I want Josh Gordon to get over whatever problems he has and play well in the NFL. The first part of that is admitting you have a problem. If you just keep denying you do, you are doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over again.
Here is what he had to say.
Asked by ESPN.com on Friday to identify the last time he smoked marijuana, Gordon said that it’s been a while.
“I think it was before I got into the league,” he said. “I don’t know.”
Asked why he checked himself into rehab if he doesn’t consider himself an addict, Gordon said, “Just to see. … To seek out some help on decision-making. Not drug use or drug abuse, but decision-making. Life skills. How to be your own person and stuff like that.”
Classic denial, but all we can hope for is that going forward he realizes the mistakes he has made and has learned from them.
He is still very young and hopefully the addiction to screwing up won’t ruin his career.