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I don't know if anyone has posted this, but it looks like Florio is tossing out the conspiracy theories already (although commends the Pats):
Are Patriots deliberately overstating Gronkowski’s injuries?
He is business partners with Drew Rosenhaus. I don't know why he wouldn't get the info directly from him like he usually does. This "source" doesn't appear to be Rosenhaus though based on the info.
On Thursday night, here’s what a source with knowledge of how the Patriots do business said when it comes to the high-stakes, single-elimination nature of the postseason: “Don’t buy into it.”
In other words, there’s a chance that the Patriots are deliberately overstating Gronkowski’s health condition in an effort to confuse the Chiefs as they finalize a game plan for Saturday.
If true, it’s sort of brilliant. No one ever gets investigated or punished for putting too much on the injury report; the NFL only acts (and rarely at best) when a team fails to disclose enough. If a team discloses too much or otherwise makes the situation seem worse than it is, nothing happens.
And if, in this particular case, it causes the Chiefs to assume that they’ll see an impaired Gronkowski when in fact he’ll be fine, the Patriots could find a way to take advantage of that defect in game planning to get out to an early lead and, sooner than later, to deliver a knockout blow to the hottest team in football, which has now won 11 in a row.
Are Patriots deliberately overstating Gronkowski’s injuries?
He is business partners with Drew Rosenhaus. I don't know why he wouldn't get the info directly from him like he usually does. This "source" doesn't appear to be Rosenhaus though based on the info.