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ESPN injury expert says he wont!
New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston
I know high ankle sprains take some time.
Anyone think he'll be close to 100%?
How will his not participating in practice affect his role in the offense?
Can Pats still win without Gronk?
I'd just as soon listen to the opinion of Dr Nick Riviera on this one
Had the Super Bowl been tonight.....Gronk had no chance of playing.
Let's all stop speculation of whether he will or won't play and whether he will be at near full health or not and be thankful that this years Super Bowl has a 2 week gap instead of playing it the next week.
Had the Super Bowl been tonight.....Gronk had no chance of playing.
Be thankful we at least have hope he will play.
Rob - Are you serious? This is the NFL and the Super Bowl we're talking about. And Gronk is one of the biggest names out there. Of course it was going to go national. Not to mention it's the age of Facebook and Twitter. The 6 degrees of separation are closer to 3 to 4 now.
Now, regarding over-selling an injury. That could be.
I'm not surprised honestly if he doesn't play and I think people need to stop clinging on to hope of the smokescreen idea and consider it a real possibility.
There's a good chance it really is that bad and we're going to have to do it without him. It is what it is. This makes me be more wary of sticking with my prediction of a blowout but the Patriots still have what it takes to do it without him. We will be fine.
If anything the smokescreen might be to keep the focus on Gronk, while Ocho is getting ready to make his mark, not just as a Patriots, but in his career. If he wants to be remembered and even have a chance at the HOF, this is his only opportunity.
We're only facing the Giants. It's in the bag, alright? This actually makes it a little bit more challenging for Brady and Co and makes me less upset we're playing the measly Giants again. Bring it on! He'll still be on the sidelines rooting and eating energy bars, so Giants fans, don't get your hopes up
Completely agree. I've seen some pretty bad high ankle injuries. Many people will attest that they can hurt worse than a broken bone. Personally, I've had at least one ankle sprain that hurt so bad that - combined with how hard I was running at the time it happened - that it literally made me vomit. I hopped and then walked with a severe limp for some time afterward. I'm not the athlete/beast Gronk is, obviously, but I've never seen anyone with a debilitating ligament/ankle injury just walk around so normally and chat it up so seemingly painlessly as he did both as he came back out of the locker room and after the game.
Yes, severe swelling can occur, and that's part of the issue, but that can be contained over days or weeks and is not near as crucial as the severity of ligament damage. That's the main issue, especially as far as football players go. Now, if that were truly severe, it would have been physically impossible for him to come out walking like he did in the middle of the Ravens game.
Not that I expect him to be 100%, but I am pretty confident about him overcoming the swelling, given the way he apparently overcame the initial shock of the injury. When I saw the play and the replays, I was all but convinced that he was done for this year. I couldn't see how anyone could come back at all, let alone for the rest of the Ravens' game. That he did that alone in the first place was miraculous, so I can completely believe that there are "miraculous" reports coming out about his recovery this past week. The guy is flat-out amazing football player.
I think it is a stretch that Belichick told Daddy Gronk to leak false information to a Buffalo TV station knowing it would spark this flurry of medical experts stating Gronk won't play or will be a shell of himself.
Gordie Gronkowski could have been overstating the injury, but I doubt there is some conspiracy theory.