Josh Gordon stepping away from football
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/omiQgO8IjE">pic.twitter.com/omiQgO8IjE</a></p>&mdash; Flash Gordon (@JOSH_GORDONXII) <a href="https://twitter.com/JOSH_GORDONXII/status/1075759466065338368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Patriots</a> WR Josh Gordon is facing another indefinite suspension for violating terms of his reinstatement under the substance abuse policy, per source. He announced today he’s stepping away to address his mental health.</p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1075761886954749953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Cool. 1 less weapon for billicheat.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Patriots</a> WR Josh Gordon is facing another indefinite suspension for violating terms of his reinstatement under the substance abuse policy, per source. He announced today he’s stepping away to address his mental health.</p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1075761886954749953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


Now we know why

Wow, patriots lose a weapon

i thought that was a given

OH POOR PATRIOTS

HOW WILL THEY DEAL WITH SUCH A SETBACK?
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I don’t think so not sure to be honest

Smoke weed every day.

Laughing now, but it’s going to suck when Kareem Hunt ends up with the Pats next year.

I don't believe after Hernandez that Kraft will bring in someone with known, documented anger/hostility issues.

Recreational drug use is a total different animal, and is probably something he cares less about.

TMZ have something on tape ???

This is great news. Lol, fantastic news.

Pats aren't winning shit this year lmao.

Comes down to us, PIT, and the Texans

We can easily beat the Texans. Steelers as well. Chargers are our toughest opponent and they are in the same division as us

I was going to write something about this, but then I realized nobody cares so instead I'm going to give you some old school boobs.

(o)(o)

You're welcome.

I don't like Phillip Rivers but I fear him and the Chargers more than either Pitt or the Texans.

Did LAC step away from football as well?

They’re arguably the best team in the AFC. And that gives me hope for a KC Superbowl run.

It can't be that ****ing hard to just not do drugs, right? Like, holy shit man.

**** the Patriots lmaooooo!!!

Pretty big disconnect between his tweet and Pelissero's.

I remember watching the Ricky Williams documentary. Dude had major major social anxiety issues. Was always miserable playing football.

I actually feel bad for Gordon. I think he felt an obligation to play football bc of his God given talents. Everything I've seen is that he's a decent dude who just doesn't love football and felt pressured to do it. Good, walk away and be happy.

Unless he’s depressed he has no mental health issue. He has a drug problem.

Is Brady and Belicheck stepping away too?

That's gonna sting.

He’s played his last down, he will be banished with the next suspension. Sad. The guy just couldn’t give it up.

can you change your font size please to make them a little bigger?

Surely no one is surprised about this? I predicted this when he was released earlier this season and people were hollering for us to sign him.

With Berry in they scored 7 points and turned the ball over twice in two quarters of football. I'm just really not scared of them. We were stepping on their nuts in a game where our offense played like shit. When Berry gets more reps in and our offense fires on all cylinders the Chargers will get fisted the third time we see them.

Houston IMO is our worst matchup, and PIT is a wildcard because their offense has the ability to go score for score against us.

You have no ****ing clue what you're talking about.

We planted a dirty sample in retaliation for the Hunt tape.

Shocking

Absolutely correct. No surprise here.

Pats are 3-5 away. They lost to some absolute dog shit teams and every loss has been on the road. Get them out of Foxborough and they scare absolutely no one anymore.

It's possible his mental health issue comes from pressuring himself to play football. I'd bet he could retire, live a Ricky Williams lifestyle, and be perfectly happy. It's not how I'd live my life. But if he's happy doing that, I don't think that points to having either a drug problem or a long term mental health issue.

Yup. Retire and move to Colorado.
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I doubt any team takes him in again. This has happened year after year. Pats were his last chance.

Addiction isn't a little thing. Thankfully I didn't inherit that trait from my father's side of the family, but nearly everybody else did. It sucks to watch family members die off early or rush themselves to an early death that you know is coming for them.

If we can secure the #1 seed, they'll have all road games and then come to Arrowhead in Jan. We'll have Berry, Watkins, and hopefully LDT back, so I suspect it might be a miserable day for Rivers.

But you can't be addicted to weed.

Chargers

I’m not scared of any team but LAC is still a contender

Is it really 'stepping away' when you're being banned?

I wish Kareem Hunt hadn't decided to step away.

It's like when Nixon resigned.
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Good (for us, not for Gordon. F the NFL for banning weed).

Gordon was the Pats’ deep threat. Now defenses can key in on the short game and take advantage of TB12’s noodle arm.

FYP

Jesus, can you imagine how monumentally different this guys career would have been if the NFL didn't test for weed!?

Doesn't he have alcohol abuse problems as well?

