NFL announces indefinite suspension for Josh Gordon

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NFL announces indefinite suspension for Josh Gordon


https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/12/20/nfl-announces-indefinite-suspension-for-josh-gordon/


Posted by Josh Alper on December 20, 2018, 2:46 PM EST
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After Patriots wide receiver Josh Gordon announced on Thursday morning that he was stepping away from the Patriots, there was a report that Gordon was facing another suspension from the league for violating the substance-abuse policy.

The NFL made that suspension official later in the day.

“Effective today, Josh Gordon has been returned to the Reserve/Commissioner Suspended list indefinitely for violating the terms of his conditional reinstatement under the Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse,” the league said in a statement.

While the length of the suspension is indefinite, it will be for at least a year and that casts serious doubt about Gordon’s playing future. He has played just 17 games since the start of the 2015 season because of his repeated suspensions and his history is not one that any team is likely to bank on when it comes to filling out a roster in the future.

[*michaelsean*]

I can’t fathom how much money that guy has lost. Led the league in yards in a season where he played 12 games and had pretty bad QBs throwing to him.

[McC]

This guy is trying to redefine the word stupid. So far gone even the Patriots couldn't fix him. Which drug is it he can't say no to?


Turns out it is just about any and all that he can't say no to. Hope he finds way out of this in one piece. What a waste of talent.

[CKwi88]

Addiction is a hell of a disease.

This probably closes the book on his playing career. Hopefully he can recover and be productive, in or out of football, in the future.