Josh Gordon Rocks Astros Hat Ahead Of ALCS Game 4 Vs. Yankees

The New England Patriots will play the New York Jets on Monday. Well, Josh Gordon will probably miss the game, and he is focused on a different game. The Houston Astros are playing the New York Yankees in Game 4 Thursday night at Yankee Stadium. Gordon spoke his mind after the Patriots latest practice. Gordon was wearing an Astros hat in the Patriots locker room Thursday and told ESPN’s Mike Reiss that he “likes their chances in the ALCS.”

Gordon’s knee injury was too serious for him to suit up for the match against the Jets.

When it comes to his role with the Patriots, Gordon is pretty satisfied with his work.

“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.”

He was brilliant in Week 1 of the regular season. Head coach Bill Belichick has words of prase for him. Will he take some of the load Rob Gronkowski had prior to his retirement?

“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.”