He has been suspended 27 games before this season for violations of the NFL’s substance abuse policy, but is just 25 years old.
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Cleveland Browns quarterback Robert Griffin III looks to pass during a joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at One Buc Place in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. “We need to see zone-read for down the road when we play teams like San Francisco and Seattle and Carolina”, he added.
“I told you guys he’d be back out there at some point, and he’s back”. “They’re going to clear me”, he said.
“We had a lot of good work”, Jackson said. The trade opens the door for second-year player David Andrews, who replaced Stork for 10 games last season.
NOTES: G Ali Marpet had a walking boot on his right sprained ankle and did not practice Wednesday. He’s a dynamic player, and we’ve got some other guys that I think are also dynamic players that can help us in that area. The fall from grace has come on the heels of a stellar 2013 season in which Gordon had 87 catches for an NFL-best 1,646 yards and nine touchdowns in 14 games. “It was good just to get him back out there in the game and playing”. That’s kind of where you go back and count on the training they got in training camp and all those things.
The Browns were outplayed in all three phases and Jackson acknowledged he’s got problems to address before the team’s September 11 opener at Philadelphia. Gordon, who missed the first two preseason games with a quadriceps injury, led the National Football League in yards receiving in 2013, but was suspended all of last season.
Things have been looking up since then, though, coming off the NFI List and having had some of his teammates who were around him in 2013 note that he looks much the same that he did that year.
Griffin has been productive in the preseason when he can throw the ball deep to one of the Browns receivers running down the sideline, but the third preseason game did little to prove he’s past the pocket passing issues that dogged him in Washington.
The Browns doubled down on that approach against the Falcons when Griffin connected with Pryor on a 50-yard touchdown pass and then a 29-yard score to Pro Bowl tight end Gary Barnidge.
We could go on, but you get the point. “We see him as a guy who can be a dynamic piece in our offense”.
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The Browns now own Philadelphia’s 2017 first-round pick, Tennessee’s 2017 second-round pick, New England’s 2017 fifth-round pick, Indianapolis’ 2017 seventh-round pick and Philadelphia’s 2018 second-round pick.
