RGIII to Josh Gordon

When I read the news that Robert Griffin III was heading to Cleveland, after saying a quick prayer for Josh Gordon's reinstatement, my next thought was, "Baylor Bears Reunion!"  As you may remember, Griffin and Gordon played together for 4 glorious games in 2004 before Gordon's off the field issues got in the way.  Granted, 4 games is a pretty small sample, but the span of plays between the two included multiple touchdowns, first downs, fumbles, and even a trick play, so I compiled some numbers as taken from old play-by-play data (detailed below for the record):

RGIII to J.Gordon in 2010:

Targets	29
Completions	19
Total Yards	429
Completion %	65.5%
Yards per Target	9.1
Yards per Catch	22.6
1st downs	9
Touchdowns	5

At 22.6 yards per catch, it shouldn't be terribly surprising that nearly half of these plays (48%) were for either a touchdown or a first down, as illustrated below:

Now there are certainly questions as to whether these two players can return to form after their respective falls from grace, but looking at the numbers, it seems like there is some chemistry to be rediscovered if they can. 

THE DATA:

October 2nd vs. Kansas

1st and 10 at KU 39

(12:52 - 1st) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 39 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.

1st and 10 at BAY 6

(4:09 - 2nd) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 94 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.

1st and 10 at BAY 46

(2:27 - 2nd) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 21 yards to the Kans 33, tackled by Lubbock Smith for a 1ST down.

2nd and 10 at BAY 25

(9:43 - 3rd) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 7 yards to the Bayl 32, tackled by Isiah Barfield.

October 9th at TTU

2nd and 8 at TTU 34

(11:52 - 2nd) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 34 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.

2nd and 7 at BAY 27

(10:10 - 2nd) Robert Griffin III pass incomplete to Josh Gordon.

1st and 10 at BAY 34

(6:24 - 2nd) Robert Griffin III pass incomplete to Josh Gordon.

1st and 10 at TTU 47

(6:22 - 3rd) Robert Griffin III pass incomplete to Josh Gordon.

2nd and 17 at BAY 10

(11:34 - 4th) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 27 yards to the Bayl 37 for a 1ST down.

3rd and 7 at BAY 40

(10:52 - 4th) Robert Griffin III pass incomplete to Josh Gordon.

3rd and 7 at BAY 36

(7:55 - 4th) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 20 yards to the TexTc 44 for a 1ST down.

1st and 10 at TTU 16

(5:11 - 4th) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for a loss of 1 yard to the TexTc 17.

4th and 15 at TTU 21

(3:47 - 4th) Josh Gordon pass complete to Robert Griffin III for 9 yards to the TexTc 12.

2nd and 10 at TTU 47

(0:00 - 4th) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 16 yards to the TexTc 31 for a 1ST down.

October 23rd at Kansas State

3rd and 8 at KSU 28

(11:52 - 1st) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 28 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.

1st and 10 at BAY 36

(11:26 - 2nd) Robert Griffin III pass incomplete to Josh Gordon, broken up by David Garrett.

1st and 10 at KSU 47

(4:17 - 2nd) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 47 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.

1st and 10 at KSU 25

(2:38 - 2nd) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 16 yards to the KanSt 24, tackled by Stephen Harrison, BAYLOR penalty 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct on Josh Gordon accepted.

1st and Goal at KSU 5

(0:22 - 2nd) Robert Griffin III pass incomplete to Josh Gordon, broken up by Stephen Harrison.

2nd and Goal at KSU 5

(0:22 - 2nd) Robert Griffin III pass incomplete to Josh Gordon.

1st and 10 at BAY 31

(10:16 - 3rd) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 17 yards to the Bayl 48, tackled by Stephen Harrison out-of-bounds for a 1ST down.

1st and 10 at BAY 48

(10:16 - 3rd) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 14 yards to the KanSt 38, tackled by Emmanuel Lamur for a 1ST down.

2nd and 7 at BAY 47

(2:17 - 3rd) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 10 yards to the KanSt 43, tackled by Stephen Harrison for a 1ST down.

2nd and 15 at BAY 40

(14:36 - 4th) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 9 yards to the Bayl 49, tackled by Emmanuel Lamur out-of-bounds.

3rd and 6 at BAY 49

(14:36 - 4th) Robert Griffin III pass incomplete to Josh Gordon.

November 6th vs. Oklahoma State

1st and 10 at BAY 9

(14:50 - 1st) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 15 yards to the Bayl 24 for a 1ST down.

2nd and 1 at BAY 33

(14:30 - 1st) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 12 yards to the Bayl 45 for a 1ST down.

2nd and 6 at BAY 35

(6:15 - 1st) Robert Griffin III pass complete to Josh Gordon for 4 yards, fumbled, forced by Brodrick Brown, recovered by OKSt Brodrick Brown at the Bayl 37.

1st and 10 at BAY 45

(0:33 - 1st) Robert Griffin III pass incomplete to Josh Gordon, broken up by Brodrick Brown.

3rd and 15 at BAY 40

(0:20 - 1st) Robert Griffin III pass incomplete to Josh Gordon, BAYLOR penalty Pass Interference on Josh Gordon declined.