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Josh Gordon Tweets He Will Not Be At Training Camp This Week

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  • So, ignore my last post. Apparently Browns are going to waive the "report by Tuesday" stipulation and want Josh to focus on the treatment. If this is true, and if Josh is truly just trying to reinforce his sobriety, this approach and level of support is unheard of, and should be celebrated. Right now, fans are just too pessimistic to really believe ANYTHING we read about Josh, and for good reason. We've simply been burnt SO many times, and the last time really hurt us. We had Josh back, he just caught that touchdown bomb at the Tampa Bay preseason game, and right before the season started...he was gone again. 

    So when we're told anything by the media or especially Josh himself, we tend not to believe it. Or at the very least, think we're not getting the full story. I will say that this entire saga does feel differently than years past. The biggest thing regarding Josh that nobody really wants to talk about is even if he comes back, there's a bigger chance Josh suffers a setback as opposed to remaining in recovery. Addicts don't typically do well in "ultimatum scenarios" (although some can), and make no mistake, he's in one now. "Stay clean or you're gone forever". Still, it's obvious he's a different person now, and he's someone who admits the problem and works very hard on it. That's all we can ask of any human, and I so desperately want to see him succeed. For his family, for his fans, the team, and most of all....for himself. 

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  • HEY JOSH GORDON!!  Tom Heckert just passed away.  He stuck his neck out for you!  YOU OWE THAT MAN!!

    BEING A BROWNS FAN IS A TEST TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN TAKE
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  • OrionO Orion

    HEY JOSH GORDON!!  Tom Heckert just passed away.  He stuck his neck out for you!  YOU OWE THAT MAN!!

    @orion said:

    HEY JOSH GORDON!!  Tom Heckert just passed away.  He stuck his neck out for you!  YOU OWE THAT MAN!!

    And how do you propose that Gordon "pay" him?

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @orion said:

    HEY JOSH GORDON!!  Tom Heckert just passed away.  He stuck his neck out for you!  YOU OWE THAT MAN!!

    And how do you propose that Gordon "pay" him?

    @the-gipper said:

    And how do you propose that Gordon "pay" him?

    Metaphorically? 

    noun
    1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable inorder to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”Compare mixed metaphor, simile(def 1).
    2. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.
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  • mjp28M mjp28

    @the-gipper said:

    And how do you propose that Gordon "pay" him?

    Metaphorically? 

    noun
    1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable inorder to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”Compare mixed metaphor, simile(def 1).
    2. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.

    @mjp28 said:

    Metaphorically? 

    noun

    1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable inorder to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”Compare mixed metaphor, simile(def 1).
    2. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.

    It does not answer the question.   What kind of "Metaphorical" payment must Josh Gordon make to Tom Heckert? 

    You could say that "well, now Josh has to prove to the world and to himself that Heckert putting his faith in him was not unwarranted by Josh coming back and keeping clean and having a great productive season." 

    See there...I did your job for you.

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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @mjp28 said:

    Metaphorically? 

    noun

    1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable inorder to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”Compare mixed metaphor, simile(def 1).
    2. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.

    It does not answer the question.   What kind of "Metaphorical" payment must Josh Gordon make to Tom Heckert? 

    You could say that "well, now Josh has to prove to the world and to himself that Heckert putting his faith in him was not unwarranted by Josh coming back and keeping clean and having a great productive season." 

    See there...I did your job for you.

    @the-gipper said:

    It does not answer the question.   What kind of "Metaphorical" payment must Josh Gordon make to Tom Heckert? 

    You could say that "well, now Josh has to prove to the world and to himself that Heckert putting his faith in him was not unwarranted by Josh coming back and keeping clean and having a great productive season." 

    See there...I did your job for you.

    OK allegorically?

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  • mjp28M mjp28

    @the-gipper said:

    It does not answer the question.   What kind of "Metaphorical" payment must Josh Gordon make to Tom Heckert? 

    You could say that "well, now Josh has to prove to the world and to himself that Heckert putting his faith in him was not unwarranted by Josh coming back and keeping clean and having a great productive season." 

    See there...I did your job for you.

    OK allegorically?

    @mjp28 said:

    OK allegorically?

