Browns head coach Mike Pettine says Josh Gordon will not be cut, will report to camp

In wake of the recent troubles that Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon has been facing, there is a popular opinion floating around that the team should just cut ties with him altogether. Well Browns head coach Mike Pettine put those rumors to bed on Monday as not only did he say he expects Gordon to report to camp, but he says the team will not be cutting their star.

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“We’re expecting him to report on Friday and be on the field,” Pettine said. “We have no plans to cut him I know there’s been a lot of debate over that, but I don’t see us having that debate.”

Of course, this still doesn’t change the fact that Gordon may not see the field for the Browns this season. After his second failed marijuana test that was revealed back in May, Gordon is facing a one-year suspension from the league. He is said to be scheduled for an appeals hearing regarding the suspension some time this month.

That wasn’t his last brush with trouble, though. Over the Fourth of July weekend, Gordon was arrested in North Carolina and charged with DWI. That incident was the first time that the thought of the Browns cutting Gordon really came to the surface.

But Pettine also reiterated that the team will do their best to provide help for Gordon, or anyone else on the team facing troubles.

“If any of our players are in need of help, we’ll do our best to provide it for them and also that we’re going to do what we feel is best for the organization,” he said.  “By league guidelines, whatever help we can provide him, we’re going to do it. A Cleveland Brown is a Cleveland Brown. If we feel we can help him, let’s help him. Sometimes you’re handcuffed by the situation, so until it plays out then there’s really nothing tangible we can do at this point.”