Patriots Player Departure Josh Gordon Stepping Away?

[moosekill]

I have, are you incapable of reading, or is comprehension an issue for you?

 

[JackBauer]

I have, are you incapable of reading, or is comprehension an issue for you?

Nah, you just made stuff up, got called on it, and now you're flailing.

 

[Triumph]

Every other team in the league when winning their division, and having a great shot at 2nd place and a bye is overjoyed at their team. In New England, the pink hats are ready to crucify their coach, send their QB to the retirement home, and aren't going to watch the playoffs, because they have no chance.

 

[moosekill]

And what am I flailing at? At least half of the posters in this thread, yourself included, have given up on this team. Most teams are incredibly excited to make the playoffs, and think, rightly so, that their team has a great chance at making it to the superbowl. This fanbase is so spoiled that if they don't come in as the top ranked team and as a perfect team, they dont have a chance.

 

[tasmlab]

The Pats didn't have the cap space to keep Cooks.

Didn't he have a year left on his rookie deal? Would've he had played for that? IIRC, Rams gave him his big extension early.

He's having a big year stat-wise it looks like.

 

[moosekill]

If only we had Jimmy G!

 

[JackBauer]

And what am I flailing at? At least half of the posters in this thread, yourself included, have given up on this team. Most teams are incredibly excited to make the playoffs, and think, rightly so, that their team has a great chance at making it to the superbowl. This fanbase is so spoiled that if they don't come in as the top ranked team and as a perfect team, they dont have a chance.

Now you're shifting the goalposts. Can't say that wasn't predictable?

That aside, your post is dumb. Not having irrational faith is not the same as "giving up" on the team.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Some were willing to give him a big money extension, which was totally asinine, but there was no reason why he couldn’t have played on the RFA next season at 4.4m dollars.

There was no way in hell that they were going to offer him a big payday, though. That was never going to happen. At least not until early/spring of 2020.

My hope was he'd stay clean, the Pats would 1st round tender him, and Jerry Jones just couldn't resist and signed him to a long-term deal. Oh well.

Hopefully Gordon can get his issues straightened out, but I think he's done in the NFL at this point.

 

[moosekill]

So wait, you are saying that people in this thread, and on this forum, are still excited by this team, happy with the coach, and thing the Pats will do well in the playoffs and make it to the superbowl?

 

[TheRainMaker]

This is a terrible loss. The offense is going to struggle like it did early in the season with teams playing heavy man to man. I expect the Pats to counter this by putting more emphasis on the ground game to set up some room in the passing game.

I hope Sony Michel gets a heavy workload and the coaches don't play musical chairs at RB which they've been doing since Burkhead came back. In fact, Sony Michel has been a lot less effective since Burkhead has been forced on the field.

 

[DaBruinz]

What I'm finding curious is that the NFL usually says when a player has violated the Substance Abuse Policy (aka failed drug test). What the league stated this time is that Gordon violated the terms of his reinstatement. One has to wonder what those terms were exactly and whether or not they meant failed drug test or something less innocuous..

 

[Nunchucks]

And what am I flailing at? At least half of the posters in this thread, yourself included, have given up on this team. Most teams are incredibly excited to make the playoffs, and think, rightly so, that their team has a great chance at making it to the superbowl. This fanbase is so spoiled that if they don't come in as the top ranked team and as a perfect team, they dont have a chance.

What's wrong with being spoiled? We know that this team is on the edge of being mediocre...We want to see as much excellence as we possibly can see, because we know it is going to end soon. So, why can't we be disappointed when the GOAT QB and GOAT TE are looking merely mediocre and the defense looks like it can't stop the run?

This team looks like it could be better and it has played amazing in spurts...but it has been inconsistent and that means the chances of a Superbowl are lower than we'd like...it is okay to be disappointed about that

 

[JackBauer]

So wait, you are saying that people in this thread, and on this forum, are still excited by this team, happy with the coach, and thing the Pats will do well in the playoffs and make it to the superbowl?

I think it's substantially more nuanced than how you've characterized here, but since you can't keep consistent from one post to the next you'll just have argue in circles by yourself.

 

[Deus Irae]

And what am I flailing at? At least half of the posters in this thread, yourself included, have given up on this team. Most teams are incredibly excited to make the playoffs, and think, rightly so, that their team has a great chance at making it to the superbowl. This fanbase is so spoiled that if they don't come in as the top ranked team and as a perfect team, they dont have a chance.

To call your posts in this thread incredibly stupid would not be an overstatement.

 

[tom444]

So wait, you are saying that people in this thread, and on this forum, are still excited by this team, happy with the coach, and thing the Pats will do well in the playoffs and make it to the superbowl?

Why would they be?

 

[TheRainMaker]

Didn't he have a year left on his rookie deal? Would've he had played for that? IIRC, Rams gave him his big extension early.

He's having a big year stat-wise it looks like.

You are correct. Like Chandler Jones, they could've kept him for at least one more year and worry about getting compensation for him at FA.

I thought the reason they traded Cooks was to use that draft capital for a guy like Calvin Ridley, but it didn't happen. For the short term, that trade is looking like a mistake.

 

[Joey007]

Maybe that's the end of the forced passes **** we saw in Tennessee. More Dorsett

What worked in the 38-7 Dolphins win in week 4 is the formula we need to follow the rest of the way out.

 

[maineman209]

Some drops are worse than others. The same is true for penalties.

No doubt. White's drop was just as bad (poorly-timed), as was Gordon's. Not all of Edelman's drops have been drive killers. Gordon had a higher drop rate and a lower catch rate that Edelman.

A lot of folks appear to be focusing solely on Edelman's drops as justification for the hot take that he's "playing poorly", while conveniently ignoring the rest of what he's contributed.

 

[Angelpats]

Win some you lose some. I think we’ll be ok with Dorset and CP has been putting in some route work. Gordon has some good hands but if you really watched the games he had not gained his speed back.

 

[Brewskies]

If only we had Jimmy G!

Thanks Kraft