CLEVELAND — Days before opening training camp, the Cleveland Browns learned Josh Gordon will be missing again.
For how long remains unclear.
The troubled wide receiver, who has been suspended numerous times over the past six years by the NFL for drug violations, said on Twitter that he won’t be with the team for the start of camp as he continues to recover from addictions that have derailed his once-promising career.
Gordon has missed two full years after being indefinitely suspended by Commissioner Roger Goodell and hasn’t played a complete season since 2013, when he led the league in yards receiving and scored nine touchdowns.
While Gordon’s social media post was vague, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the 27-year-old has not been suspended.
CARDINALS: David Johnson is back in the fold with the Arizona Cardinals.
The question about whether the dynamic running back would continue his holdout was answered in a hurry when he was among the players returning from injuries to show up for the early portion of training camp.
Johnson, who figures to be the centerpiece of the Arizona offense under new coach Steve Wilks, did not take part in the team’s mandatory minicamp in a contract dispute.
GIANTS: Odell Beckham Jr. is coming to camp despite not having a long-term contract extension in hand. Not yet, at least.
Beckham, per NFL Network, will report on time to the start of Giants training camp Wednesday as he had promised in June, for physicals and conditioning. Rookies, QBs and select vets reported Sunday and began practice Monday, then the first full team practice is Thursday.
“He wants to play football, and he wants to win,” a source told the network’s Kim Jones.
Back in March, when the Daily News reported the Giants had discussed an OBJ trade with the L.A. Rams, NFL Network reported that Beckham would not step foot on a football field without a new contract. He has one year at $8.4 million remaining on his rookie deal.
VIKINGS: A county medical examiner says offensive line coach Tony Sparano died of heart disease.
The Hennepin County medical examiner’s office said the 56-year-old Sparano died of arteriosclerotic heart disease, or hardening of the arteries. The manner of death is listed as natural.
Sparano died Sunday in Eden Prairie, a Minneapolis suburb. He had been the Vikings’ offensive line coach since 2016.
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