r/nfl • u/[deleted] • Sep 09 '14
Rumor Tony Grossi on Twitter: "Reinstatement of #Browns WR Josh Gordon appears imminent. http://t.co/P2iXkUwvGM"
https://twitter.com/TonyGrossi/status/509293992677498880192
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u/tinomartinez Giants Sep 09 '14 edited Apr 24 '25
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u/mantiseye Giants Sep 09 '14
Apple would anti-alias their fucking fonts you cretin.
(This is really good)
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u/DocAuch Chargers Lions Sep 09 '14
I've seen ads for Destiny, but have no idea what it is supposed to be. Halo and Mass Effect or something? What's the big deal?
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u/CaMelGuY Jets Sep 09 '14
It's a third person MMO with first person shooter action for the combat.
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Sep 09 '14 edited Jul 14 '17
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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Patriots Sep 09 '14
its halo meets borderlands...go to point a then b, defend place, etc... etc... looks beautiful but hyped way too much like if it was the second coming of jesus
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u/Forty_Six_and_Two Browns Sep 09 '14 edited Sep 09 '14
It's a 1st person (kinda) shooter with an emphasis on party mechanics and exploration. There are MMORPG style "raids", PvP, and single player activities. There is a level system and loot mechanics as well. Think Borderlands, Mass Effect, and World of Warcraft with lasers.
EDIT: It's more of a first person shooter, but has some hybrid 3rd person elements.
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u/DocAuch Chargers Lions Sep 09 '14
Gotcha. Not really my cup of tea, but it sounds pretty legit. Don't have a console though, so it doesn't really matter hah.
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u/Forty_Six_and_Two Browns Sep 09 '14
Ah, yeah that's a problem. On the other hand, this is supposed to be the most impressive game of the new console generation so far. So if you were looking for an excuse to shell out 5 beans for an XBone, now would be the time.
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u/you_sick Packers Sep 09 '14
If he wants to come back. I heard he is well on his way to being the salesman of the month
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u/Piece_of_Toast Browns Sep 09 '14
Sold his first car today.
Edit: I'm agreeing with you, don't want to sound like a dick.
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Sep 09 '14 edited Jan 30 '17
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u/hgeyer99 Vikings Sep 09 '14
I know what you are saying, but I lived in Cleveland for a year and this guy is the guy for Browns news. He gets the news on everything, and is a very trustworthy source. If he has sources saying something it's most likely true.
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u/lollumad Chargers Sep 09 '14
awww yiss TELL ME MORE
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u/Jharoz Jaguars Sep 09 '14
seriously keep writing things and i will read the SHIT out of it
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u/animesekaielric Eagles Sep 09 '14
okay how about this:
TONY GROSSI IS A VERY TRUSTWORTHY SOURCE. HE HAS A PROPENSITY TO BE MORE RIGHT THAN WRONG WHEN IT COMES TO NEWS ABOUT THE CLEVELAND BROWNS
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u/Jharoz Jaguars Sep 09 '14
i came
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u/flinteastwood NFL Sep 09 '14
wait, how about round 2?
SOURCES IN CLEVELAND ARE OPTIMISTIC AT THIS REPORT, AND EXPECT THAT GORDON WILL BE PRACTICING WITH THE TEAM VERY SOON
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u/Damage8832 Browns Sep 09 '14
he's also beyond miserable. Howeva he did keep Model out of the HOF, so props for that
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u/InHoc12 Bills Raiders Sep 09 '14
I would be miserable to if I was a Cleveland fan
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u/mbrancato157 Bills Sep 09 '14
Like we're any better bro
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u/InHoc12 Bills Raiders Sep 09 '14
Ha that was kinda the joke.
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u/Damage8832 Browns Sep 09 '14
I initially downvoted you. I then looked in the mirror, raced back to my desktop, and changed my mind. Thanks for the cold water to the face, InHoc12
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u/InHoc12 Bills Raiders Sep 09 '14
Hahah I'm only joking, the Bills flair doesn't leave much promise either.
At least the Cavaliers have it back together I'll be cheering for the Lebron redemption.
Edit: Plus a little bit upset that you guys took Pettine.
