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IMO it's a photo shop pic... looking at his right foot it doesn't appear to be holding any weight on it.

Regardless he's putting in a lot of effort to improve...

Like bench pressed? Dang, he looks like he's been smoking HGH this off-season.

But, he was running.

lol Arch... looks like he was running on air... his left foot was up his toes should of been dug in the turf... but you could be messin with me... lol

Jzzzz that tricep is enormous.

Better view..thanks Swish

I know what you mean about TO. He played his college ball here and i was a Mocs Booster for many years. You could just tell he was a whole lot more than the other players. He also played on the Hoops team. You could tell it there as well.

While still being lean and mean, he was just a bit thicker and stronger looking over anybody else.

That is all legit muscle. It's not photoshoped at all.

dude is a freak athlete. stays clean...top 3-5 WR in the league.

I'm pulling for him. For a supplemental draft pick? lol upside is ridiculous.

Sure, but we could tender him at the highest level 1st and 3rd? And still pay less than we would with a normal contract.


I love Josh Gordon. But if you offer me a 1st for a guy who's had his track record (and only one recent season showing his clean), I'll take it every single day..........

After that, we always have the first year of the franchise tag. That's three years (27, 28, 29) for the guy.

So, IMO, ball is in our court on Josh Gordon.

It's why I always keep up with how many seasons he's accrued in the NFL, and it's why I've never wanted to cut him.


With a rookie contract and a guy like him, we're in the position of strength contract-wise

We've been burned by Josh times. I prefer to have him prove it for at least one more season before we pay him more

This. He has replaced drugs with workouts. As long as he keeps his flexibility, he's capable of the amazing.

Josh Gordon: I think we're the best wide receiver group in the league | Browns Press Conference

Jarvis Landry Talks About Josh Gordon's Comeback & His Impact on the Team

Never had OTA's, never had Minicamps.... until this year. That's a heckuva thing. I'm looking forward to seeing what sort of impact it may have on him.

Like.... will he know his routes/reads? If so, look out!

Plot twist: him actually knowing the offense makes him worse on the field than when he just winged it.

Swish! Outstanding angle. Man, just looks incredible to me. Hope he is clean for Vitamin S.

Hats off, JG. Looks like it could be overwhelming.

THAT one gave me a Thingy.

I like that Josh is going to stay here and workout at the facilities and etc before training camp starts.

I listened to his whole long press conference and whewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww what a bold statement with the best WR group in the league, but I so love him saying it.

I liked really a lot what he said about the support system this year and how he felt it's Callaways best position. We need you guys, please...

I listened to the presser... I absolutely love this guy..I hope he has great success on and off the field.

A grateful Josh Gordon 'looking to make a really big splash' with a rare offseason under his belt

Updated 7:43 PM; Posted 7:41 PM

https://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2018/06/a_grateful_josh_gordon_looking.html

CLEVELAND, Ohio --In previous offseasons, Josh Gordon was hanging out at Coachella, causing trouble with Johnny Manziel, getting arrested for DUIs and otherwise messing up his promising NFL career and life.

This offseason, all of that has changed. He's participating in the Browns offseason program for the first time in four years, and looking every bit the Pro Bowler he was in 2013. His body is chiseled, his hands are like pillows and he's got a smile on his face instead of a distant look.

"I feel pretty good right now,'' he said after the first day of Browns minicamp. "Life is great right now. And that's kind of all know. Life is good now.''

Instead of spending his summer break in some exotic locale, he'll be right here at the Browns' facility, working on his body and mind.

"After minicamp I plan on coming back in the best shape I've ever been in, looking to make a really big splash,'' he said.

With a whole offseason under his belt, Gordon plans on rocking the NFL even more than he did in 2013, when he led the league with 1,646 and became the first receiver in NFL history with back-to-back 200 yard games.

"I plan on exceeding those goals and everything that I've done in the past and build on it,'' he said. "Whatever it takes for me to get some wins and do my part where I leave no question in anybody's mind that Josh did everything he could do to try and get us a win or get us a win, then I can walk away with whatever the stat line is.''

Hue Jackson taking notice

After catching a slant from Tyrod Taylor in team drills Tuesday, Gordon drew oohs and aahs from his teammates, and a pat on the back from coach Hue Jackson, who's come to appreciate Gordon as a player and as a person.

"He's working at it,'' said Jackson. "I'm proud of him. We all are in the organization, because that's something that's tough. We've tried to create the right environment for him to be all that he can be. We've supported him. He's done what we've asked him to do. So far, so good.''

Gordon, who was suspended for 44 straight games and 54 of the previous 59 before returning for the final five games of last season, takes life in 24-hour increments these days. His priorities are staying sober, being a good father to his toddler daughter, and football.

