Josh Gordon suspended indefinitely, yet again

[unbillievable]

12 minutes ago, Mango said:

 

A good look at his history. He started using Xanax and Codeine in 7th grade. Gangs at 15. Then some ass-hat-coach at Baylor helped Gordon cheat his drug tests so he could keep playing. When you start using prescription meds at 12/13, you really don't have much of a chance against being an addict. Then add gangs at 15, and adults helping you keep your addictions going from 18-20 so you can be "successful". 

 

 

Jerry Jones assigned a babysitter to Dez Bryant.

I always wondered if that was in his contract.

[Matt_In_NH]

Give the man a chance!

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

31 minutes ago, Just Joshin' said:

Did not see that coming..............maybe he can hang out with AB.

 

...naw....he's studying for finals......

[Matt_In_NH]

25 minutes ago, Dr.Sack said:

In all fairness weed is legal in Seattle.

 

Technically it is against federal law and that prevails over Seattle's laws.   But there is the whole CBA and banned substances, etc.

[BigdaddyinOrlando]

29 minutes ago, klos63 said:

Patriots had to know this was coming.

Yep , probably had video of it!

 

sad to hear but enough of the wasted chances spent . Hope he is able to fight the demons with in himself and is able to enjoy some normalcy. 

[MAJBobby]

It was Blow and PEDs he adopted the Patriot Way 

[GoBills808]

40 minutes ago, White Linen said:

Wow

 

There's something very likeable to me about Gordon.  He's clearly has a problem and it has it's grip on his life.  

Same with me. He comes across as an easy guy to root for in my eyes...hoping for the best outcome. 

[blacklabel]

Yikes, dude wants to have his cake and eat it too... which is a dumb gotdamn quote, what the heck else do you do with cake? Seems like he wants to play ball and still do whatever recreational things he wants to do in his down time. 

[H2o]

Where are all the people who were mad we didn't put a claim in for Gordon? 

[muppy]

42 minutes ago, Dr.Sack said:

In all fairness weed is legal in Seattle.

Is it a certainty that weed was what caused this suspension? I think it’s past due for the NFL to change their rules if so. It has verifiable legitsment uses for example pain relief that could benefit players. He may be psychologically addicted but I haven’t heard that weed is actually physically so. In his case it may be a distinction without a difference 

Edited December 16, 2019 by Margarita
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[billsfan89]

 

41 minutes ago, unbillievable said:

I always point to Gordon when people say Weed isn't addictive.

 

Anyone who chooses Marijuana over $$,$$$,$$$ is clearly a junkie.

 

Weed is mentally addictive just like anything. It doesn't however hold the same physical withdrawals and addiction that other harder drugs and tobacco have. But yes if you choose weed over an NFL career you are stupid and also not good at beating a easy to beat policy (Aaron Hernandez beat the NFL's weed policy they test you once a year right before training camp.) 

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

2 minutes ago, Margarita said:

Is it a certainty that weed was what caused this suspension? I think it’s past due for the NFL to change their rules if so. It has verifiable legitsment uses for example pain relief that could benefit players. He may be psychologically addicted but I haven’t heard that weed is actually physically so. In his case it may be a distinction without a difference 

The change may well come some day, but there is always something about something and talented people sometimes just find a way to f things up. Doesn't make them bad people, but it just is what it is.  He's gone, and there wasn't nothing nobody could do about it. 

[Hapless Bills Fan]

57 minutes ago, whatdrought said:

How has his agent not hired a full time body man to prevent this by this point? Jeez.

 

Probably turned the body man and sent him after the stuff

[Big Turk]

Just goes to show how teams will continue to overlook just about anything if the player is good enough.

[Hapless Bills Fan]

10 minutes ago, Margarita said:

Is it a certainty that weed was what caused this suspension? I think it’s past due for the NFL to change their rules if so. It has verifiable legitsment uses for example pain relief that could benefit players. He may be psychologically addicted but I haven’t heard that weed is actually physically so. In his case it may be a distinction without a difference 

 

I agree with you on the "past due" thing

 

But that's a "maybe in the future"

 

Here's the thing that bothers me for the guy's future. 

To a large extent, success in our society is a matter of being willing and able to abide rules - homeowners rules, condo association rules, car insurance rules, traffic laws, etc.  And yep, employers rules.

 

It doesn't bode well for the guy's life outside of football to be unable to handle that within football.

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

Sooooooo (as I heard speculated on the radio) 

the Patriots knew something was up but found a way to dump his issues onto another team.  
 

Please Roger Do Your Job and get that organization under control.  

[MAJBobby]

15 minutes ago, H2o said:

Where are all the people who were mad we didn't put a claim in for Gordon? 

still here. And guess what would have happened?  Nothing bad hence the ZERO RISK part of claiming Gordon 

[billsfan_34]

And Bong Rip Gordon is at it again! 

[whatdrought]

32 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Probably turned the body man and sent him after the stuff

 

I actually had that exact thought as I was typing that. Lol

[unbillievable]

How many people work for a company with a substance abuse policy?