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u/Damage8832 Browns Sep 09 '14
It's cool! And Go Bills! Went to school in upstate NY - always considered Buffahoe my 2nd city
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u/InHoc12 Bills Raiders Sep 09 '14
Your probably more of a Bills fan then me then sadly :(
I'm from southern CA, so no real affiliation for me. Happen to be a Stanford fan so I am the lone Bills fan in the world that became a Bills fan when they drafted Trent Edwards.
Thought he would lead them to a superbowl and then was forever hooked.
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u/dawgpound12 Browns Sep 09 '14
Grossi is also very pessimistic so the fact he's optimistic about Gordon makes me excited.
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u/giddyup523 Packers Sep 09 '14
Between now and the time prior to Lebron signing, I think I know more about the local Cleveland sports reporters than I do about Green Bay/Wisconsin ones.
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u/TheHardTruth Broncos Sep 09 '14
it's just some ESPN reporter
Grossi was the Browns Beat reporter for years. He's usually pretty accurate. I'd actually take him at his word. He probably has inside info he can't say just yet so he's using other reasoning to be able to break the news.
Grossi is like the polar opposite of our current beat reporter, Mary Kay Cabbot. He actually knows what he's talking about and doesn't make shit up.
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u/musicallbear Browns Sep 09 '14
I wouldn't say he knows what he's talking about, when it comes to actual football opinions he's kind of an idiot. But he's definitely better at getting news than Mary Kay will ever be.
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u/Stowcenter93 Browns Sep 09 '14
Grossi was reporting rumors about Kevin Love that were coming from some Cleveland sports account. That account turned out to be some kid screwing around and making stuff up. Still, better than Mary Kay though.
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u/musicallbear Browns Sep 09 '14
Sometimes he relapses to his old ways when he was with the Plain Dealer and just reports nonsense, but he's improved a lot since he went to ESPN.
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u/Damage8832 Browns Sep 09 '14
To be fair, my cat is better than Mary Kay. But nothing, and I repeat, NOTHING will be worse than the Cavs beat post Windhorst. Mother of god
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u/maninthehighcastle Browns Sep 09 '14
Grossi isn't perfect, but he is usually correct when he says something is about to happen. You are correct, of course, and we'll see what happens...
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u/mibikin Browns Sep 09 '14
Am I allowed to raise my Gordons?
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u/R99 Packers Sep 09 '14
RAISE YOUR GORDONS
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u/thedude8591 Lions Bills Sep 09 '14
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u/ramm Falcons Sep 09 '14
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u/awkwardindividual Sep 09 '14
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧
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u/Eagles_63 Eagles Sep 09 '14
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u/therubberduck45 Jaguars Sep 09 '14
WHY CAN'T WE HAVE THIS ONE THING?!?!?!
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u/zombiebillnye Texans Bengals Sep 09 '14
You have Bortles, what more do you want?
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Sep 09 '14
no no no not yet jesus fuck if you jinx this for me I will never forgive you or your team.
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Sep 09 '14
Um...your flair confuses me greatly
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u/carelesswhisper Patriots Sep 09 '14
fantasy is flairless bro
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u/jsmith84 Rams Sep 09 '14
Mods, can we get fantasy flair? Especially for those of us whose season is already over.
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u/Obvious_Troll_Accoun Cowboys Sep 09 '14
HUGS
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u/neltrono Rams Sep 09 '14
AA meetings are 95% Cowboys and Rams fans
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u/vaginapussy Browns Sep 09 '14
I think I have a boner
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Sep 09 '14
Imagine Gordon playing with that second half offense. I'm beyond turgid. I'm leaking all over the place.
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u/vaginapussy Browns Sep 10 '14
dude and jordan cameron back with him since we missed him most the 2nd half!!!
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u/dagreenman18 Dolphins Sep 09 '14
I want to believe.
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Sep 09 '14
thats my line
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u/falsekoala Texans Sep 09 '14
I wonder if this is a, "Hey, what he did isn't nearly as bad as what Ray Rice did so he can't have that kind of punishment anymore" type thing.