    Crocodilically

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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @mjp28 said:

    OK allegorically?

    Crocodilically

    @the-gipper said:

    Crocodilically

    Did you mean Crocodillydilly??

  • T TexasAg1969

    @the-gipper said:

    Crocodilically

    Did you mean Crocodillydilly??

    @texasag1969 said:

    Did you mean Crocodillydilly??

    What do you think lies in the Pit of Misery?

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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @mjp28 said:

    OK allegorically?

    Crocodilically

    @the-gipper said:

    Crocodilically

    😆

    Actually they only way you can really make anything up to a deceased person is in their ulogy......or maybe offer to pay for the funeral.

    But seriously may he RIP.

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  • Crocodillys!?

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @mjp28 said:

    Metaphorically? 

    noun

    1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable inorder to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”Compare mixed metaphor, simile(def 1).
    2. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.

    It does not answer the question.   What kind of "Metaphorical" payment must Josh Gordon make to Tom Heckert? 

    You could say that "well, now Josh has to prove to the world and to himself that Heckert putting his faith in him was not unwarranted by Josh coming back and keeping clean and having a great productive season." 

    See there...I did your job for you.

    @the-gipper said:

    You could say that "well, now Josh has to prove to the world and to himself that Heckert putting his faith in him was not unwarranted by Josh coming back and keeping clean and having a great productive season." 

    There.  You figured it out all by yourself.......almost.

    BEING A BROWNS FAN IS A TEST TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN TAKE
    The GipperT 1 Reply

  • So any word when he is coming back?  Been over a week.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
  • DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan

    So any word when he is coming back?  Been over a week.

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    So any word when he is coming back?  Been over a week.

    He is coming back after he bails Calloway out of jail....

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  • OrionO Orion

    @the-gipper said:

    You could say that "well, now Josh has to prove to the world and to himself that Heckert putting his faith in him was not unwarranted by Josh coming back and keeping clean and having a great productive season." 

    There.  You figured it out all by yourself.......almost.

    @orion said:

    There.  You figured it out all by yourself.......almost.

    I had to because no one else could apparently.

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @orion said:

    There.  You figured it out all by yourself.......almost.

    I had to because no one else could apparently.

    @the-gipper said:

    I had to because no one else could apparently.

    It was intended for only smart people to understand.

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  • OrionO Orion

    @the-gipper said:

    I had to because no one else could apparently.

    It was intended for only smart people to understand.

    @orion said:

    It was intended for only smart people to understand.

    It is why I was the only one who could understand it.

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  • I almost feel like the Gordon business is a work, and he might have been told to stay away from hard knocks at least for a little while. 

    Probably that's ridiculous, but it feels a little fishy that if he decided he couldn't attend training camp that they're not legit furious with him. 

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
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  • T The Cysko Kid

    I almost feel like the Gordon business is a work, and he might have been told to stay away from hard knocks at least for a little while. 

    Probably that's ridiculous, but it feels a little fishy that if he decided he couldn't attend training camp that they're not legit furious with him. 

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    I almost feel like the Gordon business is a work, and he might have been told to stay away from hard knocks at least for a little while. 

    Probably that's ridiculous, but it feels a little fishy that if he decided he couldn't attend training camp that they're not legit furious with him. 

    This is his latest video out today. Note how in it he says “when I HAVE to come back”.    

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  • jcam222J jcam222

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    I almost feel like the Gordon business is a work, and he might have been told to stay away from hard knocks at least for a little while. 

    Probably that's ridiculous, but it feels a little fishy that if he decided he couldn't attend training camp that they're not legit furious with him. 

    This is his latest video out today. Note how in it he says “when I HAVE to come back”.    

    @jcam222 said:

    This is his latest video out today. Note how in it he says “when I HAVE to come back”.    

    With the "6 quarters" thing I couldn't help but remember that in the five games he was in last season, there was a huge difference in his contribution if you compared his second half performance.

    Probably he noticed, wanted to be in the best shape possible and focus. It's not only about Hard Knocks being in town. I'm sure the "brotherhood" kind of environment in the team can lead him to do drugs (marijuana and alcohol are very "social" drugs), and he prefers not to take any chances for as long as possible.

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