For the New England Patriots, last Friday's bombshell that Josh Gordon would be reinstated couldn't have come at a better time.
After tendering him a low-round restricted free agent contract in March, the Patriots spent the entire offseason moving forward at the wide receiver position as if they would not be receiving any on-field contributions from Gordon in 2019.
But as of last week, Julian Edelman, Demaryius Thomas, and Cameron Meredith were still the PUP list, and injuries to N'Keal Harry, Phillip Dorsett, and Maurice Harris kept them from participating beyond warm ups in the second of two joint practices against the Tennessee Titans last week.