@jafbf said:

Gee, I wonder if the guy who wrote that article is a Browns fan.

@diehardbrownsfan said:

It actually is an interesting question. That's really a once in a lifetime trade, and we were an expansion team that could have used the picks. Why didn't we jump on it?

It would have made the bust of Ricky Williams much sweeter.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1804086-why-josh-gordons-elite-abilities-make-him-untradeable-for-the-cleveland-browns

@shep said:

Possible translation: "Joe and Mike are taking calls, but so far no one has met our price."

@the-gipper said:

Well, you see what Haden did with AJ Green....the closest thing in the league to Megatron.

Ummm... define "closest".

I actually think Jones is closest (much more physical than Green), but still is not what I would call close to Megatron.

@diehardbrownsfan said:

Man, I wonder what would have happened If I had picked the Mega Millions jackpot lottery numbers.........

Would have lost the ticket?

@alporcini said:

Man, I wonder what would have happened If I had picked the Mega Millions jackpot lottery numbers.........

@topdawg31 said:

Don't know whether this has ever been a post topic, and pardon me if it has, but I've often wondered how things would have turned out if we had made that trade with Ditka in year one. We don't get Couch, we get all the Saints picks in addition to our own, plus NO's #1 the next year... I am nowhere near the savant some of you are.. anyone care to revisit what our roster may have looked like given that supposition?

@hoorta said:

Well, you see what Haden did with AJ Green....the closest thing in the league to Megatron. If JH can come up with a similar performance....and I expect him to do so, we could be in pretty good shape.

@hoorta said:

lions dont have a very good secondary, at all..... norv and chud should be able to gameplan good enough for us to get points. i see no less than 17 points sunday. i want to see benjamin involved in the offense this week too. and expect at least 4-5 throws 40+ yards down field.

@shep said:

You missed the tweet right beneath it- Sheard and Groves are practicing again. If we can hold the Lions to a couple field goals we got a chance- all depends if Megatron plays. The guy is uncoverable.

#Browns Chud: "We are not shopping Josh and we have no plans to trade Josh." He was responding to ESPN report about trade talks with 49ers.

(Well there's that.)

I would hate the idea of trading Gordon... but I would instantly suspect Banner had a good reason. Nobody manages a team out of spite. Banner is an employee who will be judged on wins and losses and he knows it. This whole notion that GMs run a team to make a point about Tom Heckert is absolutely off the reservation.

If we did trade Gordon, and I deeply doubt it? Wait for the other shoe to drop. That would mean the team sincerely believes he's a hot mess.

Zombo said:

They haven't done anything stupid yet.

They've been brilliant, actually.

Zombo

@hoorta said:

"probably".

i think it'd go more like "go fuck yourselves!"

@ballpeen said:

Not exactly 'Peen and you know this- there's a few guys in the NFL that there isn't a realistic price on. You could offer the Broncos your next two drafts for Peyton Manning, and you'd get probably get turned down.

http://bit.ly/15YRWjI

@d-bone said:

This. Seriously like many others already said, you can draft a WR for the next 10 drafts and not get one that is good as Josh Gordon. I wouldn't trade him for 2 firsts, and if someone was crazy enough to trade 3 firsts that's when I'd be stumped.

How many years do teams pick a player in the 1st round and 3 years in a row it's a pretty mediocre to average player, possibly even a bust? it happens quite often.

I hope no team is crazy enough to offer 2 firsts and some other picks because I'm sure Banner/Lombardi would do that deal. I wanna keep Josh.

edit: LOL a second for Josh? what is wrong with this shit.

Zombo said:

No doubt you have to listen. Even if for no other reason than to keep the lines of communication open with the other team. You never know when you might want to contact them.

As the saying goes....everything is for sale if the price is right.

@koalabazooka said:

......in each of the next 3 drafts.

@booty-loaf said:

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet

Browns aren't shopping their stars. But they have talked to teams about Josh Gordon, including #49ers. They'd like a 2nd rounder in return

If Trent is worth a 1st, then Gordon is worth a 1st, 2nd & 3rd.

Gordon is worth much more than a 2... period. Shows it everytime he sets foot on the field.

If teams are concerned enough about him getting on the field that a 2 is as high as they are willing to go, I use that to motivate Gordon to stay on the field and show them all what they missed out on.

If nothing else, the kid has pride... use it...

@slowburn said:

... snorting blow off Moly (Miley) Cyrus' cleavage at Larry Flynts club on west bank.

Miley has cleavage?

@the-cysko-kid said:

The national media is still talking about Richardson like he's an elite player.

Amazing isn't it?

Zombo said:

^+1 Nah we'll trade you Gordon for Frank Gore + a pick. Hey Niners, care to trade us Kapernic while you're in the market? We'll give you Weeden and one of our first rounders? Deal?

@comeonman said:

Gordon is one of three players on this team you absolutely cannot trade. I wouldn't let him go for two first rounders. Would any other team give up an elite WR, which Gordon is, for any kind of draft pick? No, why should Cleveland be the only stupid one. I know it's just discussion but it still pisses me off

What you and Zombo said.

@sundawg said:

Gordons Contract:

7/16/2012: Signed a four-year, $5.342 million contract. The deal contains $3.8 million guaranteed -- a $2.324 million signing bonus, Gordon's first two base salaries, and $380,000 of his third-year salary. 2013: $632,802, 2014: $825,604 (+ $50,000 workout bonus), 2015: $1,068,406 (+ $50,000 workout bonus), 2016: Free Agent

This is chump change for a receiver of his quality. Essentially, there is little risk to keeping him, more risk letting him go, become a stud, and make Browns look like brown sphincters muscles (ie assholes)!

Exactly

@booty-loaf said:

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet

Browns aren't shopping their stars. But they have talked to teams about Josh Gordon, including #49ers. They'd like a 2nd rounder in return

Really? That's all the value Ian puts on a stud WR? In that case we should ask the Lions if they'd trade us Megatron for a second rounder, Man, I'd do that deal in a nanosecond. Hell, I'll even throw Greg Little in on top of it.