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Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 45m45 minutes ago
Browns WR Josh Gordon flunked another drug test and now will be subject to a one-year banishment, per league sources. More on ESPN @ 6 pm.
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Now Schefter is saying it was for alcohol...
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 17m17 minutes ago
Browns WR Josh Gordon tested positive for alcohol, as @ProFootballTalk also reported.
Not sure about the suspension now.
Browns WR Josh Gordon flunked another drug test and now will be subject to a one-year banishment, per league sources. More on ESPN @ 6 pm.
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Now Schefter is saying it was for alcohol...
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 17m17 minutes ago
Browns WR Josh Gordon tested positive for alcohol, as @ProFootballTalk also reported.
Not sure about the suspension now.
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Josh Gordon tests positive for alcohol, faces one-year ban
Posted by Mike Wilkening on January 25, 2015, 4:08 PM EST
PFT’s Mike Florio has confirmed Gordon is in line for a one-year ban for a violation of the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.
A source tells Florio that Gordon tested positive for alcohol. Moreover, a source tells Florio that Gordon’s suspension looks to be a “done deal,” with a reversal of the ban not expected.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported Gordon was set to draw a one-year ban from the league.
If Gordon’s suspension sticks, it’s another major setback for a wonderfully talented player who has already lost 13 games to league- and team-levied suspensions in his NFL career.
The 23-year-old Gordon was suspended for the first 10 games of the 2014 regular season for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy. He caught just 24 passes for 303 yards in five games this season. He missed the last game of the season after being suspended for violating team rules.
The news of Gordon’s potential ban further throws his future with the Browns into doubt. After the season ended with Gordon suspended for the finale, coach Mike Pettine said the receiver was “squarely at a crossroads with us.”
Now, it fair to wonder whether his Cleveland career will soon reach an end.
Posted by Mike Wilkening on January 25, 2015, 4:08 PM EST
PFT’s Mike Florio has confirmed Gordon is in line for a one-year ban for a violation of the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.
A source tells Florio that Gordon tested positive for alcohol. Moreover, a source tells Florio that Gordon’s suspension looks to be a “done deal,” with a reversal of the ban not expected.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported Gordon was set to draw a one-year ban from the league.
If Gordon’s suspension sticks, it’s another major setback for a wonderfully talented player who has already lost 13 games to league- and team-levied suspensions in his NFL career.
The 23-year-old Gordon was suspended for the first 10 games of the 2014 regular season for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy. He caught just 24 passes for 303 yards in five games this season. He missed the last game of the season after being suspended for violating team rules.
The news of Gordon’s potential ban further throws his future with the Browns into doubt. After the season ended with Gordon suspended for the finale, coach Mike Pettine said the receiver was “squarely at a crossroads with us.”
Now, it fair to wonder whether his Cleveland career will soon reach an end.
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I don't think it's possible to be "too tough" on him at this point. he's getting fourth and fifth chances that most of us in the real world wouldn't.
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Digging around a little bit, it looks like he can get suspended for alcohol because he's in the "substance abuse" program and was arrested for a DWI in the summer. I suspect once you have an offense like that it gets lumped in with the drug use under that umbrella of substance abuse.