Gordon needs to button up

Between Kyrie Irving, Dion Waiters, Brian Hoyer and the Browns, Josh Gordon is rapidly running out of friends in Cleveland. Count me among those not amused by his antics. Let's review his activity the last two weeks, he's been quite the busy-bee:

1. He went on a whirlwind media tour (over several days) to not only openly campaign for a new QB, but to also claim that he happens to know from direct conversations with Browns' GM Ray Farmer that they're going to draft a QB.
2. He's used phrasing like "what sounds better to Josh Gordon" to introduce his interviews in which he will discuss whether he likes the sound of "Bridgewater to Gordon" or "Manziel to Gordon" more. Personally I like the sound of "hard-working, not-arrested, football-focused Josh Gordon" but that's just me...
3. And lastly, because all of the above wasn't enough, he next switched sports and targeted the Cavaliers, specifically Kyrie Irving and the supposed rift between he and Dion Waiters.

Here is why these activities need to cease immediately. I'm not sure if Gordon just needs to stay in his house or if the team needs to just have a chat with him and tell him to show more discretion but it shouldn't continue.

Let's first assume that he actually did know what the plans for the draft were; and that he got this information directly from Ray Farmer. Would it really be wise for him to then go to the public and divulge this information? No, it wouldn't. It would be the opposite, and if that is actually what happened, he would have been disciplined heavily by the team.

Since that's obviously not the case, then not only is it now clear that Gordon is making things up - for whatever reason - but he's throwing his current, and likely future, QB under the RTA-Rapid. I'm not sure there is any possible scenario under the sun where you can salvage any positive from this. Even in the event that a new QB is drafted and somehow starts over Hoyer, Gordon still comes off badly.

I'm not sure I can think about any QB ever making a statement about not being able to wait for new linemen to block for him or new receivers to throw to. Even if they believed it, it is never something that is stated. Football is the penultimate team sport. Without team chemistry and team unity behind the coach, there is no chance at success. For Gordon to be making these kinds of statements, especially considering his being one-strike away from a one year ban, is absolutely mind-boggling. He has neither the strikes left nor the clout and respect in this league to be saying anything along these lines.

And just to make sure we knew that he controls this city, he next went on the offensive against Kyrie Irving. Gordon posits that it's obvious to everyone that Waiters and Irving hate each other and Irving has absolutely no interest in staying in Cleveland. Not his sport, not his business, and not his area of expertise. He earned some nice retaliatory remarks from Irving but he never should have opened his mouth.

So Josh, if you're reading this - the best players in all sports are those who bury you with their play on the field and are quiet the entire off-season. No one wants to hear what you want to see drafted. We only want to hear how much you love your teammates, love this city, and love football. Stick to that and keep the rest bottled up. That's your duty and responsibility as a potential leader on this team. That is, if you even want to have that role.