Josh Gordon To Patriots: Tom Brady Gives Opinion On Surprise Trade

Tom Brady is hopeful Josh Gordon will be a good signing for the New England Patriots after the wide receiver was traded from the Cleveland Browns.

In somewhat of a surprise, the Patriots traded a 2019 fifth round draft pick in exchange for Gordon on Monday. The talent was always there with the Texas native who has 180 receptions for 3,106 yards and 16 touchdowns in his professional career — the problem is off the field.

Gordon has been suspended a number of times by the NFL for drug violations since Cleveland drafted him in 2012, and has only featured in 41 of 97 possible regular season games since, having missed the entire 2015 and 2016 seasons.

However, a change of scene might be the best thing for his career as he will be hoping to be the latest player to have their careers revived under Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. When asked about the trade, Brady was hopeful as well.

"I hate to make projections and expectations," Brady told Westwood One Radio, as quoted on Sporting News. "That’s not fair and I have never met Josh personally, just like I hadn’t met some of the guys who have come in the last couple of weeks."

"We’ll see how it goes this week. Hopefully he can work hard, put the team first and end up helping us in any role he can find for himself on the team," he said.

The quarterback also discussed the process of developing trust with a new wideout.

"It depends. It is play-by-play, day-by-day, week-by-week, and you can’t skip steps," Brady explained. "I always think trust is whatever wide receiver is out there. You tell them to run a certain route, and they run it the way you talked about, the ball is thrown, it’s caught, it’s a positive play and then you do it again."

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, if Gordon is not active for at least ten games, Cleveland will send a 2019 seventh round pick back to New England.

Gordon featured for the Browns in the season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers but missed out against the New Orleans Saints this past weekend due to a hamstring injury. He is expected to play against the Detroit Lions on Sunday.

The Patriots will look to get back to winning ways against Detroit after suffering a 31-20 defeat to the Jacksonville Jaguars this weekend.

"It’s a long year. You have a bad day against a good team, that’s a recipe for losing," Brady said after the game. "We certainly had a bad day. You’ve got to learn from bad days. Things just don’t magically happen. You’ve got to make them happen."

"All of us have to have more urgency to do things right more often over the course of practices and games. Then it’s a matter of us going out and executing," he added.