Josh Gordon is officially back with the New England Patriots and he will have a major impact on the team this season.
It feels so good to type these words. Josh Gordon is officially back with the New England Patriots.
On Friday the NFL announced that Gordon would be reinstated on a conditional basis. He won’t be playing right away but he will be linking up with the team for practices in the coming days.
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Now you hope that Gordon can stay on the straight and narrow. He has had addiction issues for seemingly his entire life. Besides the effect on his personal life, his NFL career has been severely limited due to his issues.
Hopefully, the Patriots will give him all the resources he needs and Gordon will be able to build a strong circle around himself so these issues will be put at bay and hopefully erased from his life.
Once Gordon does get on the field he should have a major impact. In his first season with the Patriots, Gordon racked up 40 catches for 720 yards and 3 touchdowns.
If Gordon can have a similar output in 2019 the Patriots will be golden. Now all of a sudden one of the strongest positions on New England’s depth chart is wide receiver. Heading into the offseason this definitely wasn’t the case.
The return of Josh Gordon will affect the entire New England Patriots roster, but here are the 3 players that will be affected most by the wide receivers return.
1. Tom Brady
The return of Josh Gordon will have a major impact on Tom Brady. This is just another target that he can throw to.
It looked like life was going to be really hard for Brady now that Rob Gronkowski is no longer on the team. The only targets that he appeared to have was Julian Edelman and then a bunch of mediocre unproven talent.
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Now things have changed. Especially now that Gordon is back. We saw last season how quickly the duo could get in sync.
In 2018 Gordon became one of Tom Brady’s favorite targets. As stated above Gordon racked up 40 catches for 720 yards and 3 touchdowns. Imagine what he could do in a full season.
I think Brady and Gordon will find success once again in 2019. If he is able to stay on the field I think he can eclipse the 1,000-yard mark.
The return of Josh Gordon could mean yet another great season for Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.
2. Julian Edelman
For the near future, it looks like Julian Edelman will be Tom Brady’s No.1 target. That is both a daunting and exciting task.
Now Edelman has proven he is a capable wide receiver, but the Patriots have always had Rob Gronkowski as a failsafe. This looked to be the first season where Edelman would have to take the brunt of the responsibility.
The Josh Gordon news takes some of the pressure off of Edelman. Now if he has a bad game he won’t be the reason the Patriots lost. Josh Gordon and other receivers can pick up the slack.
Also, this should help Edelman get open in coverage. Opposing defenses could have keyed in on Edelman. Now they will have to keep an eye on Gordon and Edelman.
In 2019 I think we will see Julian Edelman have another great season and help lead the New England Patriots to possibly another championship.
3. N’Keal Harry
It is always good to have a mentor in your rookie season. They can show you the ropes of NFL life. Now it appears that N’Keal Harry will have one.
Now I will admit that it is pretty hard to think that Josh Gordon could be a mentor. He could actually use one himself, but maybe this will get him to stay on the straight and narrow.
Harry is an athletic deep threat. That is another way to describe Josh Gordon. Hopefully, Gordon will be able to show Harry how to be succesful in the NFL.
Gordon and Harry could become quite the dangerous duo. Imagine Tom Brady just tossing bombs to these guys every other play. These are the type of deep threats that the quarterback desperately needed.
So as you can see Josh Gordon’s reinstatement will have a major impact on the New England Patriots. Hopefully, it will lead to yet another succesful Patriots season.