Josh Gordon said his year-long suspension was necessary for him to slow down, the Cleveland Browns receiver said in a video released Tuesday on the ProAthlete TV channel on YouTube.
“Since that day that the suspension was announced, in a sense I was kind of relieved,” Gordon said from Art Basel in Miami Beach, where he was displaying some of his art work. “I was distraught and embarrassed, but I was like, ‘Man, I’ve been ripping and running too much, too fast.’
“I needed to slow down. I’m glad that somebody gave me a quick kick in the ass to let me know what’s real and what’s not.