And...I'm also shocked we made the best offer, whatever it happens to be.I'm shocked. Extremely shocked.
I don't think that is a given yet, the deal isn't done and leaking this could very well be the Browns letting people know the Pats are in on it in order to get a better offer.And...I'm also shocked we made the best offer, whatever it happens to be.
Because it's easy.The Patriots didn't have $8 million to pay Cooks. It would have been nice to keep him but they couldn't. He was a luxury they couldn't afford. I'm not sure why this point seems to get lost so often.
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/09/17/patrick-mahomes-chiefs-nfl-week-2-fmia-peter-king/?cid=nbcsports1. I think it’s crazy and sad that the first thought among so many in our business and so many fans once Josh Gordon’s looming release became public Saturday was this: Should our team sign him? Gordon, one of the most troubled substance-abusers in recent NFL annals, on Saturday gave the Browns concern “that perhaps he was struggling again with his sobriety or on the verge of relapsing,” according to Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. To refresh memories:
• Gordon was suspended two games for substance-abuse in September 2013.
• He was suspended 10 games for substance-abuse in August 2014.
• He was suspended for the final game of 2014 by the Browns for an undisclosed violation of team rules.
• He was suspended for the full season in 2015 for substance abuse.
• After being reinstated for the 2016 season, he was suspended for the first four games of the season.
• Before finishing his 2016 suspension, he entered an in-patient substance-abuse facility. He missed all 16 games in 2016.
• He was reinstated midway through 2017 and played five games for the Browns.
• He missed much of training camp this season “as part of my overall health and treatment plan,” he said in July.
• He played the first game this season, against Pittsburgh, and reported to the team facility Saturday with a hamstring injury the team believed did not happen at practice during the week.
• He has played in six games since Christmas Day 2014, a total of six games out of the Browns’ last 51.
Josh Gordon. (Getty Images)
Jay Glazer reported Sunday that Browns GM John Dorsey had received feelers from three teams about dealing Gordon, with the likelihood he will be traded Monday.
Two questions: Can we let a 27-year-old man try to conquer his addictive demons first? And what is the rush to do this—have the teams drooling over Gordon taken time to consider that, since entering the league six years ago, he has been suspended five times and at least once was self-admitted to a rehab facility? I’m not suggesting Gordon be banned from football for life. I am suggesting that there is evidence—circumstantial evidence, but there’s some heavy smoke here—that there’s something amiss with Gordon. And this is moving way too fast for any team to satisfactorily examine Gordon.
Is alcohol a banned substance?Do you know something the NFL doesn't, because he's passed all his drug tests.
"Casting their lot" would imply that they would rely heavily on him and bank their overall season's success on him. Acquiring him is nothing more than a flyer.Peter King hates this move, BTW:
The shock I feel with this move, if it happens officially, is that they are taking a chance on a guy with extreme issues. It's not just a little weed here and there. He's on record saying he's done opioids and even cocaine in his past. It's just shocking that Bill would do something like this.I love being a Pats fan. I really, really do.
That was a Browns deadline I believe, nothing hard and fast.I believe 4pm is the deadline for him to be released or traded? so we should know soon.
Maybe Bill is looking for a hookup to get some of this stuff to take the edge off of watching this defense all season.The shock I feel with this move, if it happens officially, is that they are taking a chance on a guy with extreme issues. It's not just a little weed here and there. He's on record saying he's done opioids and even cocaine in his past. It's just shocking that Bill would do something like this.
Perhaps getting the F out of CLE is exactly what he needs right now.Peter King hates this move, BTW:
And here's the relevant passage from his column (which he should have linked because I literally had no idea where he worked until I googled around):
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/09/17/patrick-mahomes-chiefs-nfl-week-2-fmia-peter-king/?cid=nbcsports
1-He plays 9 of next 13 games.Officially official.
Trade now agreed to: Patriots are sending Cleveland a 5th-round pick and if Gordon isn't active for 10 games, Patriots get back a late-round pick from Browns, sources tell ESPN.
As @rapsheet reported, Patriots were closing in on trade for Gordon.
Trade now official.
You're right, you would have think BB would have learned his lesson with Lawrence Taylor.The shock I feel with this move, if it happens officially, is that they are taking a chance on a guy with extreme issues. It's not just a little weed here and there. He's on record saying he's done opioids and even cocaine in his past. It's just shocking that Bill would do something like this.
Night game! 7 extra hours!
New Patriots WR Josh Gordon is healthy enough from his strained hamstring to play Sunday vs. the Lions, per source.
It is. Gordon is really, really good.My good god this is exciting.
I would guess that he is on the field for a handful of snaps, maybe Brady has a few designed 'go' route plays for him, but that's about it and he is mainly a decoy. Even if he knows more routes in the playbook, he hasn't practiced with the team, and it's unlikely that he knows the blocking schemes for plays when he isn't getting the ball. No one wants Brady to get creamed or a RB to get tackled for a loss because Gordon didn't know what to do in the event of a corner blitz.So if the Schefter report is true and he's indeed healthy - he's going to play on Sunday, right? I know that WRs on this team take time to learn the playbook but there's no history of a guy this talented joining in the middle of the season.