Report: Browns WR Josh Gordon Prefers Trade to the Cowboys or 49ers

Josh Gordon will likely be traded from Cleveland within the week.

Josh Gordon is expected to be traded by Monday, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter, and the former All-Pro receiver has a pair of preferred destinations. 

Per Schefter, Gordon would like to be traded to San Francisco or Dallas, looking to join a pair of NFC squads with a shallow crop of wide receivers. The two teams fit Cleveland's reported goal of dealing Gordon to an NFC team. 

However, Clarence Hill Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegramreports the Cowboys will not pursue Gordon and will instead sign wide receiver Brice Butler.

Cleveland announced its intent to release Gordon on Saturday night. The five-year veteran was ruled out for Sunday's contest at New Orleans with a hamstring injury, reportedly injuring his hamstring during a promotional photoshoot.

“For the past six years, the Browns have fully supported and invested in Josh, both personally and professionally, and wanted the best for him, but unfortunately we’ve reached a point where we feel it’s best to part ways and move forward,” Browns general manager John Dorsey said in a statement. “We wish Josh well.”

Browns to release WR Josh Gordon

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— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) September 15, 2018

Cleveland lost to the Saints without Gordon on Sunday.