Oh, I HAVE learned the facts honey, don't worry. Let's cover those shall we?
Travis Kelce injuries
1.
2013 - knee injury - required micro-fracture surgery in the off season.
Rob Gronkowski injuries
1.
2009 - herniated disk - missed junior year of college (back surgery).
2.
2011 - high ankle sprain, missed part of the AFCCG, and played hobbled in the SB.
- High ankle sprain was then evaluated further in an MRI, and it was determined that he had suffered a strained ligaments and required surgery.
3.
2012 - breaks forearm in a game against the Colts. Required surgery to insert screws and repair the fracture. Came back against Miami in week 17, and then re-fractured his forearm in the playoffs against the Texans, and required a SECOND surgery.
4.
2013 - Developed an infection in his surgically repaired forearm, requiring a THIRD surgery.
- Undergoes a FOURTH surgery in his forearm to replace the plate that was inserted during his second surgery.
- In June, also undergoes a back surgery
- December 2013, tears his ACL and MCL and is done for the season.
5.
2015 - Suffers a bruised knee, which appeared to linger for the remainder of the season.
- Also re-aggravated his long time back injury and required treatment.
So as you can see, other than his rookie year and 2014, he had been battling injuries in every year he's been with the team. As a matter of fact, I should probably remind you that Gronk was originally a 1st round prospect, but he ended up missing the combine due to his back injuries, and his overall draft stock dropped, and he fell off the 1st round. BB took a chance on him in the second round, which in hindsight turned out to be the steal of the decade.
You want facts, I GOT you facts. Based on these, actually Gronk's injury rate is not double that of Kelce, but more like 10x the rate....
And Sure, Gronk has been in the league longer than Kelce, so naturally he'd be more prone to get injured. But even if you compare his first three season to Kelce's first 3, he was still injured more within that time frame as well.
Did I compare playing abilities? hell no, Gronk will run circles around Kelce. Would I rather have Kelce instead of Gronk even when taking Gronk's injury history into account? ....You'd have to be a complete moron. But the fact of the matter is that Gronk HAS BEEN INJURED WAY MORE than Kelce. THAT'S A FACT! Sure, most of it is bad luck (forearm, hits to the knees, etc.), but you CAN'T ARGUE WITH FACTS! Gronk HAS been injured WAY MORE than Kelce.
Now do me a favor.... get lost.
