Josh Gordon: What's Good For The Goose....

I didn't get a chance to blog about this Thursday before last, when it was a hot topic, but to me it's still worth talking about.
The news about Josh Gordon's 1 year suspension sent "shock waves" around the league. The questions began. "Why should he get 1 yr? Maybe the League is too harsh on Marijuana infractions?! Shouldn't Josh be allowed more inclusion to his team EVEN though he's suspended"?! It was like a literal love fest for Josh Gordon. The man smoked pot and got busted. He even tried to say it was second hand smoke (I mean really!).  Let me get this right. This Wide Receiver, Josh Gordon, who plays for the Browns (*Snicker*), is a Fantasy Football hero in many circles, is on a team that has had 20 something Quarterbacks in 15 yrs, plays on the same team with Johnny Manziel and all of these things make a case for "bending" the rules for a player that can't be bothered with trying to follow the rules and stay clean?! Hold On Playa.
Everybody is losing their minds over Josh Gordon and I'm over here like what about Justin Blackmon? What about letting him be closer to HIS team? He SURELY hasn't been helped with the distance that comes from suspension. Did anyone think of him this week when leniency ruled the day for JG?! No. Not one person. But I did. Because once you are on my team, you are on my team. Lots of similarities between JG and Justin Blackmon. Both in trouble in college and come into the NFL with those same problems.
Unfortunately, I have to wonder why no one felt this way about Justin Blackmon last year? Was it lackluster Quarterback play that would likely not garner much attention, fantasy football or otherwise? Was it that he played for Jacksonville Jaguars and we are considered low man on the totem pole in the NFL? Jacksonville: not storied enough, not proven enough, no rabid fan base? Please. You don't even know me.
Well, Josh Gordon, I just want you to know, second hand pot smoke or not, What's Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander. You aren't better than Justin Blackmon. Please get clean and stay clean.

PS- Peeps. I can't say this enough. There is nothing, NOTHING, special about the Browns. But guess what?! The NFL and the Players Union are now "negotiating" to find a better solution than 1 yr suspensions. I will repeat. Where was everyone when Justin Blackmon was suspended last year?! Oh yeah. I forgot. He's JUST a Jaguar. 

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Unusual homework needed for Jaguars success

Everybody knows the usual things a team should do to win: have a good defense, have a good offense, have a good special teams, have a good coach and coaching staff, and have a loud and loyal fan base.
I submit to you all the seemingly unusual homework the Jaguars need to complete to win.
1. Please allow the team to haze Blaine Gabbert. Why would you abandon a preseason ritual like that? What no one wants to say I will say. They did not haze Blaine Gabbert because Jack Del Rio didn't want Blaine to get hurt emotionally or physically because he knew he was going to have him starting soon. So you ask, what kind of hazing are we talking about? Shaving Gabbert's head or make them sing a ridiculous song to everyone on the team during a preseason dinner. Not hazing him has set him apart from the other players and they all know he'll get "special" treatment.
2. Which brings me to my next point. Gabbert needs to cut his hair. It's too long. He needs to focus on football not his hair. He's always playing with it. ICK. He's not a girl for crying out loud. If I saw him asleep somewhere, I would put his hair in pig tails and put some lip gloss on him. CUT HIS HAIR. Whether Gabbert likes it or not he's a man in the NFL now and unless he's gonna dred it up, he needs to cut it.
3. I am personally taking donations for this one. I am getting money together to get a 50 gallon drum of pine sap sent to Everbank Stadium . It's uses are: to the Gloves, to the front of the Jerseys, and to the anterior Chest Pads. Why? Because I am tired of dropped passes and balls that hit the pads bouncing out of the hands. Also, when you tip a ball on defense there would be no doubt because it would stick to the tip of your glove (AHEM, Browns game).
4. I believe that for the Quarterback, the Receivers, and the Tight Ends to be on the same page, they need to have slumber parties, freeze each others undies, get pedicures together, get couples massages and go shopping together. If they are going to look like a bunch of girls on the field they should act like them off the field. Hey. I love them. But they need to mesh. They need to know what the other one is thinking and anticipate what the other one will do next. All joking aside, they need to spend more time together.They have lost this because of change in quarterback with short notice and dumb lockout that lasted too long. Oh, and one of those rules that changed with the new CBA: The players get one fewer practice per week. That spells disaster to a team with a rookie quarterback, short off season, crazy free agency, and an offense that already needed a long time to gel, mesh, or whatever. I guess whoever said "Practice makes perfect" didn't know what they were talking about, right JDR (insert eye roll)? Do something together off field for success on field. The players don't HAVE to, but if they needed to do that to win, would they?
To the average person, I'm sure all of this is ridiculous. I realize that fact. However, when your team keeps losing you have to have a unique perspective to keep from wearing a brown bag over your head to the next game. I would never do that, but there are some crazies out there who would.

Side note: Is there some sort of class needed to be attended by coaches to learn the whole clock management thing? I have several I need to sign up: JDR, Dirk Koetter, Jimbo Fisher, Jimbo Fisher ( yeah I put him in 2x because he's the head coach AND offensive coordinator for FSU), and of course Les Miles.

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