Bill Belichick Releases Statement On Josh Gordon, Provides Update On N’Keal Harry

The New England Patriots placed Josh Gordon on injured reserve last week, and they cut ties with him on Thursday. Other NFL teams can claim the wide receiver. Head coach Bill Belichick talked about the release of Gordon and the activation of N’Keal Harry.

“We released him because he was healthy,” Belichick said of Gordon. “He passed his physical.”

The head coach didn’t want to talk about Gordon’s time with the Pats, adding that they are now focused on the Baltimore Ravens.

“That’s all in the past,” Belichick said. “We’re looking to Baltimore at this point. A lot of guys have been here in the past year and a half.”

Harry has been working with the Pats for two weeks.
“He works hard,” Belichick said. “He’s worked hard at everything — special teams role, offense. So, yeah, we’ll see how it goes here for the weekend.”

The Patriots have Julian Edelman, Mohamed Sanu, Phillip Dorsett, Jakobi Meyers, Gunner Olszewski and Matthew Slater at wide receiver. Meyers or Olszewski  may be made inactive to make enough room on the 46-man gameday roster for Harry.

“I think N’Keal’s been working hard,” Belichick said Tuesday on a conference call with reporters. “Even though he hasn’t been able to participate in practice until recently, he’s been able to do other things — train, study, watch film, keep up with the terminology and game plan adjustments that we make. And then more recently, he has been able to get on the field and primarily take scout-team reps but also do other things, individual drills and some of the other competitive drills and so forth that we’ve done. It’s definitely improving.

“It’s good to have him back out there and see him working. I’d say each day, as you would expect, a little more improvement and confidence and taking things a little bit further than the day before. But he’s missed a lot of time. He still has a long way to go. He’s definitely trending in the right direction. We just have to evaluate where it is and what helps the team the most here.”

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