Terrelle Pryor, who has emerged as the top playmaker for the Cleveland Browns this season, had a workout with the New England Patriots last season.

The quarterback-turned-receiver will face New England with Tom Brady returning this weekend.

I really thought I was going to be a Patriot," Pryor said. "I know Bill Belichick really liked me. I had a great workout for them and everything went really well. I really thought he was going to sign me."

Pryor called his visit last autumn to New England "phenomenal," but felt that Belichick wasn't ready to take the leap "because he just wasn't sure my hamstring was 100 percent healed."