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Browns suspended receiver Josh Gordon has failed an NFL drug test, according to a report. (John Kuntz, cleveland.com)

CLEVELAND - On the same day news surfaced that suspended Browns receiver Josh Gordon is living with party-boy Johnny Manziel in L.A., sources told Fox Sports' Mike Garafolo that Gordon has failed another NFL-administered drug test.

If true, it means Gordon will likely not be reinstated from his indefinite drug ban anytime soon.

Garafolo reported that Gordon tested positive for marijuana, and that both the A and B samples were diluted as well. The amount of marijuana in the samples was less than the 35 nanograms required for a positive test, according to the report. But a diluted sample that contains traces of a banned substance constitutes a positive test for a player in Stage Two or Stage Three of the program.

Gordon is in Stage Three.

A Browns spokesman and Gordon's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, both declined comment Monday evening. The NFL did likewise.

Gordon downplayed the report in two Tweets on his account Monday evening after the news broke:

Gordon, who was indefinitely suspended in February of 2015 for a positive alcohol test and sat out all last season, had applied for reinstatement around Jan. 20, and the NFL generally rules on such matters within about 60 days.

But NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at the NFL Annual Meeting two weeks ago that he'd only meet with Gordon "if appropriate" based on an update he expected to receive from his staff in the next week or two. Garafolo reported that Goodell knew at the time that Gordon had failed the test.

Over the past month, the Browns have made it increasingly clear that they weren't counting on Gordon for the 2016 season. The tone changed shortly after the NFL Combine in late February, where Browns Executive Vice President Sashi Brown said the club would welcome Gordon back if he were doing the right things.

But at the NFL Annual meeting last month, coach Hue Jackson admitted that he was gameplanning without the All-Pro receiver.

"I always learned something a long time ago -- you never worry about something you never had," Jackson said. "I've never had any contact with him, so I'm going to plan on what's in our building now and go from there."

That same day, Brown grew weary of questions about Gordon in a small group setting with local beat writers.

"I would just say probably enough Josh chatter," Brown said. "I know he's intriguing but really for us, we're focused on the guys that are on our roster and if Josh comes back, great, and if he doesn't, we're ready.''

During a press conference Wednesday to kick off the Browns off-season program, Jackson declined to say if he wants Gordon on the team in the event the suspension is lifted. The Browns are leary of Gordon after he's been suspended for 27 of his last 32 games for multiple violations of the substance abuse policy.

"I think it's premature for me to talk about that because he hasn't been reinstated,'' Jackson said.

At the Annual meeting it became evident that the NFL was in no hurry to reinstate him despite the fact that 60 days had passes since he applied for the ban to be lifted.

One league source speculated that perhaps Gordon hadn't shown the NFL enough of a commitment to his sobriety. Gordon has maintained from the beginning that he's not an addict, and spent two weeks at an inpatient addiction center in 2014, where he says they told him he was not one.

But during Goodell's Super Bowl press conference, he stressed that Gordon would have to convince the league that it's not going to happen again.

"Our No. 1 issue here is to prevent these things from happening,'' he said. "I'm hopeful that Josh understands that he's going to have to conduct himself differently going forward to be a member of the NFL and to be representing the Cleveland Browns, or any team in the NFL.

"So our job is to try to get people to understand that, try to make sure that they live by the policies that we have and ensure that this is what all of us in the league want, but also I think our fans want. Our fans want players playing by the same rules.''

Brown noted that the Browns would have to gauge where Gordon once he's reinstated before they make any decisions.

"Any time we've got a player that's been suspended for that amount of time and had some of the challenges Josh has had thus far in his career, you need to sit down with him and understand where his head is before you bring him back into your locker room,'' he said.

New quarterback Robert Griffin III recently cast his vote for his former Baylor teammate to be back with the club if he's reinstated.

"Josh is family,'' he said on his introductory conference call. "I love the guy. I don't know what's going to happen with him in the league or with the team, but he always knows that he has a brother in me.

"If the opportunity comes that he can get reinstated and play for the Browns, then I won't be upset with that - let's just put it that way.''

The double-whammy of the day -- Gordon living with Manziel and reportedly failing a drug test -- won't have the Browns in a hurry to have him on the roster. But they might not have to make that decision for awhile now.