Josh Gordon has admitted to drinking alcohol and failing a test because of it. However, the Cleveland Browns receiver claims he did not know the NFL would be testing him in the offseason.
In a lengthy piece “he” wrote for The Cauldron, Gordon called out Charles Barkley, Cris Carter, Stephen A. Smith and other media personalities who have said he has an addiction problem. He also explained his most recent mistake.
Gordon said he drank two beers and two mixed drinks on a flight to Las Vegas with his teammates. He said it was the first time he had consumed a drop of alcohol since his DWI in July and that he was surprised to learn he was being tested upon landing in Vegas.
“It doesn’t matter if I thought that the league-imposed restriction on drinking had expired at the end of the regular season; what matters is that I didn’t confirm whether or not that was the case,” Gordon wrote.
The entire piece is worth reading. Gordon said he is not making excuses for the mistakes he has made, but he also seems to have one for every time he was busted. He claims he was prescribed the codeine he was accused of using as a recreational drug and stuck to his second-hand smoke excuse for a failed marijuana test. Gordon insists he has not once smoked marijuana since he entered the NFL in 2012. He also noted that his blood alcohol level was only .01 over the legal limit at the time of his DWI arrest.
It’s almost impossible to believe that Gordon was unaware of the circumstances surrounding his alcohol testing. Given how many times he has got into trouble, you would think his agent would make sure he knew what he can and can’t do to avoid making a potentially career-ending mistake. If the report we shared with you before Gordon’s failed alcohol test was true, his Browns career is likely over.
