Report: WR N’Keal Harry Changes Number for Josh Gordon

The New England Patriots are trying to get Josh Gordon back on the field. Well, even the rookies want him back on the field. 2019 first-round draft pick N’Keal Harry changed his jersey number. Do you know what that means? Harry gave up on his No. 10 for No. 8.

Tom Brady likes to have Gordon around.

“There wasn’t many opportunities, but he was around, and I needed someone to catch,” he said. “I’ve always enjoyed playing with him and obviously hope everything works out for him. I’m hoping the best, certainly.”

It’s a new season.

“I focused on a lot of things,” Brady said. “I really did. I think there was a lot of — every year has its different challenges. I wanted to get a little bigger this year and put on a few more pounds and try to absorb the hits a little bit more. I worked pretty hard at that. It was good. I still realize when I got here I wanted to be a little more fluid and get back to the fluidity that I’m used to, too. There’s a difference between getting really dense and obviously being more pliable, and that’s really been my focus.”

Gordon is expected to replace Rob Gronkowski. Let’s be honest… He has the potential to do that.

“He’s a great player, and to replace great players, that’s not like you just pick another one off the tight end tree,” Brady said. “You can’t just go out back. You have to find guys that come in and want to put the work in, want to contribute. Between the guys we have out here now which is Ben, Matt, Stephen, Ryan Izzo, Lance, who we just got, those guys are trying to do everything they can do. They’re all new players, so we’ve got to figure out how to get them up to speed with what our expectations are, the level of competition on a daily basis.

“There’s a lot of turnover every year,” Tom Brady added. “We deal with the turnover, and there’s a lot of new guys trying to assimilate into what we’ve done here for a long time. It’s really up to them to get up to speed, and everyone here has got to help them get there between the coaches, the veteran players, the leaders. It’s our responsibility to get everyone on the same page and doing the right thing and trying to help us in whatever way we can to help us move the ball down the field and score some points.”