IMO Gronk is showing great maturity

[DarrylStingley]

I don't know if Gronk is ready or not.

But my gut is that his advisers are being ultra cautious and this irritates me.

One of my idiot friends texted that Gronk should not play in a game like this that doesn't matter so much.

So dumb. Every game counts. After AFC East game counts. Playoff seedings are not tuned into when the game was played or who the opponent was. And oh by the way, the Saints will be tough regardless of Gronk.

No way to really know but i THINK Gronk should be in there today.

 

[SB39]

I'm just truncating your post right there, because it says it all for me.

How do we possibly know whether Gronkowski is "showing great maturity"? Anybody who can tell us whether he is begging to play, or is calmly letting the medical staff dictate the pace of his rehab, or is letting his daddy talk him out of playing when he's healthy knows more than the rest of the fan and media world combined.

That's exactly what I was thinking too. We have no idea what his status is, what the team will require before he plays (i.e. should he play only if 100%), or how he's handling it.

 

[Pewsterbaby]

You should take their advice about what they are experts in. I don't think anyone would think the best advice you can get about when you are healthy enough to play would come from a lawyer, or an agent. Thats like asking your doctor how to negotiate a contract.

... or looking to a meat packing plant for protocol on what The Kansas City Chiefs' front office should do after a shooting. lol.

it never gets old and it never will. the funniest thing I've ever seen on the internet. the link of links. the ultimate inappropriate apples to oranges. it took an otherwise dour sunday morning and morphed it into black humor hilarity.

Deus Irae - "Well, when this happened at the meat packing plant, this is what they did." (link attached)

Whoa... whoa. Deus, I'm gonna have to stop you right there at meat packing plant. rotf.

 

[50-yard-line]

As a former professional sportsman whose career was derailed by injuries, several misdiagnoses and mismanagement by several of Australia's supposed top specialists, I cannot fault Gronkowski for his approach. His body is his meal ticket. He is well within his right to protect himself until he is 100% ready to contribute.

I've seen and experienced first hand what happens when you're repeatedly brought back too early. I'll always err on the side of caution moving forward.

THIS.

There are some players in sports who sit out because they feel if they go less than 100%, they'll play worse and jeopardize their next payday. You see this in baseball a lot.

Not so much in football.

In Gronk's case, he's got a long-term deal. This isn't about the money. He's getting itchy - you can see it. He'll be there soon.

Non-story.

 

[Mack Herron]

How do we possibly know whether Gronkowski is "showing great maturity"? Anybody who can tell us whether he is begging to play, or is calmly letting the medical staff dictate the pace of his rehab, or is letting his daddy talk him out of playing when he's healthy knows more than the rest of the fan and media world combined.

Personally, I have no opinion about when he should return. None. I just miss watching him play.

I supposed this means Amendola is showing a lack of maturity by playing? I look forward to watching both play whenever they return.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

Gronk has no choice after today...He NEEDS to play vs Saints

 

[kennyb]

Good thing he's so mature otherwise they might have won s meaningless game. Doubt he's much better next week. Maybe target january?

 

[JMC00]

Well his maturity might have cost the Pats one game.

But I guess it's alright to be throwing your brother around landing on your arm on a hard surface at someplace in Vegas during your forearm rehab rather than balls up and play a football game when you are healthy.

 

[Pessimistic Pete]

Him not playing cost us the game today, no question.

God damn it.

 

[upstater1]

If there's any truth to this story at all, then Gronk is getting some really bad advice. The worst thing for him would be to lose the faith of teammates. The Cincy team was vulnerable. Guys like Tommy Kelly and Amendola are putting themselves on the line.

It is a big struggle for me to imagine what the value is of 1 week's recovery for a surgery from 8 months ago.

I mean, Brady was throwing to Nate Solder in the end zone today!!!

 

[shmessy]

Well his maturity might have cost the Pats one game.

But I guess it's alright to be throwing your brother around landing on your arm on a hard surface at someplace in Vegas during your forearm rehab rather than balls up and play a football game when you are healthy.

This.

I'm all for him being cautious on coming back only when healthy.

But screw him for the reverse pile drivers he was doing in March.

Gronk, grow up - - you can't have it both ways.

 

[Aßßynormal]

You should take their advice about what they are experts in. I don't think anyone would think the best advice you can get about when you are healthy enough to play would come from a lawyer, or an agent. Thats like asking your doctor how to negotiate a contract.

His Agent is privy to all the information that Gronk is. Who's Gronk supposed to take advice from? In the same vein as you speak, Gronk's not his Docter nor the team's Doctor. His Agent is the person to speak with after all the info is in.

 

[Texxx]

Don't care about Gronk showing maturity. All I care about is Gronk showing that he can be healthy on the field and help this offense again.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

If we had gronk we probably would have had a great chance to win. And i can bet as of today he is/was cleared to play but wanted to wait another week....

 

[PatsFanStnfrd]

Whatever the situation may have been w/ Gronk, it is clear that TEAM GRONK has been outplaying TEAM PATRIOTS in the media --thru a campaign of mouthpieces like that flake Florio or Bedard of MMQB. His agent or his father -- they r looking out for #1 GRONK. Peter King, Jeff Howe and others have pointed out that based on his performances in practice, players expected he would play Week 4 vs Atlanta.

When Danny Amendola comes back (from a painful groin tear) after a 3 week absence to play 38 snaps in Game 5 -- Gronk should be ashamed of himself. At some point, his taking it day-to-day can seriously turn out to be seen as an incredibly selfish act that drives a real wedge within the team. Thank God, its the Pats. So u don't hear players talking anonymously. But we'll soon know. Either Gronk comes back -- or that dam of silence among Pats players is likely to burst. A home loss against NO might just be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

So, for both Gronk's and the Pats' case, I hope this is the week he comes back.

Enough is enough

 

[BelichickFan]

We didn't get him for his maturity. Get back on the field you big, immature oaf.

 

[Rob0729]

I am still concerned that Gronk and his people decided before the season he was coming back no earlier than week 6 and are sticking to that arbitrary timeline even if he is ready to come back. If that is true, it is a lack of maturity he is showing.

If Gronk is truly not ready, he should not come back until he is ready. If this is some arbitrary date he decided to follow and is too ridgid to come back even if he is ready, then he is doing his team a disservice.

 

[Halifax_Pats_Fan]

After all these posts re: this thread, i just hope he is back next week, then we have a realistic shot against the saints...

 

[Silver Blue&Red]

I'd rather have an immature Gronk on the field than a Mature multi million $ one sitting on the sidelines. Hopefully when he's "ready" it will payoff. But, I'm just bitter at the moment. Edit: Half+ of the league are injured to some extent, and still out there playing. It's a tuff game. You are no use sitting on the bench.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

I am still concerned that Gronk and his people decided before the season he was coming back no earlier than week 6 and are sticking to that arbitrary timeline even if he is ready to come back. If that is true, it is a lack of maturity he is showing.

If Gronk is truly not ready, he should not come back until he is ready. If this is some arbitrary date he decided to follow and is too ridgid to come back even if he is ready, then he is doing his team a disservice.

Bingo! We've got bingo!

If (and I understand it's an "if") Gronk playing today wouldn't have exposed him to any more injury risk than the "normal" risk of playing football, he should have been out there even if he wasn't 100%. Even at 70% (hell, even at 60%) he's miles ahead of anything else the team can put out there at TE.