Acquired in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers last Friday, 355-pound offensive tackle Trent Brown says he's simply trying to find his way around both on the field and off it at the moment.

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FOXBORO – Live and learn.

Those are the two aspects that pretty much encompass Trent Brown’s life at the moment.

“I’m happy with my new team,” the Patriots’ recent 6-foot-8, 355-pound addition said during a break from the team’s voluntary offseason conditioning program  at Gillette Stadiumon Thursday afternoon. “I’m still trying to learn my way around, find somewhere to live and learn the offense.”

Heading into his fourth NFL season, Brown has been in learning mode since last Friday, the day he was acquired, along with the 143rd pick in last week’s draft, in exchange for the 95th choice.

The second tackle the Patriots acquired in as many days – Georgia tackle-guard Isaiah Wynn was their first pick in the draft – Brown was added to a depth chart that now lacks Nate Solder (signed by the New York Giants as an unrestricted free agent earlier this offseason) and Cameron Fleming (now with Dallas), but one that has Marcus Cannon, LaAdrian Waddle, Matt Tobin, Tony Garcia, Cole Croston, Ulrick John and Andrew Jelks, in addition to Wynn and Brown.

Given that, it’s safe to assume that Brown will have to compete for playing time in New England, something the former seventh-round draft pick, who developed into a starter during his time in San Francisco, says he’s accustomed to doing.

“I was competing every year (with the 49ers),” Brown said. “Every year I was there somebody was drafted or brought in. So I’ve just got to rise to the level of the occasion and do what I do.”

Brown appeared in 31 games, starting 18, over three seasons in San Francisco, the bulk of his playing time coming at right tackle (16 starts). He started 10 games last year (nine on the right side, one on the left), his season coming to an early end when he was placed on the injured reserve list with a shoulder injury that required surgery.

“I’m in good condition,” Brown said Thursday. “I’ll be ready for training camp.”

From time to time in San Francisco, Brown’s conditioning was questioned, but the player himself says the film doesn’t lie.

“If you watch the film I don’t think it’ll show,” he said. “I still did my job at a high level.”

The fact that Brown would no longer be doing it in San Francisco was pretty much driven home in the first round of the draft when the 49ers, with Joe Staley established at left tackle, made Notre Dame’s Mike McGlinchey the ninth overall choice. In New York at the time, hours later, Brown was catching a flight to New England.

“As far as reasons (for the trade) go, I don’t know their reasoning behind it,” said Brown. “But ... it’s part of the business. You’ve just got to run with it.”

Asked to describe his game, Brown said he’d let his play speak for itself.

“I’m an excellent pass protector. And I get after it in the run game. (But) I don’t talk too much,” he said. “You’ll just have to see it on Sundays.”