© Scott Galvin | 2018 Sep 9
SANTA CLARA — On the heels of Saturday’s news that the Cleveland Browns are looking to trade or release wide receiver Josh Gordon by Monday, 49ers general manager John Lynch told reporters at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday that the team has made a call about Gordon and is doing its due diligence.
John Lynch just said he’s made calls about Josh Gordon and that team is doing its due diligence on the receiver.
— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) September 16, 2018
John Lynch said 49ers have made a call on Josh Gordon and team is doing its due dilligence.
— Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoNBCS) September 16, 2018
Early Sunday morning, Adam Schefter of ESPN reported that Gordon, though he has no say in the matter, would prefer to be traded to either the 49ers or Cowboys. The Browns are looking to trade Gordon out of the AFC per Schefter.
Cleveland prefers to trade WR Josh Gordon out of the AFC, and to an NFC team, and that’s the Browns’ current intent, per sources.
Gordon knows he has no say in where he is traded, but the two places he’s hoping to land are with the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 16, 2018
Gordon, 27, is scheduled to make just $790K this season before becoming a restricted free agent next offseason. Since his breakout sophomore season in 2013 when he posted 1,646 receiving yards and nine touchdowns with the Browns, Gordon has played in just 11 of a possible 65 games. Gordon missed the entire 2015 and 2016 seasons for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Kyle Shanahan was Gordon’s offensive coordinator in Cleveland during the 2014 season, in which Gordon appeared in just five games before being suspended for a drunk driving incident.
After the news broke of his impending release, Gordon posted a thank you message to Cleveland on Instagram, ending it with “Anybody need a deep threat WR??”
Josh Gordon on Instagram: pic.twitter.com/uYwaig6GRa
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 16, 2018