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Josh Gordon smoked his way onto arguably the greatest football franchise in history. Let it be a lesson to the kids–play by the rules and you end up like Tim Tebow smacking a baseball with the third best player from my high school team.
The 27-year-old Pro Bowler spent six-ish years with the Cleveland Browns before perceived “trust” issues led the league’s once most productive receiver to be released from the worst franchise in professional sports. Not to mention, the dude scored the team’s game-tying touchdown in their first non-loss since December 2016. Cold.
In 2013, Gordon had a mind-blowing 87 catches for a league-leading 1,646 yards and nine touchdowns in only 14 games, but since then has only playing in only 11 games since. The opportunity cost for the Patriots is relatively low, they gave up just a fifth-rounder and will get the pick back if Gordon doesn’t play. Not a bad deal for a team that is desperate for a vertical threat.
In any event, the announcement that Josh Gordon was heading to the Patriots came right after the 4:00 pm trade deadline today. That time: 4:20 pm. BRUH.
It’s poetic.
The Browns traded Josh Gordon at 4:20. That is all.
— Jason Nicholas (@JasonNweather) September 17, 2018
@Reflog_18 The Browns traded Josh Gordon at 4:20. Don’t let it be said John Dorsey doesn’t have a sense of humor.
— Rob Ostrom (@RobOstrom) September 17, 2018
Josh Gordon expected to be traded around 4:20. pic.twitter.com/obq1bt4a7h
— CS Nation (@_CSNation_) September 17, 2018
Josh Gordon is a genius. Smokes weed and does whatever he wants while getting paid millions until he finally gets traded to the best organization in the league. Gotta respect the hustle.
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) September 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/AVelotta27/status/1041786970819702784
BREAKING: Tom Brady will reportedly give up his number 12 to Josh Gordon for a bag of weed.
— Fake SportsCenter (@FakeSportsCentr) September 18, 2018
Josh Gordon really smoked weed and dragged his feet at his bum ass job until they traded him to arguably the greatest team ever and THAT my friends is LEGENDARY lol
— Parks (@parksmusic) September 17, 2018
Maybe Tom Brady can get Josh Gordon hooked on like avocado ice cream instead of weed?
— EvPickz | Ev Singleton (@EvGuyBoston) September 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/seanymoshow/status/1041787985308647425
Just as the universe intended.