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the expectations as Josh Gordon is integrated into the team.Right now Kendarius Webster Jersey NFL Jersey , Carroll is more concerned about just seeing Gordon get through a full week of practice."He's a smart football guy. He's going to get it. It's not going to take him very long. I just need to see him practice. I can't tell you anything right now," Carroll said Thursday.The speed with which Gordon is able to pick up the Seahawks' system and find a role — even if it's small — will ultimately determine if he plays Monday night when the Seahawks face division foe San Francisco.Gordon is healthy, having passed his physical in Seattle following knee and ankle injuries that eventually led to his release from New England. He's clearly talented. And Seattle believes it has the structure in place to help Gordon be successful without falling back into off-field problems.The team, which claimed him off waivers, said Gordon wouldn't talk until Saturday after completing his first week of practice."We've done our work, as we do," Carroll said. "Whatever a guy brings to us we're going to try and investigate it. I can't tell you we've done a perfect job of it but we're trying, we're trying to figure it out. We want to complement the support system that all of our guys have, so we're trying to do that in any way we can. We're trying to help our guys be the best they can possibly be and that's all part of that process."The wide receiver position didn't seem like a priority, but the Seahawks couldn't pass up a chance to get Gordon. He's another big-bodied pass catcher in the mold of what Carroll likes to have in his offense. If it goes well, Gordon could become an additional red-zone target after Seattle lost tight end Will Dissly to a torn Achilles tendon last month.Ultimately, it's a low-risk move for Seattle and yet another chance for the oft-troubled Gordon."I think that he can help stretch the field Kendarius Webster Jersey NFL Draft ," Seahawks leading receiver Tyler Lockett said. "I think it can put a lot of teams in a bad position because they have to figure out what they want to do with us defensively. I think it's going to help us overall."Before being released, Gordon was among New England's leading receivers this season, with 20 catches for 287 yards and a touchdown through six games. But he was placed on injured reserve two weeks ago with knee and ankle injuries. His tenure with New England was over a week later.Gordon was reinstated by the NFL in August after having been suspended indefinitely in December 2018, missing the final three games of last season for violations of the league's substance abuse policy. It ended what had been a strong year for Gordon, who had 40 catches for 720 yards and three touchdowns in 11 games.A 2012 second-round draft pick by the Cleveland Browns, Gordon was also suspended for the first two games of the 2013 season for a substance abuse policy violation but still caught 87 passes for nine touchdowns and a league-leading 1,646 yards and was named to the All-Pro team.Gordon is the latest acquisition by the Seahawks who could be ready to play almost immediately. When Jadeveon Clowney was acquired just days before the start of the season, Seattle got him ready to play in Week 1. Same with Duane Brown when Seattle traded for the left tackle in the middle of the 2017 season. He started immediately after his arrival."I think what we do is put guys in positions where they were successful in the past," linebacker K.J. Wright said. "... Some things guys did in their past that they want to do here they can't do, which is frustrating. They just have to understand when you come here, we're going to do some stuff for you to put you in a position to be successful but at the end of the day we do have our own style and brand that you just have to roll with." After a quiet 2018 campaign, can Melifonwu turn his fortunes in New England around?" Patriots AnalysisPatriots Player ProfilesPatriots Offseason CoverageNew England Patriots 2019 roster breakdown: #22 SS Obi MelifonwuNew Kendarius Webster Jersey Buffalo Bills Jersey ,26commentsAfter a quiet 2018 campaign, can Melifonwu turn his fortunes in New England around?EDTThe New England Patriots, who will be off until training camp starts in late July, currently have 90 players on their active roster. However, only 53 of them will be able to survive the cutdowns on August 31 and ultimately make the team. Over the course of the summer, we will take a look at the players fighting for those spots to find out who has the best chances of helping the Patriots defend their Super Bowl title.Today, the series continues with one of New England’s depth players in the secondary.Name: Obi MelifonwuPosition: Strong safetyJersey number: 22Age: 25Experience: 2Size: 6’4, 225 lbs.2018 review: Only 16 months after the Oakland Raiders made him a second-round draft pick, the team decided to expose Obi Melifonwu to the waiver wire: Oakland released Melifonwu, who ended his rookie campaign on injured reserve due to a hip issue, with an injury designation. No team claimed the 56th selection of the 2017 draft, however Color Rush Kendarius Webster Jersey , and the Connecticut product reverted to the Raiders’ injured reserve.Two months later, in late October, Oakland parted ways with Melifonwu for good and released him off its IR list. Despite his draft pedigree, he lasted on the open market for almost two weeks — at which point the Patriots decided to pick the defensive back up by signing him to a two-year, $1.4 million contract. The deal added Melifonwu to a crowded New England secondary, and his usage developed accordingly.All in all, he appeared in just three of a possible ten games for the Patriots. Melifonwu was on the field for a combined 20 defensive snaps against the New York Jets and the Minnesota Vikings in weeks twelve and thirteen of the regular season, respectively, and 25 more in the kicking game. Given his limited playing time, his statistical output — one tackle on defense, two more on special teams — was hardly surprising.The playoffs was more of the same for Melifonwu. He was active for only one game — the AFC Championship against the Kansas City Chiefs — and again was unable to regularly see the field. In fact, his three special teams snaps were all the postseason playing time he was given by the coaching staff. Nevertheless Youth Kendarius Webster Jersey , the second-year man, who registered on tackle against the Chiefs, was part of the Super Bowl winning team. So his season can still be seen as a successful one in the grand scheme of things.2019 preview: Entering his second year in the Patriots’ system with a salary cap hit of $693,438, Melifonwu is one of the players on the roster that is hardest to project. On the one hand, he did enter the draft with plenty of potential given his size and athletic abilities. On the other, however, he has had a quiet pro career up to this point and failed to establish a clear role in New England over the second half of the 2018 season.Anything seems possible, therefore: Melifonwu could establish himself as a valuable strong safety/linebacker hybrid in the mold of Patrick Chung and maybe even build the foundation for one day taking over for the veteran. Then again, the 25-year-old could also get lost in what is one of the deepest secondaries in all of football — one that added a similarly sized player in the second round of this year’s draft in cornerback Joejuan Williams.Melifonwu might find himself somewhere in the middle when the regular season comes around, though. He could very well become Chung’s primary backup, and see rotational playing time on defense but serving primarily as a special teamer. Given how his 2018 campaign went Womens Kendarius Webster Jersey , such a development seems realistic and would also be a positive one for Melifonwu: he is not guaranteed a roster spot and needs a solid summer to justify the team keeping him.If that does not happen, however, seeing the Patriots part ways with him should be expected — and if only to get him to the practice squad. After all, you can only keep so many players in what is already a deep defensive backfield. And with de facto roster locks like Jonathan Jones or Duke Dawson Jr. also able of providing depth at safety, Melifonwu might be buried on the depth chart — and ultimately end up off the roster once cutdowns begin in late August.At the end of the day, Melifonwu is a virtual unknown heading into the season — and therefore one of the more interesting players to watch in training camp and the preseason.