NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported Friday the Browns asked for a second-round pick and then some when teams recently asked about acquiring Gordon. They’re showing me the love and respect back to me by allowing me to stay here up to this point.
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“I feel really good”, he said. I’m glad I went out and did my job.
The best part about the game was the play of Josh Gordon, appearing in his first game since the end of the 2014 season.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do”, Jackson said on a conference call Saturday. “Hopefully, I can pick up where we left off at practice out here and things will go smoothly on Friday”. Gordon was reinstated just three weeks ago after serving a yearlong suspension for multiple violations of the league’s substance abuse policy. Even the special teams was lousy, surrendering a 73-yard punt return touchdown to Adam Humphries.
Griffin’s play was another positive for the Browns.
As such, Cleveland has approached the past week of practice with a sense of urgency ahead of Friday night’s game. Lee has no business getting himself killed out there or pulling a hamstring and missing regular-season time. “It was good just to get him back out there in the game and playing”. We still have time to get it right, but that window of opportunity is closing. The players are committed. But the effort was so painfully bad, we just had to show you.
When Cleveland’s offense took over, the euphoric feeling set in pretty quickly. Nobody is going to agree to trade a second-round pick for Gordon, but the Browns shouldn’t back down from their high asking price this National Football League preseason. “On the professional level, you can make 30 kicks in a row, miss one and the one miss is all they’re going to talk about”. They are crossing their fingers that Gordon can be key to them having a successful season. Before all was said and done, the Buccaneers recorded eight sacks. Cleveland yielded three more sacks in the second half. During preseason camp he was often the first person in the building arriving in the pre-dawn hours and worked diligently.
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Needless to say, Cleveland’s reported price tag is exorbitantly high, considering these issues. They ‘ve added former Seattle guard J.R. Sweezy, who is injured and center should be in decent hands with either Joe Hawley or Evan Smith.
