"Certainly a challenge" for Antonio Brown to contribute immediately – ProFootballTalk

Antonio Brown became patriotic on Monday. On Monday night, Tom Brady spoke with Jim Gray about Westwood One to see if and how Brown could contribute immediately.

"It's really a challenge, it's just the time of year and we're going to do it by the end of the season," Brady told Gray. "We will simply take care of it in the best possible way. You would like to have a training camp or a dead season to learn, but this is just not our reality and we will do our best with the time we have. "

To prepare Brown, Brady will help speed up the learning curve.

"Yeah, you know we'll meet as much as we can," Brady said. "I think the quarterback relationship is so important. The more you know yourself, the more you know what each other thinks, the faster you can increase mutual trust as you leave the field. I have that with a lot of guys I've certainly played with guys who are on the list now, Julian [Edelman]Phillip Dorsett, Josh [Gordon]. You saw that last night. But when you do not play with guys, you have to try to do it as quickly as possible, and time is running out. This is not the off season program. These are real games that matter and we will try to spend as much time together as possible, to really get on with the game and understand what the roles and responsibilities are. "

Brady enters this new relationship with a blank slate, despite Brown's various antics.

"You do not judge anything," said Brady. "I do not judge anything until I have the opportunity to go out and practice and prepare myself. You know, Antonio, I meet him today. I really liked being with him. He is a very intelligent footballer who knows how to play football. He has been extremely productive. The only thing I know is that we can go and work there, to meet with each other, to communicate, to go to the practice field and to get through it. I do not adhere to any hype or potential. I am at work. He is at work and all our offense is doing what is in the best interest of the team and I am really excited to be able to practice on Wednesday.

This is the first time Brown will be on the field with Brady. And that's when the Patriots will start deciding if Brown will be able to leave when the Patriots face the Dolphins in the second week.