BREAKING NEWS: Melvin Gordon Will End Holdout And Report to Team Tomorrow

As each new NFL season approaches it is often met with superstar players enacting holdouts from training camps in hopes of getting new contracts—or traded—from their current team.

This season, Los Angeles Chargers running back Melvin Gordon was one of the first players to announce his intention of missing time until the team gave him a new deal or sent him to another team that would.

The Chargers held steadfast to their belief that they did not owe Gordon, who is entering the final season of his rookie contract, any new money. Neither side blinked and the holdout extended into the regular season.

Now, as we prepare for Week 4 Gordon has informed Los Angeles that he plans to report back to the team on Thursday, however, he will not play this Sunday according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

Despite being 1-2 on the year, the Chargers have not missed Gordon on the field. His backups Austin Ekeler and Justin Jackson have combined to rush for 302 yards on 56 attempts.

Obviously the team isn’t going to turn away a Pro Bowl talent coming back but it remains to be seen what kind of role Gordon will have when he does return to action in the coming weeks.

Gordon retweeted the following photo captioned “patience…” from Le’Veon Bell who notably sat out the entirety of the 2018 NFL season. Possibly as an allusion to him choosing to sit out the first four games of this year.