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Mike Evans suspended one game for pushing Marshon Lattimore...

 

Josh Gordon admits using drugs or alcohol “probably every game”



Josh Gordon, who rejoins the Browns on Tuesday, admitted drugs and alcohol were part of his pregame “ritual.” In an interview with GQ magazine, the wide receiver said he played under the influence “every game,” including college.

“I used to make a ritual of it before every game,” Gordon told GQ, via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “If I had already been drug tested that week, or the day before the game, I knew I had a couple days to buy to clean my system. Even before I was getting tested for alcohol, prior to my DWI in 2014, I would take the biggest bong rip I could. And try to conceal all the smell off all my clothes. I’d be dressed up to go to the game. A bunch of guys smoke weed before the game, but we’re not talking about them.”

“I would have these little pre-made shots. I used to love Grand Marnier. I could drink it down smooth. I could usually drink a lot of it. But if it wasn’t that, it might be a whiskey or something. And I would drink probably like half a glass, or a couple shots to try and warm my system up, basically. To get the motor running. That’s what I would do for games.”

Gordon said it happened “every game. Probably every game of my career,” including his time at Baylor. He said he was a “highly functioning” alcoholic.

“We would stay at the team hotel and then players are allowed to go back home, get what they need, and then go to the game,” Gordon said of Browns home games. “So I’d leave the hotel early morning, go home, eat breakfast, do my little ritual, whatever it may be, some weed, some alcohol, and then go to the game. And then, I’d definitely be partying after every game, win or lose. Every game.” (PFT)
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Been there... done that.

Hope the best for him. Addiction is a demon that never rest's and will haunt you for the rest of your life.

 

The only thing that would make sense before a game would be coke. That is what got LT in the HOF.

 

Matthew Stafford, Marvin Jones lead Lions to 30-17 win over Packers

The Detroit Lions had lost 24 straight times at Lambeau Field from 1992-2015 before a 18-16 win two years ago finally snapped the streak.

The Lions have now won two of the last three meetings in Green Bay as Matthew Stafford passed for 361 yards and two touchdowns to Marvin Jones in a 30-17 victory on Monday night. Detroit didn’t punt once the entire night as the Lions moved freely up and down the field throughout the contest.

With Aaron Rodgers out of the lineup, the Packers offense struggled to move the ball with Brett Hundley under center. Hundley scored the first touchdown of the night for the Packers on a 1-yard run with 9:52 left in the game. He completed 22 of 33 passes for 182 yards on the night.

 

"pushing?" more like running over ! lol

 

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled the hearing for Elliott's request of an injunction to overturn his six-game suspension for Thursday at 2 p.m. EDT, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.

 

Yikes! So much for the second hand smoke conspiracies.

 

Five arrested, 15 ejected at Monday’s Packers-Lions game

Unlike the Packers defense, the Green Bay cops actually stopped some people Monday night.

According to Doug Schneider of the Green Bay Press-Gazette, police at this week’s game against the Lions arrested five people and ejected 15 from the stadium.

The amazing part is that it wasn’t a season high, as the Sept. 28 game against the Bears saw seven arrests and 22 ejections. The season low was against the Saints, with just one arrest and three ejections.

They have a total of 20 arrests and 61 ejections through five regular season home games. And as long as Aaron Rodgers is out and the weather makes people more likely to drink, that’s likely going to trend upward.(PFT)
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My money is on the over...

 

You know what has me puzzled?

If Belichick's plan was to trade Jimmy Garapollo to the Niners and then sign Brian Hoyer as his new back-up, why didn't he just insist that Hoyer was part of the trade? Why take a chance that Hoyer would be released and available through the waiver process?

 

So they could get their own deal done for Hoyer. They took the risk.

 

they need a court room and jail like the old Vet Stadium had for Eagles fans!

 

But they could have still gotten their own deal done with Hoyer once he was in the building. It was a risk that didn't need to be taken and goes against the grain of everything the Patriots have done in recent memory.

At first glance, their QB moves were brilliant. Belichick traded two back-up QB's for premium draft picks. But the Jimmy G. Trade left them without a viable back-up to a 40 year old QB.

 

No. Once Hoyer was in the building they couldn't rework his offer the same way. The only way to truly do it was from FA.

 

Maybe not in the same timeframe they did, but they could have extended his contract with the terms they wanted. The fact is, a team like the Browns (who own a higher waiver priority) could have very easily swooped in, claimed Hoyer and left the Pats holding the bag.

Granted, Brian Hoyer will never be mistaken for a franchise QB. But he is better right now than D. Kizer, C. Kessler and/or K. Hogan and the Browns organization desparately need to find some wins somewhere to save their collective jobs.

 

Its collusion on the part of the owners... happens all the time. Hoyer was in no way going threw waivers for the reason Cleveland would have swooped in and took him. So, they did it the way they did so the Patriots had the only shot at Hoyer.

Signed;
'The Conspiracist'

 

Well, catching a Packers fan isn't hard. Hell, the cops just had to offer them a soft place to sit and I'd bet the perps went along willingly. They have to pack themselves into the bleachers all night like they pack themselves into their clothing. But, I'd bet each of those games cost the city a lot of money. Considering that you'd have to get an SUV or ambulance-sized vehicle to fit each of them, most of the department's man and vehicle power was probably tied up all night. They can't keep them in the stadium jail - that's where they make Miller Light.

 

Actually, what I read was that if they had traded Hoyer it could affect their calculations for compensatory draft picks, cutting and signing him doesn't effect it at all...I have no idea why or how, it's just was I read.

Link: https://www.patspulpit.com/2017/10/...olo-trade-but-yanked-compensatory-draft-picks

 

It could have possibly affected the 49ers' compensatory calculations (doubtful that a back-up QB who probably won't see a meaningful snap). But it wouldn't have affected New England's one iota.

And the Browns aren't the only QB needy team out there. I can think of at least 3 or 4 others.

I'm still puzzled.

 

Hoyer is better than the Steelers backups.