MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Browns receiver Kenny Britt sat at a table during the Patriots media availability Wednesday answering a barrage of questions from some members of the Cleveland media covering the Super Bowl.

"Last time I've been grilled like that I was in a courtroom,'' he said with a laugh.

There's a lot to smile about these days for Britt. He was cut by Browns on Dec. 8 in the first official move of new GM John Dorsey, and laughed all the way to the bank. He pocketed $10.5 million guaranteed for one season in Cleveland, joining fellow receiver Dwayne Bowe as two of thee biggest free agent busts in recent history. For his troubles, he caught 18 passes for 233 yards in nine games for the Browns, which works out to $583,333.00 per reception.

Five days after the 0-12 Browns dumped him, the defending Super Bowl champion Patriots signed him to a two-year deal -- and he went to the Super Bowl instead of the 0-16 parade.

"Look at me,'' he said, decked out in a Patriots jersey with the Super Bowl 52 logo on his left shoulder.

Despite the fact he's been inactive for the past two playoff games, he's one of the luckiest men in the world this week.

"I'm pretty sure everybody else would (consider me that),'' he said. "My wife does. I'm glad to get the opportunity to be in a place where I'm well-respected and the guys are glad for me to be here.''

Was he not respected in Cleveland?

"To tell you the truth, I really don't think about those times when I was Cleveland,'' he said. "Too busy getting ready for games. We're still playing."

In fact, when he told a Boston Globe columnist that he's played for four teams, she corrected him and said five.

"We don't count Cleveland,'' he said.

Was he surprised the Browns went 0-16, losing four more after he left?

"No,'' he said.

Signed by former Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown to a four-year free agent deal worth $32.5 million, Britt got into Hue Jackson's doghouse early on and never climbed out.

He was sent home early from the Houston game for missing curfew the night before, and dressed for the Vikings game in London but didn't play. He was inactive by coach's decision several times, and when Brown was fired, Britt was sent packing. It was a statement move by Dorsey, who said Britt didn't fit his character profile.

"I have no problem making that decision,'' Dorsey told Browns radio partner WKNR 850 in December. "From a cultural standpoint I don't think he fits in the prototypical character point of what I'm looking for in terms of a leader. He did not live up to his expectations as a player. (He) may have a higher opinion of himself than I have of him as a player, so I thought [waiving him] was easy.''

Asked if he has any hard feelings against Hue Jackson, he said, "Dilly dilly. That's my response. That's all I have for him."

Was he misunderstood in Cleveland?

"Whatever's happening over there is happening over there,'' he said. "I'm just glad that I'm not part of it anymore. It's as simple as that. So I'm here. I'm a Patriot. I don't look at the dog days."

The call from the Patriots was music to his ears.

"There are really no words that can really describe that feeling that me and my wife and my family have right at this point,'' he said. "We're taking it all in and it's been all smiles since we've been here and there's really no looking back."

He doesn't look at his Browns season as the low point of his career.

"I look at it as a lesson learned regardless of what it is and right now I'm in a good place and I'm happy about it,'' he said.

He doesn't know where it all went wrong, and therefore didn't know how to make it right. Jackson called him into his office once and challenged him to step up and be the leader of the receiving corps, but the coaches never felt he did that.

"I don't think it had anything to do with me, to tell you the truth,'' he said. "I have no answers for that question. I don't know what would put myself in the doghouse."

He added, "I'll say this, there's three things that I was happy with: signing, released and signing again."

He said "being cut by Cleveland definitely wasn't my lowest point in the NFL and it's definitely something to knock off the shoulder and put behind me. Lesson learned. I'm on to another chapter in my life and I'm happy about it. I'd say my first couple of years of getting into a little trouble here and there and having my name out there on some bad things (was the lowest point)."

But he has no regrets.

"I'm actually happy and blessed that so many things happened, bad and good because they mold me each and every day,'' he said.

He played in a total of about 40 snaps in the Patriots' final three games, catching two passes for 23 yards. At this rate, he might not be back next season, but the ride has been worthwhile. He's not sure he'll be active for the Super Bowl, but he's grateful for the experience.

"Totally different side of the spectrum (here) to tell you the truth,'' he said. "It's an honor to be here working with these guys and getting the opportunity to play with these guys in this locker room and being in this receiver room and playing with one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. It's something I really have to take in and know and understand that you're blessed."

Will the Browns have a hard time attracting quality veterans because of the record?

"Not sure because they've got a great locker room,'' he said. "There are some great players at every position and those guys are going to win someday. I think any veteran would go there if you talk to that locker room."

But maybe not if they talk to Britt.