Connect with us
Home » news » report gordon to fight week 17 suspension

News

Report: Gordon to fight Week 17 suspension

Published

on

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon, suspended for at least one year by the NFL, plans to appeal a lesser suspension that he received last season.

Pro Football Talk reported Monday that Gordon, with help from the NFL Players Association, will file a grievance in relation to his team-issued suspension in Week 17 of the 2014 season. He was banned from the game against the Baltimore Ravens after missing the Browns’ Saturday walkthrough.

According to the report, if Gordon gets credit for being available for that game, it would be his sixth contest of 2014, the minimum required to be credited with a year of NFL service toward future free agency.

If Gordon, 23, gains reinstatement following the 2015 season and plays the entire 2016 season, he then would be eligible for free agency if the one-game suspension is overturned. If the one-game ban is upheld, he would not be eligible for free agency until after the 2017 season.

Gordon’s latest suspension, for a minimum of one year without pay, was issued on Feb. 3 for a violation of the league’s policy on substance abuse. Gordon admitted that his latest failed test was the result of drinking with teammates on a flight to Las Vegas on Jan. 2.

He previously was suspended for the entire 2014 season for violating the substance-abuse policy due to a fourth positive test for marijuana, but that penalty was reduced to 10 games when the NFL and the NFLPA altered the personal-conduct policy.

Gordon, who entered the NFL via the supplemental draft after being dismissed from Baylor for a failed marijuana test, caught 24 passes for 303 yards and five touchdowns in five games in 2014. He led the NFL with 1,646 yards in just 14 games in 2013, making 87 receptions and scoring nine touchdowns.

Since 1987, the Sports Xchange has been the best source of information and analysis for the top professionals in the sports publishing & information business

News

Buccaneers admit mistake, boot Aguayo

Published

on

In the NFL, it’s always better to admit a mistake than to compound it. For the Buccaneers, the decision to burn a 2016 second-round pick on kicker Robert Aguayo has proven to be a mistake. The Buccaneers made the definitive admission of their error on Saturday, cutting Aguayo. He exits with $428,000 in fully-guaranteed salary [more]

Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk

Powered by WPeMatico

Continue Reading

News

Did Bucs put too much pressure on Aguayo?

Published

on

After the Buccaneers surprised everyone by taking a kicker with the 59th overall pick in the draft, G.M. Jason Licht explained the move by heaping superlatives on the player. “I was very excited along with my staff and coaches about Roberto for a very long time,” Licht told PFT Live in May 2016. “It’s not [more]

Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk

Powered by WPeMatico

Continue Reading

News

Broncos holding their breath on Derek Wolfe

Published

on

Only two days after losing Billy Winn for the year with a torn ACL, the Broncos are now sweating out another potentially serious injury along the defensive line. Via multiple reports, Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe was carted off the field during practice on Saturday. It’s being described as a right ankle injury by coach [more]

Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk

Powered by WPeMatico

Continue Reading

The NFL On Twitter


Insiders On Facebook

Trending Now

Copyright © 2021 Insider Sports, Inc