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FOXBORO -- This is a new one. Feels that way at least.



Forget the fact that the Browns and Patriots public-relations teams announced a trade between the clubs, sending Josh Gordon to New England, on Monday. On Tuesday afternoon, the Gordon trade hit the NFL's transaction wire.



That's about as official as official gets, typically. It means that a player has passed his physical, and the league has signed off on the deal. Typically.



Apparently, according to Bill Belichick, it's not officially official. He made that known to reporters at Wednesday's press conference several times.



"We're still working through some transactions on the team," Belichick started. Surely he must have been talking about the Cyrus Jones acquisition and the release of Kenjon Barner, not the Gordon stuff.



But when asked if the Gordon trade was among the transactions the team was "working through," Belichick indicated yes.

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"You can ask," he said. "I can't answer . . . "



So it's not done even though it was official with the league?



"That's correct," he said.



According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, the conditional seventh-round pick that was included in the initial agreement between the Patriots and Browns is no longer conditional. That seventh is heading New England's way regardless, he says.



The tweak to the language of the deal could be part of Belichick's explanation that it is not yet officially completed.

"If and when it happens, I'm happy to talk about it," he said. "It's not completed. I don't understand how you don't understand that. When it's completed, it's completed. When it's not completed, it's not completed."

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Belichick added: "I'm not saying it's not gonna happen. I'm just saying it's not completed. It's a process. When we're through the process, great. We're in another situation. Right now, we're not through the process."



When asked if Belichick would comment on Gordon as a player, generally, he said he wouldn't.



"I'm not going to talk about players that are not actually, I would say, on our roster, totally," he explained. "So when that happens, it happens, if it happens . . .



"There are terms that have to be met before the trade is finalized. When those are completed, then we'll have a completed trade. Until they're completed, then I'm not going to get into it."