Originally Posted by
HollywoodSteel
I still do not understand why we didn’t get Josh Gordon off waivers. If ever there was a low risk, high reward move it was that one. We were the perfect team for him to contribute and reinvent himself.
He made impactful catches for Seattle, and is only going to get more involved in their offense. And for them, he’s a luxury. For us, he’s a big, fast, redzone threat who would take SO much pressure of Juju.
And no... I do NOT buy that Gordon is any type of locker room cancer. That was never his problem. He’s not a diva. He wouldn’t be a problem for anyone. If he ended up not being reliable that’s the absolute WORST case scenario.
I know there are tea totelers that think smoking weed is a sin. No. It’s against the rules. That’s it. It’s not a locker room or chemistry problem. He would either contribute or he wouldn’t, but he would not hurt the locker room any more than Moncrief did by turning out to be a bad investment.
He’s gonna end up contributing to Seattle, and they don’t even need him really. I think the coaching staff and managers were straight up cowards by not taking him. They were worried about perception. Which makes me angry at fans that would have been all up in arms over it.
Those two clutch catches for Seattle were already enough to justify the pick up. And you know he’s not done contributing.
Sorry, but I’m really annoyed by the stupid “locker room” blah blah blah mentality that is such utter bullshit in my mind.
There is absolutely zero chance that Josh Gordon’s presence in the locker room would EVER turn a potential win into a loss. But his presence on the field COULD turn a loss into a win.
At almost NO risk.
So unless you feel that our WR unit is way too good to mess with, I absolutely reject the notion that Gordon could have possibly made this team worse.