FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

Tim Wright hurried to learn a different offense when he was traded to the New England Patriots less than two weeks before the season.

The second-year tight end feels much more comfortable now.

Comfortable enough to come up behind Tom Brady, pound on the star quarterback’s shoulder and embrace him after they connected on a touchdown pass for the first time.

“Caught up in the moment,” Wright said Wednesday. “It was a great feeling.”

Brady hit Wright for a 17- yard touchdown that gave the Patriots a 14-0 lead in their 43-17 win over the Cincinnati Bengals last Sunday night. It was one of a season-high five catches for Wright.

That performance came at an opportune time as impatient fans were wondering why the Patriots traded sixtime Pro Bowl left guard Logan Mankins to Tampa Bay for Wright. After all, Wright was just a free agent wide receiver from Rutgers who signed with the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent before last season.

“I don’t really pay attention to a lot of things that have been said,” Wright said. “I just know once I’m in house, once I’m in the facility, I’ve got a job and I try to do everything I can to do my job as best as I can.”

The Bucs shifted him to tight end last season. With numerous injuries in the receiving corps, Wright caught 54 passes, five for touchdowns.

He has the potential to give the Patriots a second receiving tight end that they lacked last season after the team released Aaron Hernandez when he was arrested last summer and before he was charged with firstdegree murder.

Rob Gronkowski has played all five games following offseason knee surgery and had season highs of six catches for 100 yards against Cincinnati, including one touchdown. For the first time this season, he was not on the injury report Wednesday.

“When they’re out there together we’ve got to be able to do multiple things. I certainly can’t put them on the field and just do one thing with them or else that becomes something that the defense can focus on too much and try to take away,” offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels said. “They both showed up, obviously, and made some plays for us, but they also did some things in the running game and other areas that helped our team.”

At 6-feet-4 and 220 pounds, Wright must block bigger linemen and linebackers. In just his second season as a tight end, it’s a skill he’s working on.

Wright even is learning about the free-spirited Gronkowski.

“Outside of him being called ‘Gronk,’ I didn’t really know too many things about him,” Wright said, “but he’s a great guy.”

• Who: New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills.
• Where: Ralph Wilson
Stadium.
• When: 1 p.m. Sunday.
• TV: Fox.