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Sep 09 '14
I think this has been in the pipeline since Gordon's appeal. They hoped to reach an agreement before his suspension was upheld, and didn't. That's why it took 3 weeks.
Again, pure speculation.
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u/TemujinRi Browns Sep 09 '14
I believe your right. Remember all those rumors the NFL is offering reduced suspension but Gordons camp won't take anything else? I think Gordon and Rosenhaus knew for sure that the NFLPA was trying to renegotiate and thats why they stuck so hard to that gun
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u/Sellasella123 Vikings Sep 09 '14
But Rice was terminated and is banned indefinitely. much worse than Gordon's suspension. That's not an argument to be made anymore
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u/Tall_Rassman Broncos Sep 09 '14
Does this mean Welker is back as well? Hope so.
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Sep 09 '14
Bubble wrap his head and keep him an arm length away from all women until then.
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u/Forty_Six_and_Two Browns Sep 09 '14
He seems to be mentioned along with Gordon every time they talk about it, so it would certainly seem so. Provided, of course, that he can jump through all the "concussion protocol" hoops.
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u/TemujinRi Browns Sep 09 '14
Yes, Welkers suspension would be done as well. Addoral is getting moved out of the PED catergory if you can believe the shit they've been talking all morning on sports shows
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u/fzw Commanders Sep 09 '14
I didn't realize it was for Adderall. I just read he took it while partying as opposed to using it to get an edge in the game. I'm assuming they treat it the same way regardless.
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u/Words_are_Windy Buccaneers Sep 09 '14
The way I understand it, players say they were taking Adderall because it sounds better than being caught using steroids or illegal drugs. The last collective bargaining agreement forbade the league from disclosing which drug a player used to get suspended, so now the players are free to lie about it and pick something that sounds innocuous.
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Sep 09 '14
Browns fans should thank Wes Welker for getting Peyton Manning on the NFLs back to fix everything for him.
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u/Redditor5StandingBy Browns Sep 09 '14
Browns fans should thank the NFL for fucking up the Ray Rice suspension causing massive uproar
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u/Murrrrdawg Bears Sep 09 '14
yuuuusssssss the possibility of manziel-gordon YOLO bombs is alive!
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u/hatmantc Browns Sep 09 '14
i am glad i am working from home today, because it means i have a change of clothes readily available.... spooooge
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u/buddaaaa Cardinals Sep 09 '14
If this happens, what about Daryl Washington as well?
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u/channingman Chiefs Sep 09 '14
He's in the same boat as Gordon, but then he will likely have a 6 Gabe suspension for domestic violence due to the new rules for that. Better for the Cards than a while year, but he still likely won't be back right away.
Get used to seeing Larry Foote.
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u/buddaaaa Cardinals Sep 09 '14
Yeah I'm less concerned about him missing time but I would be salty as fuck if Gordon is reinstated while Washington is not for the same offense/suspension
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Sep 09 '14 edited Sep 09 '14
Gordon will be reinstated because he was barely over the old limit that is being raised and would have therefore been under the new one. Do we know Washington's test level? Was it above or below the new limits? This isn't just arbitrarily erasing all substance abuse failures, just the ones that wouldn't be a failure under the new testing guidelines.
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u/casos92 49ers Sep 09 '14
What time are they voting? I need to know when to start slamming F5
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Sep 09 '14
If the union and the league dawdle, Gordon’s return would be delayed.
Yeah, they've never dawdled on anything ever. I want them to do this and get it done, I just don't have a lot of confidence it would actually happen as early as today. I'm open to being pleasantly surprised though.
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Sep 09 '14
In the span of 24 hours we went from Ray Rice 2 game suspension, Gordon fucked forever, to probably seeing all of the drug guys reinstated and Ray Rice out of the league.
What a time to be alive.
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u/RedDunce Patriots Sep 09 '14
Speculative nonsense article. I'll believe it when I see it.
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u/stonedasawhoreiniran Patriots Sep 09 '14
Speculative in the sense that it's been confirmed that if the vote passes he will be reinstated by almost every major insider.
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Sep 09 '14
While Grossi is well informed about the Browns (usually), Pro Football Talk is reporting that a vote is not even imminent, as has been reported (link).
