Josh Gordon Says He’s In Best Shape Of His Short Patriots Career

Josh Gordon re-joined the New England Patriots at 245 pounds, and dropped that number to 236 pounds as confirmed by NFL Media’s Mike Giardi.

The wide receiver says he is in the best shape of his tenure with the team

“Oh yeah, by far. By far,” Gordon said. “I don’t have any injuries this year, fortunately. Me and (strength and conditioning coach) Moses Cabrera have been in the training room every morning getting after it and continue to grow. It’s only Week 2. I’m excited, we’re all excited to see what happens halfways toward the end of the season. I think it’s going to be a huge upside at that point.”

Gordon was great in Week 1, and did some of Rob Gronkowski’s job. But, don’t expect to see him become the new tight end for the team.

“I mean, I guess he could. It depends,” head coach Belichick said. “A lot of tight end routes are different than the receiver routes just as a fundamental part of the offense. So, when you start to talk about tight ends playing receiver, that takes a special kind of athlete and a special type of — I mean, there’s techniques to playing receiver that are different from playing tight end. There are techniques that are different from playing receiver, and include slot receiver.

“They’re just different positions. So, I mean, could you line him up there? Yeah, I guess you could line him up there, but you’re talking about putting a guy into a new world really, on a lot of levels. Seeing the game from the inside-out, seeing the game from the outside-in — I mean, that’s a pretty big difference. I’m not saying it can’t be done, but I think that’s the type of thing that would take time — years — and the right kind of player that would be able to do all of that. So, I think that would be asking a lot really of almost any player. Now, I mean you could take a guy like Tony Gonzalez, who could play receiver and play tight end. He’s in the Hall of Fame. So, I’m not saying there aren’t guys who can do that, but I wouldn’t say it’s a long list.”

New England has the best defensive unit. Gordon joins a group of Julian Edelman, Antonio Brown, Phillip Dorsett, Jakobi Meyers, and Gunner Olszewski. Let’s not forget N’Keal Harry and Cameron Meredith.