re: Josh Gordon: An opener letter to his haters Barkley, Stephen A, Cris Carter

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I think the point is nothing has worked so far, so why not cut him and see if he responds?

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Like Chad eluded to above, I'd be interested to see what all the Browns have done to assist him? If they've done a lot and he's not absorbing any of it, you may be correct.

Arguably the most ignorant most I've read on here since 2012 when someone wanted to fight me over LeBron James

Those were the days.

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On the field, yes, but no one can help him but himself. If anyone has ever dealt with addiction as a person or with a friend/family knows this. People can only do so much before it falls on the person to fix themselves

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And a great way for this to happen is a change of scenery and better supervisors.

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It obviously doesn't hamper his performance on the field, and yet the NFL keeps him off the field because (i guess) they want all of their players to be some shining beacon of a role model to little kids around the country.

If Gordon gets arrested and goes to jail, I get it. Keep him off the field. Maybe suspend him for a few games for a DUI.

But the NFL actively goes out of its way to try and catch people smoking weed and drinking alcohol? frick, that's ridiculous. I don't really care if he's shooting up heroin on the weekends, so long as he's not harming others. I just want to see him go ham for 200 yards receiving on any given sunday.

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I think the issue is not that he's chemically addicted, but alcohol and marijuana are ways to release tension, stress, and anxiety. Obviously that avenue has caused him a lot of problems, but I still don't believe he's an addict.

He needs to find a different way to get rid of his stress, boredom etc.

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he still needs some sort of assistance from somewhere for terrible deicision making.

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I have known a number of 23-year olds over the years, and I think this statement would apply to most of them at least part of the time. I include myself in that category.

Makes me really proud of Mathieu for getting the help and turning his life around before getting to this. Mathieu has been wonderful since turning pro and never once was bitter to LSU.

I truly hope Gordon can now do the actions to go along with these words.. because without it.. it's still just words.. Almost like the stuff Manziel constantly spouts out that he's going to get more dedicated or serious.. time after time....

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Guessing he did with his agent. He's a smart dude, intellectually at least

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This is even more alarming.

That letter was well written, thoughtful, direct and was indicative of a guy who is very intelligent.

Someone that intelligent must have some very strong demons if he continuously makes very bad decisions that destroy his life.

If his letter is to be believed:

* He is extremely intelligent
* He is not an addict and has been able to control his drug and alchohol consumption for extended periods with no problem
* He was able to escape from what sounded like was a very tough upbringing...which makes him even more exceptional
* He cares about his team and his career
* He has and has for a while taken responsibility for his actions internally

Yet, he can't make good decisions. I hate to say this...but that's worse than having an addiction. It's a mental instability. I mean, he gets it. Yet, he still can't get out of his own way.