a football player.
Exactly. This is the Cleveland Browns FOOTBALL team not the f u c k i n g rehab player association.
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......and that's all very nice. We can say a prayer for him at church on Sunday. BUT IS HE GONNA PLAY FOOTBALL!!? OR NOT!!
He has left his team in a lurch. (theoretically - I'm assuming they never counted 100% on him) Because the actual truth is that he lead his team on that he was full go to be a Cleveland Brown....clean....dedicated....a new man....a father....all that jive. And now he doesn't report to work?! Well then you're NOT a new man, rededicated, yadda yadda.
Perhaps he's just too screwed up to be a football player. Last year with the dark glasses on while on the sideline during games. Maybe he's just too whacked to be a football player.
Exactly. This is the Cleveland Browns FOOTBALL team not the f u c k i n g rehab player association.
This is the Cleveland Browns FOOTBALL team not the f u c k i n g rehab player association.
Cold....hard....truth.
Like Dorsey & Hue say at pressers, "We want what's best for Josh in getting his life in order", we ALL want that. Hue & Dorsey are not lying. But this ain't your Tuesday night golf league! This is professional football. You're only brought to the team is to be the best player you can be and focused on helping the team win a championship. And so here we are well into TC, where one hone's his skills to become the best player he can be, and is getting in sync with the new playbook and new QB / players in order to win a championship, and where is he? Running around in shorts down in Gainsville somewhere. - It's just not right.
Now I understand that I don't understand the demons he may have haunting him. I had a mother with severe depression. It's horrid. But if he can't handle the bright lights of NFL football, then he should find a desk job somewhere.
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This is the Cleveland Browns FOOTBALL team not the f u c k i n g rehab player association.
Cold....hard....truth.
Like Dorsey & Hue say at pressers, "We want what's best for Josh in getting his life in order", we ALL want that. Hue & Dorsey are not lying. But this ain't your Tuesday night golf league! This is professional football. You're only brought to the team is to be the best player you can be and focused on helping the team win a championship. And so here we are well into TC, where one hone's his skills to become the best player he can be, and is getting in sync with the new playbook and new QB / players in order to win a championship, and where is he? Running around in shorts down in Gainsville somewhere. - It's just not right.
Now I understand that I don't understand the demons he may have haunting him. I had a mother with severe depression. It's horrid. But if he can't handle the bright lights of NFL football, then he should find a desk job somewhere.
Cold....hard....truth.
Like Dorsey & Hue say at pressers, "We want what's best for Josh in getting his life in order", we ALL want that. Hue & Dorsey are not lying. But this ain't your Tuesday night golf league! This is professional football. You're only brought to the team is to be the best player you can be and focused on helping the team win a championship. And so here we are well into TC, where one hone's his skills to become the best player he can be, and is getting in sync with the new playbook and new QB / players in order to win a championship, and where is he? Running around in shorts down in Gainsville somewhere. - It's just not right.
Now I understand that I don't understand the demons he may have haunting him. I had a mother with severe depression. It's horrid. But if he can't handle the bright lights of NFL football, then he should find a desk job somewhere.
Indeed. And the cold hard truth is that Josh Gordon has let everyone down---Baylor, Utah, the Browns---who has ever given him an opportunity. I'm not trying to pile on the kid but FFS, he hasn't been on the field in any meaningful capacity since December 2013. We get excited every year and...pfft. This year everyone is fully erect because he looks awesome and is working his butt off and breaking defenders ankles...in Gainesville, FL. I'm perfectly willing to stand and admit I'm wrong and I hope to hell that in December I will have to do just that. But until I see him on the field I'm not going to hold my breath.
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Anyone know how long HBO is in town? They leave = Josh is back.
Debuts Tuesday August 7th at 10pm … with hour long episodes each Tuesday(with an encore play on Wednesday at the same time) culminating for the season finale on September 4th.
I don't know if that's how long they'll be in town or that's just when it airs.
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Supposedly HK will be there right up through final cuts.
They always are because they love to follow the new players through trials and tribulations. The're very good at "humanizing" these guys as real people with real desires to make it in the NFL. That's what makes it a show worth watching for me.
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Let's hold off on the "Josh let everyone down" talk for a bit. Yeah, he's let us down, but it's not exactly like the guy isn't trying. Trying like mad to regain his life.
So I heard an interesting theory about why Josh isn't at camp, and it had to do with not wanting to face the exposure from the HBO cameras. Obviously Josh would be quite a story, and you can imagine that the cameras would be all over him, all the time. Now, I'm not sure how much of that I believe, seeing as I THINK the HBO cameras are there for the entire duration of camp, right? So is Josh planning on coming back AFTER camp? I would seriously doubt that's the plan. So if he comes back mid-camp, wouldn't he be even MORE of a story? Whatever, my brain hurts. I just want him back.
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I wonder what his "high'-ness is doing this weekend....
Less than a week now 'til our first preseason game. Think he'll watch it on tv? Or is that against Dr.'s orders too?
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I wonder what his "high'-ness is doing this weekend....
Less than a week now 'til our first preseason game. Think he'll watch it on tv? Or is that against Dr.'s orders too?
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I'm starting to get a little conspiratorial about this. I wonder if the league just doesn't want him in the show. His story would quickly consume it and he probably isn't someone they want representing the league. Everyone involved seems to be too comfortable with the situation. I wish it were true because we'd all be more comfortable with the situation. Maybe get him in the last day of filming so they don't have time to discuss his pregame rituals. He reunites with his team and all is well. The end.
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I'm starting to get a little conspiratorial about this. I wonder if the league just doesn't want him in the show. His story would quickly consume it and he probably isn't someone they want representing the league. Everyone involved seems to be too comfortable with the situation. I wish it were true because we'd all be more comfortable with the situation. Maybe get him in the last day of filming so they don't have time to discuss his pregame rituals. He reunites with his team and all is well. The end.
I'm starting to get a little conspiratorial about this. I wonder if the league just doesn't want him in the show. His story would quickly consume it and he probably isn't someone they want representing the league. Everyone involved seems to be too comfortable with the situation. I wish it were true because we'd all be more comfortable with the situation. Maybe get him in the last day of filming so they don't have time to discuss his pregame rituals. He reunites with his team and all is well. The end.
As more time goes by, I think most of us feel the same way. Like, there's definitely more to the picture than we know, and I don't know if we're going to like it. We fans are trained NOT to believe what we read, so when we're given a statement saying this is a planned absence and everything is fine, automatically we're thinking the total opposite. It's been....what...almost two weeks since Josh made the announcement? If he's smart, he'll provide an update. In fact, the lack of any updates are exactly what is making me so nervous.
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I wonder what his "high'-ness is doing this weekend....
Less than a week now 'til our first preseason game. Think he'll watch it on tv? Or is that against Dr.'s orders too?
I wonder what his "high'-ness is doing this weekend....
Less than a week now 'til our first preseason game. Think he'll watch it on tv? Or is that against Dr.'s orders too?
That could put him over his stress level.....
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