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Rumors: cleveland looks to trade more players: Josh Gordon

Josh Gordon Trade Rumors: Latest Buzz and Speculation Surrounding Browns WR
BY JOSEPH ZUCKER
(FEATURED COLUMNIST) ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/im...340&h=234&q=75Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports
The Cleveland Browns' fire sale may yet continue as the team has reportedly made wide receiver Josh Gordon available.

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Browns are willing to part with Gordon along with fellow wide receiver Greg Little:

ESPN's Adam Caplan adds that Gordon has actually been on the trade block for "several weeks":

Gordon is returning to the field in Week 3 after serving a two-game suspension at the start of the regular season, following a violation of the league's substance-abuse policy. He came into the season with some lofty expectations after his rookie year, in which he caught 50 passes for 805 yards and five touchdowns.

This news is exactly what Browns fans won't want to hear. It comes the same week as Cleveland essentially gave up on the 2013 season just two weeks into the season, first naming Brian Hoyer the starting quarterback over the banged-up Brandon Weeden and backup Jason Campbell, and then trading Trent Richardson to the Indianapolis Colts.

For a fanbase as tortured as the Browns' it will hurt to see yet another talented offensive player be pushed out the door.

Only 22 years old, Gordon will continue to improve, and he's the kind of player a team can build a receiving corps around. The fact that Cleveland is thinking about offoading him is arguably more surprising than the Richardson trade.

However, if Cleveland is really in rebuild mode, it would make sense to cash in now on its most marketable asset and prepare for the future. The trio of Joe Banner, Michael Lombardi and Rob Chudzinski have a definite direction they're taking this team. They're not afraid to burn some bridges in the short term if it helps the long term, either.

Only time will tell if the plan works out.

A bird in the hand, is better than two in the bush...

Would be a huge pickup for us. Bowe, Gordon and Avery is a salty receiving corps.

Wow...I have some friends in Cleveland. For their sake, i hope Lombardi knows what he's doing.

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Originally Posted by Strongside (Post 10011089)

Would be a huge pickup for us. Bowe, Gordon and Avery is a salty receiving corps.

Yes. Hope it doesn't happen, would make your O much more potent.

I'd give mccluster and a fifth

I could see Nee England or SF making a run for him

According to www.rotoworld.com the Browns already have an offer on table for Gordon. I'd flip them a 4th.

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Originally Posted by alpha_omega (Post 10011090)

Wow...I have some friends in Cleveland. For their sake, i hope Lombardi knows what he's doing.

Hes not trading Gordon. I do believe little goes. They were showcasing him at kick returner yesterday to get his value up.

Gordon after yesterday, if Lombardi is smart, is untouchable at this point. Especially if he wants to show case Brian Hoyer as the qb he said he would draft over KAEPERNICK in the 2011 draft.

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Originally Posted by Pestilence (Post 10011099)

According to www.rotoworld.com the Browns already have an offer on table for Gordon. I'd flip them a 4th.

Id flip you the bird. Even though you are accurate. That is his value because he is so close to a 1 year ban.

That right there should be reason enough for Lombardi to not trade him.

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger (Post 10011096)

I could see Nee England or SF making a run for him

New England wont try. Lombardi would make them fist themselves because when the Browns went after Mallett, they stood firm on their 2nd round pick grade for him.

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Originally Posted by Mavericks Ace (Post 10011107)

So them leaking that Gordon is on the trade block is for what reason exactly? They might as well dump him now before he ****s up again and is out for the year.