ESPN.com · Sep 13, 2019
Source: Gordon holdout not a 'Le'Veon' situation
Running back Melvin Gordon does not believe the Los Angeles Chargers are trading him and will continue his holdout to "protect himself" but will report to the team in 2019, a source told ESPN.
"This is not a Le'Veon Bell situation," the source said. "He still wants to be a Charger. But he's got to protect himself."
The belief is the Chargers have shown little-to-no flexibility in moving off a high asking price to facilitate a trade, the source said.
After Gordon did not report to training camp in hopes of a new contract, the Chargers never came close to his asking price and shut down any hopes for an extension once the regular season began.
