Cleveland Browns issue statement on Josh Gordon suspension
By Josh Sanchez
On Wednesday, the NFL finally announced their decision to uphold the yearlong suspension of Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon.
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Gordon had filed an appeal, but the NFL took their time getting back to Gordon and the team with an answer.
After the announcement came down, Cleveland Browns general manager Ray Farmer released a statement supporting Gordon and stating that the franchise has “strong feelings on the timing and the process of this decision.”
Check out the statement below:
Ray Farmer on Josh Gordon: "While we may have strong feelings on the timing and the process of this decision, we have also (1/3)
— Scott (@WFNYScott) August 27, 2014
consistently communicated that we will focus on what we can control in our day to day approach. Right now that is preparing our team (2/3)
— Scott (@WFNYScott) August 27, 2014
establishing is that we’re going to have to overcome challenges and situations throughout the course of a season. We'll continue to (3/4)
— Scott (@WFNYScott) August 27, 2014
be relentless in our approach, in how we work and focus on our goal of returning winning football to Cleveland." (4/4)
— Scott (@WFNYScott) August 27, 2014
The Browns have every right to be upset with the NFL for the untimeliness of the announcement on Gordon’s suspension, because he will now be unable to re-join the team until the final week of the preseason next year.
Gordon will miss offseason workouts because of the suspension, which would have been avoided had the NFL acted promptly to uphold their initial decision.
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