The NFL Players Association filed a noninjury grievance against the Cleveland Browns for the one-game suspension they imposed on wide receiver Josh Gordon for the final game of the season.
The suspension could cost Gordon millions and a year of free agency. An NFL player needs to have played in six games active to have it count as an accrued season toward free agency.
The NFLPA plans to argue, among other things, that Gordon’s missing a special-teams meeting did not constitute grounds for a one-game suspension.