Browns’ Gordon upbeat: ‘I’m a different person’

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BEREA, Ohio — Josh Gordon said he returns to the Cleveland Browns a different man, one more willing and ready to accept help and support from others. Those were Gordon’s words Thursday in his first public comments since he was reinstated by the NFL from a one-year ban.

Gordon did not apologize for missing the 2015 season for multiple violations of the NFL’s substance-abuse policy, but he did say he was “tremendously excited” to be given another chance, and “grateful” the Browns took him back.

“I definitely think I’m a different person,” he said. “If you haven’t changed over a period of time, that’s a bad thing. I think me standing here is a testament to that. Most people might not see it that way. That just comes with the territory of me being who I am, considering my past.”

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Gordon said he had taken the steps necessary “to better myself as a person off the field just as much as on.” He did not answer when asked if he went to rehab, but promised he is …

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