Photo by the Associated Press Jason McCourty, left, and Devin McCourty, together finally with the New England Patriots, are shown at a reception hosted by the NFLPA in 2015.

The New England Patriots are a Dream Team for Jason McCourty.

Or make that a Dream Come True Team.

That’s because now he gets to be on the same field and team with his twin brother, longtime Patriots safety Devin McCourty, for the first time since their Rutgers University days and Pop Warner time with the Valley Cottage (N.Y.) Indians.

“I’m excited just about the opportunity to be able to now share the field with Dev and just to be able to do something that we grew up loving.

“With this opportunity, you think back to being 10 years old, waking up hearly to hed to a Pop Warner game and now to be able to (play together) at this point. I’m excited about just being able to go thorugh off season workouts with him along my side and be able to catch up and see how much we’ve grown since last time.”

The Patriots acquired the veteran cornerback in a trade last week with the Cleveland Browns. Jason McCourty had spent the bulk of his career with the Tennessee Titans. Then he signed with the Browns as a free agent, but had been hoping that maybe the Patriots would have been a landing spot. But that chance fizzled for the time being when they signed Stephon Gilmore.

“At that point in my mind I was just like, ‘I don’t know if this thing’s ever going to happen’,” McCourty said. “It was just like a whirlwind (when it did).”

At first, McCourty had gotten the news like everyone else that he would be released by the Browns. Then an hour later he was told he was traded to the Patriots.

When he thought he was being released, McCourty said “I was just like, ‘I think at this point my number one destination would be to try to get to New England to play with my brother.’ And an hour later you find out that’s where you’re headed, so a pretty cool chain of events.”

McCourty doesn’t think it will be that tough to get acclimated to the Patriots way of doing things, on or off the field. Being at some of the Patriots Super Bowls to see his brother play, he’s met many a Patriot. “This is just a team that I’ve watched extremely closely,” he said.

And, as for the system, he’s played for a good number of defensive coordinators. “You get used to different terminology, different systems, so you start to combined them all and make sense of things,” he said.

McCourty said his plan is “just going in and being myself and get to know (his teammates, coaches) to figure out what my niche is and where I’m going to fit on the team, so I’m kind of going in open-minded, ready to work and just ready to do whatever it takes to succeed.”

McCourty is seen as a smart instinctive veteran. He didn’t exactly struggle as a Brown last year, with 54 tackles, two forced fumbles and three interceptions before getting hurt. He has 16 interceptions over his nine year career.

“I feel like at this point one of my biggest strengths is experience, being able to have been around the block, going against different offensive coordinators, going against different opponents, year-in, year-out.”

And it doesn’t matter what style the Patriots will ask him to play. “I’m very comfortable playing off-technique (or) playing a press technique,” he said. “I’ve just had to do it in so many systems and switch up. Last year in Cleveland we played a ton of off-technique. The year before in Tennessee was a ton of press technique.”

What’s interesting is the career paths each brother has taken. Jason has played for mediocre to poor teams at Tennessee, while Devin has had the intensity and success of New England.

“You’ve seen the game over the last nine years through two different lenses,” Jason McCourty said, “so it’s going to be really interesting, I think, for both of us to see sitting in the meeting rooms, being on the practice field, how we see things and how differently or how alike. I think that’s probably going to be intriguing for the coaches as well.”

Faster brother? Jason says it’s him. More physical? Jason says it’s Devin. Not really a debate since Devin is a safety (having made the transition from corner) and Jason a corner.

“We can have the debate,” Jason said, “on who did the better pregame speeches. He already told me don’t come in there thinking I’m going to take over the pregame speech because that’s his thing. I may have to just sneak one for a game or two.”

But careful, Jason, Foxborough isn’t exactly Valley Cottage.