nyjet17

Good article on the emergence of Gronkowski. Hate to say it, but you guys got an absolute steal. Didn't realize he's also only 22 years old.

CheeseMonkeys

If people knew of the monster that Gronk would become, he would have been a top 5 pick.

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Patspsycho

Oh they knew, but missing an entire year due to back injury at ASU was what dropped him so far down the draft ranks. If he hadn't had that injury, he would easily have been a first round pick.

Krugman

Thanks for the link,NY jet.Great article on Gronk.

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DarrylS

I was under the impression that BB did not know jack shyt about drafting???

OTOH thought he was 23, no wonder he is such a "kid"....

With the new TV deal, we can easily sign him as the salary cap is gonna go through the roof..

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BradyFTW!

When Gronk was drafted, I think I remember hearing him referred to as "Does everything that Brandon Pettigrew does just as well, and is also faster and more athletic". Pettigrew went #20 overall the year before, and was 3 years older than Gronk.

Based on that alone, you can safely say that, if not for the injury, he would have easily been a top 10 pick in 2010.

Even Kyle Rudolph, whose scouting report was basically "a homeless man's Rob Gronkowski", went early in the 2nd round this year.

shmessy

....and he's the OLDER of our 2 TE's!!!!!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Hernandez

BTW, that's a pretty good article for a Jets blog. My respects!

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ctpatsfan77

GRONK and Hernandez are *still* among the 50 youngest players in the NFL.

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IllegalContact

Tough to miss drafting a TE that year..... There are plenty of choices that lend credence to the alternative

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Uncle Rico

Yeah, lots of good TEs the last couple of years, especially in '10. I remember NFP having Hernandez and Gronk rated 1-2, ahead of Gresham, the consensus top TE. Easy to forget now how big a risk both these picks were at the time. (Baltimore, whom BB traded ahead of to snag Gronk, had even ruled him out, according to a Breer report.)

Like it or not, the success with both these guys will reaffirm BB's gambling spirit, and can help explain how he'll take a risk on guys like Dowling who have a history with injuries.

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