"It's just one day at a time,'' he said. "You got today and that's all we're really given.''

There was a time when he white-knuckled it through those long days, looking for a way to escape and hoping to pass the next random drug test.

"It definitely gets easier as time goes on,'' he said. "Day after day you feel a lot less anxious.''

These days, he's grateful for things like food, shelter and friendship.

"The small victories, to me, is just like getting up and not having to worry about some type of security or a place to stay, or like just spending time with my daughter,'' he said. "I didn't get to spend any time with my family like that in the past. Being there with friends, working towards the future. I take pride in and joy in a lot of little things.''

Mentoring Antonio Callaway

Gordon has also unwittingly helped himself by mentoring fourth-round receiver Antonio Callaway, who came in with one strike again him in the substance abuse program from a dilute sample at the NFL combine, and several strikes against him in the legal system. Gordon sees a lot of himself in the young receiver, both on and off the field.

"I talk to him all the time,'' said Gordon. "We talk every day, and I know how it is definitely being in that scenario. You don't necessarily want outside pressure just prying into your life and trying to get you to open up. Naturally, he's just being himself, and that's all I want him to do, just being able to focus on the game and the task at hand for right now.''

Gordon's approach with Callaway is to lead by example.

"I've known Antonio since he was at Florida,'' he said. "We were training together in Gainesville. I've seen him then, and I've seen him now. He's come a long way. He's got a great attitude, great guy, and he's a great football player more than anything.''

Gordon and Callaway have something else in common. They both have young daughters relying on them now. Callaway attributes turning his life around to the birth of his fourth-month old daughter Aulani.

"Most definitely, family is huge, just a huge motivational factor,'' said Gordon. "(It pushes) you to a limit that you never knew was there.''

The Browns never gave up on him

Gordon has benefited from a Browns organization that never gave up on him and viewed his substance abuse problems as a disease rather than a behavioral issue.

"It's definitely night and day from when I first got here to now,'' he said. "Just from anybody, equipment staff to field crew, people going over and beyond, out of their way, whether I reached out and asked for it or not. I couldn't ask for anything more than that in an organization.''

For that reason, he believes Callaway landed in the best spot possible. The Browns took a chance on him despite the fact he was suspended all of last season for using stolen credit cards to make bookstore purchases, and the failed drug test at the combine.

"I'm not saying other organizations can't do that, but I definitely like what Mr. (John) Dorsey's doing here,'' said Gordon. "He's behind his players, he believes in his players 100 percent. It's a real family like dynamic here and I enjoy it.''

Getting back to business

Day by day, Gordon is rounding into football shape and re-establishing as one of the best receivers in the league. In two receivers sets, he's starting opposite Landry, and in three wides, he's on the outside opposite Corey Coleman (at least for now, with Callaway sidelined with a groin injury) with Landry in the slot. In practice, he's often lined up against No. 4 pick Denzel Ward, seasoning him for the Antonio Browns of the league, and he caught several passes on the rookie Tuesday.

"He's as quick as a cat, man,'' Gordon said of Ward. "His natural ability to recover back to the ball after it's been thrown, he's insanely quick, surprisingly fast. Hopefully that can translate to him going into the season because it's rough for rookie DBs in the NFL, so hopefully the learning curve is real brief for him.''

It's been so long since Gordon's been in a minicamp that he forget he ever set foot in one. But he's reaping the benefit.

"What this time did for me was definitely help me get into football shape and really build your wind up to run that many reps and then know what to expect going into training camp, as opposed to just going to training camp and getting shocked right away,'' he said. "I try to spend as much time with the guys as possible ...I've been able to just try to make the most of this period.''

More than anything, Gordon is learning to cope with life in a healthy way.

"I could be anywhere in the world doing something that you don't love to do, and I'm fortunate enough to be out here trying to give 100 percent at something I couldn't imagine myself having that much fun doing anything else,'' he said. "When I do find myself reminiscing of what's transpired in my life, I'm really just blessed, man, and thankful.'

He certainly sounds like he's greatly matured. I'm sure he knows he has to keep that up. Beating addiction is literally a lifetime of work, sometimes.

We need JG to be the kind of player we know he is, a total beast.

That was a nice article btw, mostly because of Josh's honest appraisals. He sounds humbled and determined.

As someone who has fought the demons in my past, just listening to Josh leads me to believe that his time has come and he is ready to be all he can be. Living life one day at a time really can help you distance yourself from the faults in your past. My sister always said "it's now", I believe Josh is at that point. I hope God gives him the strength to continue down the right path. If he does, he just might be as big as LeBron is for this city.

+1

I expect us to sign him to a mega-fat long-term contract by Week 12.

People I knew in college always referred to blunts w/ a ton of weed as "mega-fat".

Connection?

Oh, I definately had it before. But it was highschool, not college.