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finally admitted Friday that troubled but talented wide receiver Josh Gordon is a New England Patriot.The trade bringing Gordon http://www.authenticsclevelandbrowns.com/cheap-trevon-coley-jersey , who played in just 11 games with the Cleveland Browns since 2013 due to NFL suspensions, was announced by both teams on Monday. Gordon and a seventh-round draft pick went to New England for a fifth-rounder. The New England coach then refused to talk about it on Tuesday when it hit the NFL transactions wire. Belichick then said the trade still wasn't done on Wednesday, when Gordon was on the practice field.Belichick doesn't talk to the media on Thursdays. On Friday, he said matter of factly, as usual, "Since the last time we met, we officially added Josh and Cyrus (Jones, re-signed) to the roster, so it's good to get them here. I'd say really in both cases, those two guys have done about as much as they can do in the few days that they've been here Youth Denzel Ward Jersey , or been back in Cyrus' case. We'll see how it goes."Belichick refused to talk about Gordon's off-field problems, but noted his new receiver was learning quickly. "I think Josh is a smart kid," he said. "He's worked hard. He picked up a lot."Asked if Gordon, who played in the first Browns games this season and is hampered by a sore hamstring, is the type of talent that doesn't often come available on the trade market, Belichick added, "Look, all players in this league are talented players or they wouldn't be in this league. We'll see."Limited in practice, Gordon, who missed 43 of his last 48 games http://www.authenticsclevelandbrowns.com/cheap-joe-schobert-jersey , could make his debut with his new team Sunday night in Detroit when the Patriots (1-1) face former defensive coordinator Matt Patricia and his Lions (0-2)."(He's) been eager to get in there and learn everything we're doing and, you know, just trying to acclimate himself to what the program is," Tom Brady said Friday.As far as Gordon playing Sunday after limited exposure to the Patriots' complicated playbook, Brady said, "It's just up to the coaches. I think if they're in there it's up to the coaches to decide those things. I don't think anyone is going to put anyone out there if they don't know what they're doing. Now you can limit the number of plays and try and do that, I think we've done that plenty of times; anytime you get new players that's what you try to do."Asked Thursday about Gordon, who had a big game against New England in 2013, Devin McCourty, stumbled a bit and said Youth Baker Mayfield Jersey , "That's a lot of, 'I don't knows.' I don't . he's only been here for I think two days now so I wouldn't say I can formulate an opinion on him. But, we all know he's a good player."Excited to have him here and he seems excited to get to work. We'll see how it all shakes out."NOTES: TE Rob Gronkowski, "limited" in practice Wednesday (ankle) was back at "full participation" Friday. ... Brady completed his first NFL pass against the Lions on Nov. 23, 2000, but that was at the Pontiac Silverdome. He was 1 for 3 for 6 yards, the completion to Rod Rutledge in a 34-9 Thanksgiving Day loss. That was the only game Brady saw any action in his rookie season. . The Patriots lead the series with the Lions 7-4 and come into this game 16-9 on "Sunday Night Football," 10-2 in their last 12. . New England hasn't lost two games in a row since 2015 and is 12-1 since 2002 (the loss in 2012) after a September loss. . Jones, the Patriots' second draft choice in 2016 and injured all last year, was cut by the club at the end of camp and was on the Baltimore Ravens' practice squad when New England decided to bring him back. Cleveland Browns head coach Hue Jackson was understandably frustrated on Sunday.The Browns had just finished off their second overtime loss of the year and the 19th consecutive road loss with Jackson at the helm. The offense had once again started slowly White Genard Avery Jersey , scoring just two points in the first half against a Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense that entered the game giving up a league-worst 34.6 points per game.That led Jackson to talk in his post-game press conference about taking over responsibility for the offense from offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Which in turn led many to believe that Jackson was planning to resume calling the plays, just like he did in 2016 and 2017 when he did not want to “burden” someone with that responsibility.But that is not the case, according to Jackson, who clarified his comments on Monday while meeting with the media, according to Herbie Teope at NFL.com:What that means for a Browns offense that is ranked No. 21 overall in yards per game, 23rd in points per game, 23rd in passing yards per game and 5th in rushing yards per game remains to be seen.Of course, Browns fans watched Jackson’s offense the past two seasons and it was not pretty, as NFL Network’s Aditi Kinkhabwala helpfully points out:The wheels have quickly come off the Browns bandwagon in recent weeks, as the high of the Thursday night victory over the New York Jets on September 20 has quickly faded away in the wake of three losses in the last four games to leave the Browns at 2-4-1 on the season.The schedule is not doing the team any favors Youth David Njoku Jersey , either, as the next three games start off with a road game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, followed by home games against the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons.Jackson is ready to infuse himself into the offense in an attempt to right the ship. But given everything that Browns fans have seen from the first 39 games of his tenure, he may end up creating more holes than he fixes. Custom Cleveland Browns Jerseys