Yes, he has everything problems.

https://www.gq.com/story/josh-gordon-nfl-2017-interview

If I was an employer I wouldn’t want my employees to show up to work high. On there free time they can do whatever but at work hell no.

He hittin Sonic with Bowe

You can't fire me! I quit! LMAO

Welcome to the XFL....

This feels like karma for the Pats...just need a video of Gronk or Brady to surface now.

Pats don't spend top dollar for RBs. Can't imagine they will be top bidder for Hunt.

Goodell will issue the Pats an extra 2nd Round pick for their troubles.

Butt****ing. That’d be prefect. LMAO

XFL for Kareem Hunt and Ray Rice as well?
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Stick a fork in ‘em

Too bad it didn't happen before the Chiefs played them. No deep threat would of changed the game.

FWIW, he doesn't have a noodle arm, he has a serious lack of deep threats. Gordon was a very good WR with us, but wasn't a deep threat in the style of a Randy Moss or Brandin Cooks.

Anyway, Patriots are pretty healthy this year, but not much appears to be going right for them. They have gone from great to just good, and "good" seems unlikely to get them very far in the playoffs. Maybe they somehow catch lightning in a bottle over the next 6 weeks or whatever, but seems pretty damn unlikely.

BTW, it's not Brady that is the problem...


http://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/stor...ump-was-mirage

Hope he figures shit out, good on him to take care of his mental health first

He's actually been primarily focused on taking picks away from teams for BS reasons rather than awarding extras. See, also, Chiefs 2016 3rd round pick and 2017 6th round pick.

Huge blow to the Patriots, he was the guy who help open up the offense for them this year.

47 rec, 787 yrds, 4 td in 12 games

Well there's already that creepy photo of him out there kissing his kid on the lips..

FYP

Everything is lining up as ‘It’s Phillip Rivers Time”

On the subject of blown careers...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...id/2375960002/

Ex-NFL WR Dorial Green-Beckham arrested with pound of marijuana, police say

Police say former NFL wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham was arrested Wednesday night in Springfield, Missouri, after he was caught with a pound of marijuana.

Green-Beckham, 25, was booked into the jail just after 3 a.m. Thursday.

Springfield police spokeswoman Jasmine Bailey said the department's Special Response Team served a warrant Wednesday night at a home in the 600 block of East Grand Street.

Bailey said Green-Beckham was in the home but fled when officers arrived, diving through a glass window.

Officers eventually caught up to Green-Beckham and found about a pound of marijuana in his backpack, according to Bailey.

Officers then searched the home and found an additional 7 pounds of marijuana, Bailey said.

Bailey said Green-Beckham does not live at the home on Grand Street and was not the target of the search warrant. Police say another man was also arrested as part of the raid.

It does not appear formal charges have been filed.

Green-Beckham was the country's top high-school recruit coming out of Hillcrest High School in 2012 when he signed to play football at Mizzou.

After a tumultuous two years in Columbia, which ended with Green-Beckham being kicked off the team, he entered the NFL draft in 2015 where he was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the second round.

Green-Beckham was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles and cut before the start of the 2017 season.

He pleaded guilty earlier this year to driving while intoxicated for a December 2017 incident where he was driving drunk while trying to pick up a friend in Springfield.

Green-Beckham was on probation in the DWI case at the time of Wednesday's arrest

On a related note, I thought the move by the Packers to nab Allen Lazard off the Jacksonville PS was a brilliant move. The kid has great size and character. I think he's a diamond in the rough. Chiefs should have done that IMO, but glad he's not in NE Either.

Ha! That's some bullshit. I still dream about it. Psychological addiction is still addiction, but I'm not convinced there isn't some physical addiction as well.

I still don't sleep well, don't eat like I used to, etc. I don't think we have enough info on long-term, high-potency/full-spectrum cannabis use and the resulting withdrawals/addiction cycle.

A lot of athletes have blown their careers and reputations due to drugs. One that rehabed his reputation after prison is former Cowboy, Nate Newton. Here's an article from when he got out of prison
http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2059715

Or Bam Morris who threw away his career with the Steelers and the Chiefs
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-bus...ris-for-drugs/

ok

Is "Phillip Rivers Time" measured in trimesters?

what an idiot.

It sounds like he knows another suspension is coming.

Junkie dumbass. What a loser. Next step? Crime spree, girlfriend beating, jail. Wasted life.

So sick of the "Mental health" excuse that's caught on in this country.

People use it as an excuse to absolve blame for whatever **** up they just did.

Good chance Hunt misses all of next year.

I hope Tyreek Hill breaks his leg this weekend.

He's already suspended.

mods?

ROFL. This from someone who frequently pretty much wishes death on every non-Chiefs player in the NFL. :rolleyes: