re: Are you drafting Josh Gordon?

why? I play in a league with less NFL obsessed fans, I think...they laughed at me for taking him last year.

I think they just assume he's out for the year and move along...to be safe, I'm going to take him in like the 2nd or 3rd to last round or at any moment things play out where I have a frick off pick (I practice pretty crazily and this happens every so often in the middle rounds, just nobody I like at that spot)

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Every "analyst" I hear on tv says he's at least getting 8 games.

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He is going for an all or nothing suspension. As of now he has no plans to settle and if suspended the entire year he will take the NFL to court and has a very strong case.

Josh Gordon immediately adds needed life to a starting lineup of White/Patterson for me

I'm in a chickenshit 8 man

but through countless mocks and some savvy reaches and steals, I'm projecting

Drew Brees
LeSean McCoy
Doug Martin
Keenan Allen
Cordarelle Patterson
Percy Harvin/Josh Gordon
Rob Gronkowski
Stephen Gostkowski - that's my kicker man :to:
New Orleans Saints Defense

Martin, Patterson, Harvin and gronkowski are all being undervalued in my league and I've been mocking this on fantasy pros so long as something crazy happens, or a player I never anticipated falling (montee ball to round 2) I think I'm good

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I fully expect Josh Gordon’s legal team to get the calendar-year ban lifted following his appeal this Friday.

I have defended clients in court who tested positive for drugs, challenged positive test results and cross-examined several lab technicians and doctors regarding drug test results. I started salivating when I saw the results of Gordon’s drug tests—as much as a shark, mosquito (or any other animal, insect, etc. you call lawyers) can salivate.

First is the arbitrary and completely random labeling of the “A” and “B” bottles of urine. That, alone, should be enough to get the suspension lifted.

Bottle “A” was a nanogram above the extremely low 15 ng/ml cut-off level (the World Anti-Doping Agency raised its limit from 15 ng/ml to 150 ng/ml to account for secondhand smoke, among other things), while bottle “B” was below the limit.

Had bottle “B” been labeled “A” and tested first, the only reason we would be discussing Gordon would be arguing over whether he would be the No. 1 wide receiver this year or not. Instead, bottle “A” was labeled “A” and tested first so here we are.

Such arbitrariness should not control Gordon’s fate when it comes to his livelihood.

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f GC/MS was done on Gordon’s second sample and not the first, then the argument is that the true and accurate level of marijuana in his system was 13.63 ng/ml, not the 16 ng/ml that was in bottle “A.” That too, is enough to get his suspension lifted. It’s been said that Gordon will argue his urine was positive for marijuana (THC, actually) due to secondhand smoke. The cut-off level for marijuana is so low in the NFL that that argument is completely reasonable.

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Within hours of losing his appeal (which, of course, I’m assuming he does for purposes of this article) Gordon will file a lawsuit with the clerk of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, the state court in Cleveland, Ohio. Simultaneously with filing a civil suit, Gordon will file a request for a temporary restraining order against the NFL. No, this isn’t what your crazy ex-girlfriend filed against you for calling her too much. Gordon’s request for a temporary restraining order (or, TRO) will ask the Ohio judge to stop (or restrain) the NFL from enforcing his suspension. If you recall, the TRO in the StarCaps case (that was later turned into an injunction, which is basically the same thing) allowed the Kevin and Pat Williams to play for two complete seasons. They played the 2009 and 2010 seasons while their case was pending in the court system.

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ESPN

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Spin: One theory as to why the appeal is dragging on for so long was offered by Dawg Pound Nation, a Browns blog, speculating it may be due to the arbitrator stalling to give the NFL time to settle with Gordon's legal team. If Gordon's team is confident in its chances, it could have refused to settle thus far, putting the NFL in a tough spot. Because the arbitrator must make an all-or-nothing ruling, the NFL risks getting no suspension if it doesn't settle, and even a 16-team suspension is probably not optimal from a public relations standpoint given Ray Rice's two-game suspension for a much more serious offense. Moreover, even if Gordon loses, he might have grounds to sue the NFL in the state of Ohio to stop the enforcement of the suspension. In which case, it would make sense for the NFL to seek a settlement, Gordon's camp not to settle for more than a very short, if any, suspension, and for the case to drag out as a result. Of course, no matter how logical, it's only a theory, and until we have a verdict, drafters will have to speculate on Gordon's availability.

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