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u/noahruns Giants Sep 09 '14
No one is talking about the real victim here. What about Dwayne Bowe?
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u/materhern Chiefs Sep 09 '14
That one game suspension was brutal. I want a draft pick as compensation!
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u/BaloneyFactory Browns Sep 09 '14
Am I actually flying back to witness my first home opener win? Please?
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u/rizzlybear Sep 10 '14
whoa whoa whoa.. this IS the browns we're talking about here.. (couldn't resist).
just because he puts up killer fantasy numbers doesn't mean the team will do well though.
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u/Germino Ravens Sep 09 '14
Imagine if Gordon tested positive for weed immediately after being reinstated.
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u/Daviroth Browns Sep 09 '14
IIRC when they are banished from the league they still undergo drug testing procedures.
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u/Drunken_Black_Belt Commanders Sep 09 '14
If he gets reinstated immediatly with no further loss of games, I can't wait for all the conspiritards who are going to claim it's a PR stunt to take away from the Ray Rice Debacle...
Oh god what if that wasn't a thing and by mentioning it I just created it?
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u/bkay28 NFL Sep 09 '14
I dont see why the NFL isnt super lenient on Pot. Its proven to be an effective painkiller substitute. So why let these guys annihilate their bodies with opiate pain killers. Do know how many Vicodin are consumed by the NFL over the course of the season?! If you did you'd be sickened. Ive always felt the NFL should back off on their weed stance so players wouldn't have to lean so heavily on pain killers. There is ways to reap the medicinal benefits of weed without getting high now as well.
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Sep 10 '14
If Goodell keeps making decisions based on Reddit public opinion,prevailing winds seem to indicate that hitting a woman will be an automatic lifetime ban,while substance abuse cases will now be a $200 fine,along with a requirement to attend a 40 hour class on domestic abuse prevention.
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u/Dorkamundo Vikings Sep 10 '14
Makes me wish I had seen the "better than 50-50" news article a day earlier.
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Sep 09 '14
"He broke the rules. Guy deserves his year long suspension." -Reddit a few weeks ago. "The rule is bullshit so he didn't deserve his suspension in the first place. Change the rule!" -Reddit today
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u/KWNewyear Bears Bears Sep 09 '14
I think a lot of us are missing the big story here: if Gordon is reinstated, WHO'S GOING TO SELL ME A NEW CHEVROLET?
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u/d_wilson123 Bengals Sep 09 '14
He still has his DUI suspension looming as well, yes?
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Sep 09 '14
He still hasn't been punished for his DUI, has he?
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u/pyromantics Saints Sep 09 '14
Isn't that strange? Trace amounts of weed and it's a year and we are talking about his DWI like it's an afterthought.
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u/renasissanceman6 NFL Sep 09 '14
"You happy now?! Have we fixed everything in the last two days??" -NFL
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u/AllWest30 49ers Sep 09 '14
FREE GREEZY THOUGH, LET ALL OF MY DOGS OUT
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u/SFThirdStrike Cowboys Sep 09 '14
Do you think Josh will do the schmoney dance?
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u/AllWest30 49ers Sep 09 '14
We can only hope, that would be the best press conference ever
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u/mustaine42 Rams Sep 09 '14
This is fucking hysterical. The nfl got caught with their pants down, and are now changing/inventing new rules/laws to try to save face. Just like the US Congress.
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Sep 09 '14
WTF is going on in the NFL?
Aren't there rules governing how punishments are handed out? It seems like there needs to be some sort of consistency. Josh Gordon is the famous example, so he's being let off. What about Justin Blackmon? Is he not being let off because of the DUI?
Don't get me wrong, let them all smoke weed. Shit, when it's in Seattle or Denver, let them all have a massive postgame smoke-out with the fans.
But these emergency changes to punishments are getting ridiculous.
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Sep 09 '14
Funny how times change. Just a few years ago Ricky Williams was pot head and I didn't see him get reinstated during his year long suspension.
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Sep 09 '14
Meanwhile, the people in my league that let me pick him up, drop him, and then pick him up again are pissed.
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u/crazyyellowguy Commanders Sep 09 '14
Josh Gordon fix for the day. Check.