Gordon blends naturally with TB12
FOXBORO — Speaking yesterday at his locker for the first time since he arrived on the Patriots, Josh Gordon detailed his “awesome transition” to his new team.
Gordon, who leaped over double coverage for a game-sealing 34-yard touchdown in Week 5 against the Colts, has seen his role expand each week.
He’s been putting in the work behind the scenes with Tom Brady.
“Most of the day we end up talking football, whether it be in the locker room here briefly or most of the meeting rooms or time after practice,” said Gordon, whose locker neighbors Brady’s. “We carve out time and we make it happen. We make sure that if there’s something that might be a concern for him or me or he wants to know how I like to do something or I want to know how he wants to do something, I just ask and he’s open about it. He makes it easier for me to communicate with him. It makes it a real natural type of relationship.”
Gordon said the notoriously complex Patriots offense “hasn’t been too tough” so far.
“I think that’s greatly due in part to the amount of help I receive from my teammates here, definitely Tom, all the receivers help bringing me along on a daily basis, the coaches just giving me all these resources,” Gordon said. “And even part of it is having a certain amount of experience in the league already and seeing so many different offenses and stuff. I think the language of it is somewhat familiar. It hasn’t been too tough.”
Gordon, who took the league by storm in 2013, cycled through five different offensive coordinators in Cleveland.
His sixth offense is with the Patriots, under coordinator Josh McDaniels, and it’s loaded with talent. As Julian Edelman suggested on Thursday, Gordon could become a “big piece” of a rapidly improving Patriots attack. He provides a big, physical vertical threat on the perimeter.
Off the field, Gordon feels as though he’s made a smooth adjustment.
“Foxboro is a real nice town — nice and quiet and peaceful,” Gordon said. “Me and my girlfriend are making it home. My family’s here now. I consider it, the people in this community and around it, family that treats us nice anywhere we go. It’s been a great experience.”