Suspended WR Josh Gordon Intends To Play In 2020

Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that suspended WR Josh Gordon intends to play in 2020.

Gordon is once again working his way back from indefinite suspension he received for violating the NFL’s policies on performance-enhancing substances and substances of abuse. 

Gordon has now been suspended six times since entering the NFL back in 2013. 

According to Fowler, Gordon’s suspension falls under the rules of the old CBA, as opposed to the new agreement that has a more lenient drug policy. 

Gordon would become a free agent if reinstated by the NFL.

Gordon, 28, is a former second-round supplemental pick of the Browns back in 2012. Suspensions forced Gordon to sit out the 2015 and 2016 seasons but he was reinstated in November of 2017 and finished out the seasons with the Browns.

The Browns re-signed Gordon to a one-year exclusive rights contract worth $790,000 but he was traded to the Patriots for a fifth-round pick. New England re-signed Gordon to a one-year, restricted deal this offseason that will pay him $2.025 million for the 2019 season.

Gordon was waived from injured reserve a few months ago and later claimed by the Seahawks. 

In 2019, Gordon has appeared in 11 games for the Seahawks and Patriots and caught 27 passes for 426 yards receiving and one touchdown.