Running back Melvin Gordon does not believe the Los Angeles Chargers are trading him and will continue his holdout to "protect himself" but will report to the team in 2019, a source told ESPN.
"This is not a Le'Veon Bell situation," the source said. "He still wants to be a Charger. But he's got to protect himself."
The belief is the Chargers have shown little-to-no flexibility in moving off a high asking price to facilitate a trade, the source said.
After Gordon did not report to training camp in hopes of a new contract, the Chargers never came close to his asking price and shut down any hopes for an extension once the regular season began.