Josh Gordon is going to require his own carousel at Logan or T.F. Green for all of the baggage he’s hauling with him from Cleveland to Foxborough.
The former All-Pro receiver, acquired by the Patriots from the Browns Monday for a fifth-round draft pick, had 87 catches for 1,646 yards during the 2013 season, when he earned the league’s high honors.
But he has played just 11 games, catching 43 passes, in the four seasons since while battling substance abuse problems that have led to multiple suspensions.
The inclination when a team acquires a talented, troubled player is to scour the media guide for other bad actors and perceived miscreants in that franchise’s history, and draw immediate parallels to how they fared in similar scenarios.