The New England Patriots are excited to get a boost in their offense with Josh Gordon returning to the team. First and foremost, Matthew Slater (among others) are hoping to see Gordon succeed off of the football field as well.

“We are excited,” Slater said, via NBCSportsBoston.com. “I’ll say this: Football is number two. We want to see him first and foremost doing well as an individual, doing well as a man, and we want to support him however we can. We’re just going to take this one day at a time, which is all any of us can do. And we’ll see what tomorrow brings and then we’ll let the day after that worry about it when it comes around.”

On Friday, the NFL conditionally reinstated Gordon; allowing him to rejoin the team on Sunday. Last December, the big-play wideout was suspended indefinitely by the NFL for violating the terms of his previous reinstatement.

Throughout his career, Gordon has had troubles staying on the field due to violating the league's substance-policy multiple times. When the 28-year old wideout was with the Cleveland Browns, he was suspended for the 2015 and 2016 seasons for violating the substance-abuse policy.

Gordon made his return to football in 2017 but he only played in six more games with the Browns before being traded to New England. In his only season with the Patriots, Gordon had 40 receptions for 720 yards and three touchdowns in 11 games.

Talent has never been an issue with Gordon as he is one of the best deep threats in the NFL but off of the field, he has struggled to get out of his own way.

New England believes they have the resources to help him and hopefully, this year will be the year he turns it around.