Here are all 34 of the wide receiver moves the Patriots have made before Week 3

Josh Gordon is just the latest effort to fix a broken WR corps.

The Patriots traded for Josh Gordon on Monday, a move that’s got New England hoping the 33rd time is the charm when it comes to stabilizing an underwhelming receiving corps.

New England has cycled through former Pro Bowlers and first round picks in an effort to find some help for Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski, but the club has largely come up short as the club has been reduced to one of the league’s most shallow units. Gordon will now join the trio of Chris Hogan, Cordarelle Patterson, and Phillip Dorsett, and both sides are hoping his exile from Cleveland will be the first step in a career renaissance for the oft-suspended All-Pro.

He’ll have his work cut out for him. The Patriots have employed a revolving door of wideouts since their Super Bowl 52 defeat. On Sunday, the team’s last WRs standing racked up only 38 receiving yards before a garbage-time drive turned an 18-point deficit into a slightly more respectable 31-20 defeat to the Jaguars.

So how did it come to this? Let’s take a look back at all the receiver transactions New England has churned through since March — but grab a seat, because it’s going to take a while.

March 7: Released Bernard Reedy

No surprise here. Reedy was a depth player whose minimal role with the club was on special teams.

March 19: Acquired Cordarelle Patterson in a trade with the Raiders

In comes another special teams ace — this one with a bit more receiving experience.

March 21: Re-signed Matthew Slater

Slater is a five-time All-Pro ...as a special teamer. He has one regular season catch to his credit over a decade-long career.

April 4: Traded Brandin Cooks to the Rams

Cooks led all wideouts in receptions, receiving yards, and touchdowns in 2017. In exchange, the Pats get the Rams’ 2018 first round pick. It’s a move that fit in Bill Belichick’s ethos of not paying young wideouts — months later, Cooks would sign an $82 million contract with Los Angeles.

April 6: Signed Jordan Matthews

The four-year veteran led the Eagles in receiving in 2016, but was injured throughout 2017. The Patriots hope he’ll make a full recovery and join the starting lineup — especially after Danny Amendola signed with the Dolphins for two years and $12 million.

May 11: Signed sixth-round draft pick Braxton Berrios

Berrios was a hardworking, undersized wideout who excelled in the slot and on special teams at Miami. He was born to be a Patriot.

July 23: Signed Devin Lucien

A long offseason signing drought is broken when the team brings 2016 seventh-rounder Lucien back into the fold.

July 27: Signed Paul Turner

Another longshot joins the fold.

August 1: Released Jordan Matthews

An injured hamstring ends Matthews’ Patriots career before it can begin. Fortunately, the team has a contingency plan in place ...

August 3: Signed Eric Decker

Just not a good one. An aging Decker is brought in to see how much gas he’s got left in the tank.

Spoiler: not much.

August 5: Released Malcolm Mitchell

Mitchell peaked at the end of his rookie year and even made six catches in Super Bowl 51. A series of knee injuries ended his run with the Pats, who attempted to find a trade partner before cutting him loose. Mitchell remains unsigned.

August 22: Released Kenny Britt

Britt’s size and Rutgers pedigree made him attractive to Belichick, who carried him on the roster throughout 2017 just to release him during the preseason. He finishes the exhibition slate with zero catches.

August 27: Released Eric Decker

Decker retires from football at age 31.

August 27: Signed K.J. Maye

See Lucien, Devin and Turner, Paul.

August 31: Released Devin Lucien

August 31: Released Paul Turner

September 1: Released K.J. Maye

Yep.

September 1: Placed Braxton Berrios on injured reserve.

September 1: Released Riley McCarron

September 2: Signed Riley McCarron to the practice squad

McCarron was a hardworking, undersized wideout who excelled in the slot and on special teams at Iowa. He was born to be a Patriot, but his cutdown date release leaves the club with three active receivers — Dorsett, Hogan, and Patterson. Suddenly, New England is facing a severe shortage of grit.

September 2: Claimed Amara Darboh off waivers

September 2: Claimed Chad Hansen off waivers

These Seahawks and Jets castaways, respectively, earn a chance to stick with the Patriots. Not much of a chance, mind you.

September 4: Released Amara Darboh

September 4: Signed Jace Billingsley to the practice squad

September 4: Signed Riley McCarron

September 10: Released Chad Hansen

September 10: Released Riley McCarron

McCarron saw action in the team’s opener against the Texans. He had zero receptions and muffed a punt.

September 11: Signed Bennie Fowler

September 11: Signed Corey Coleman

A pair of free agents join the roster in order to give Brady more weapons, headlined by former Browns first-round pick Coleman, who had been traded to the Bills for a seventh-rounder during the preseason and then released weeks later.

September 12: Released Jace Billingsley from the practice squad

September 15: Released Bennie Fowler

September 15: Signed Riley McCarron to the practice squad

September 17: Acquired Josh Gordon in a trade with the Browns

September 17: Released Corey Coleman

And here we are. Some 34 moves later, the Patriots’ wide receiver room looks like this:

• Chris Hogan
• Phillip Dorsett
• Cordarelle Patterson
• Josh Gordon
• Julian Edelman (suspended until Week 5)
• Matthew Slater

That’s still not very deep, but a back-to-form Gordon could be the best receiving threat the Pats have had since Randy Moss. Granted, that’s a “but” so large Sir Mix-a-Lot could write songs about it, but it was clear New England had to do something after an impotent performance against Jacksonville in Week 2. The good news is he’ll have plenty of chances to shine after upgrading his quarterback from Cleveland’s rotating wheel of failure. The bad news is he’ll have to put in a ton of work to earn Belichick’s trust before he can get there.

Bonus section: All the times Bill Belichick has made a trade with the Browns

Belichick hasn’t been shy about raiding his former employers for talent — although it took more than two decades for the two sides to really ramp things up. Acquiring Gordon marks the third time he’s struck a deal with Cleveland in 2018 alone. Here are all the other players who have escaped northeast Ohio for the humorless confines of Gillette Stadium:

September 17, 2018: The Patriots acquire WR Josh Gordon and a conditional seventh-round pick for a fifth-round pick.

May 15 2018: The Patriots acquire CB Jason McCourty and a 2018 seventh-round pick for a 2018 sixth-round pick.

May 15, 2018: The Patriots acquire DT Danny Shelton and a 2018 fifth-round pick for a 2018 third-round pick.

October 31, 2016: The Patriots trade LB Jamie Collins in exchange for a conditional 2017 third-round compensatory pick.

August 25, 2016: The Patriots acquire LB Barkevious Mingo in exchange for a 2017 fifth-round pick.

May 1, 2015: The Patriots trade third- and seventh-round draft picks in exchange for fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-rounders.

August 8, 2006: The Patriots trade OL Ross Tucker for a 2007 fifth-round pick.

August 22, 2005: The Patriots acquire WR Andre Davis for a conditional draft pick that never conveys.