Patriots Teammates Rooting For Josh Gordon’s Recovery Beyond Football

Josh Gordon is an excellent football player, and the New England Patriots trusted him enough to offer him a contract. The NFL suspended Gordon indefinitely, but the Patriots want him back.

“It definitely would mean a lot to him, because I know it means a lot to him to just play football,” Dorsett recently told ESPN’s Mike Reiss. “I was definitely close to him. I just hope he gets himself right. That’s my main concern — just him as a human being. I don’t really care about the football thing. I just want to see him be healthy in his mind, his body and spirit.”

McCourty agreed with his teammate.

“I’d be happy for him,” he said. “I think at this point, everybody here, you’re just encouraging and you just hope everything is working right with him — not only with reinstatement but just in life, that he’s doing well, progressing the way he needs to progress. If the next step in that progression is coming back to the team, obviously everyone here would be thrilled to have him. He’s an awesome person, dealing with things just like the rest of us.”

Gordon was suspended in December after violating the NFL’s drug abuse policy and the terms of a possible reinstatement. His status for the 2019 season isn’t determined yet, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will make a decision on the receiver.

In March, Goodell said, “The first thing is to focus on Josh himself as a young man, and what he needs to do to get his life on the right track. That’s what our focus is. We have resources supporting that, and that’s our hope.

“Once he gets on the right track, we’ll get to that place. But I think right now, he has had a complete focus on ‘I have to get myself all cleared in the right place before I can get back on the field.'”

Well, let’s see what happens in 2019. The Patriots are optimistic about Gordon’s return. Rookie N’Keal Harry has already switched to No. 8. Gordon had No. 10 remember? Harry was given No. 10, but he changed it. It’s happening!