Tom Brady "could tell in his eyes" that Josh Gordon "knew what he was doing"

Josh Gordon and the New England Patriots each have something they need. The talented catcher was looking for a place to land after a tough tenure that brought the Cleveland Browns to trade against New England and Tom Brady could use fast and large targets.

The arrangement was mutually beneficial for Brady.

"He works really hard and tries to do things," Brady said during his weekly interview in WEEI's "Kirk & Callahan" show. "I do not have to worry about where he was standing or what he was running. He was super confident. I could tell in his eyes that he knew what he was doing. "

After a 2017 season marked by locker room divisions and a break between coach Bill Belichick and Brady, the Patriots started season 1-2, raising all sorts of concerns as to whether this season would be the decline. But they seemed to have ended their discussion on Sunday, convincingly defeating the unbeaten Dolphins. In his first game with the Patriots after missing the first because of a thigh injury, Gordon caught two passes for 32 yards. With the Patriots facing a quick turnaround before Thursday's game against Indianapolis, Brady took the lead in quickly acquiring chemistry with his new receiver. This included the cloakroom table.

"We're fine, he's sitting right next to me, so it's just a good relationship to have that," said Brady. "… Now that he's our teammate, we have to get to know each other because you can build that trust and chemistry in different ways. You see it with players with whom I have played for a long time. He builds, builds and builds. And what is happening is that you are just able to do a lot of good games and fundamentally eliminate all the bad games. "

Brady has this with Julian Edelman, who is returning from a four-game suspension for violating the league's performance-enhancing substances policy, and Rob Gronkowski.

"Bad things do not happen when I throw them at Julian, bad things do not happen when I throw them at Gronk just because I know their body language and I know the types of pieces they're capable of make. You try to make games, throw the ball where they are able to play games and not defense, "said Brady." It's really a construction process and, in everything you do, you build a trust, you gain confidence or you lose it, and these are just guys who are really professional and know what to do, they come in and they're ready – you build a relationship of trust pretty quickly. "

Gordon should be ready for more work Thursday because of rust between Brady and Edelman, and Gronkowski's status is uncertain due to an ankle injury that forced him to leave the Patriots' 38-7 win over Miami in the third quarter Sunday. Gordon rings for the task.

"It's great to let Tom go at any time," said Gordon (via Boston.com). "It's rooting for me. It was great to have his support and love, as well as the rest of the teammates and staff here. Tom is a passionate guy, and I love it, and I love football. I think we will mesh well. "

Gordon says that he knows how lucky he is to have a career after being suspended for almost four seasons due to multiple drug-related offenses. More recently, he missed three weeks of training camp for counseling and treatment.

"I do not doubt that I will take advantage of this opportunity," he said. "I am more than blessed, I am extremely grateful to be put in this scenario. I think the only thing for me to do is to take full advantage of it. I love him, I appreciate him. The guys have been great. It's a real family environment. I feel as comfortable as ever.

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