FOXBOROUGH -- A handful of Josh Gordon’s now former teammates weighed in on what happened with the wide receiver after practice on Thursday. Here’s a smattering of what was talked about in the locker room:
Matthew Slater: “First and foremost, my prayers are with Josh, and my concern is with him and what he’s dealing with, whatever that may be. He was a good teammate – worked hard, tried his best to put the team first, did everything that he was asked to do while he was here… There’s so much more to us as people that a lot of people don’t get a chance to see. We all deal with our own issues... that’s life. It’s always important for us to have a healthy understanding of that and have perspective on that, that life is so much bigger than football. Certainly, that’s the case here. We want to be conscious of that as we support Josh.”
Devin McCourty: “We all care for him. He was a great teammate. Worked his butt off while he was here. We wish him the best personally. Football comes and goes. We’re used to, I guess, adversity when it comes to just playing football – lose a guy to injury, a guy can’t play in a game, whatever that is – but life comes before all of that. We wish him the best and care about that more than wins and losses.”
David Andrews: “It’s a personal situation. I’ll let Josh speak for himself on that. I wish him all the best. He was a great teammate and a great guy to me.”
Stephon Gilmore: “He was a great teammate, great guy. You just try to pray a lot and hope the best for him… I wish the best for him.”
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