Report: surgery for Gronk

[Kontradiction]

No, Faulk made the 4th and 2 and the refs blew the spot.

That was 2009.

 

[AtomicDawg]

****ing ****stick. I hate the dirty mother ****ing Seahawks and their pompom waving coach. I hate EVERYTHING!!!!

 

[dannydyn]

If this happened any other year, no SB.

This year they have enough. But they NEED the 1 seed.

Hopefully they don't overlook Miami again...

 

[Sciz]

I thought I heard somewhere before that Currucci (who broke the story) is a family friend of the gronk family. Sounds to me like this is coming from their camp. The fact that he's having surgery in LA and not Boston is telling.

There's nothing telling about Gronk going to the top sports back surgeon who also did his previous two surgeries.

 

[Guts]

We need HFA don't want to go to Denver, KC , or Oakland without the Gronk.

 

[Gronkowski123]

We're just going to have to restructure the offense to succeed without him. Brees is still killing it even without Jimmy Graham. Overlying on Rob paralyze the offense.

good point. it's not like brees is throwing the ball to all star wr's..

weird how brady's rating drops 20 points without gronk. scary as hell...

 

[luuked]

I thought I heard somewhere before that Currucci (who broke the story) is a family friend of the gronk family. Sounds to me like this is coming from their camp. The fact that he's having surgery in LA and not Boston is telling.

How is it telling?

It is his usual back specialist:

 

[YOUGOTMOSSED]

Unfortunate to say the least. Here is a report from a previous back surgery:
Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski can return from back surgery, but will he be same dominant player? - The Boston Globe

This season has a weird "2011 season" kind of feel to it. We're probably going to face the Giants in the Superbowl and lose due to a key drop or freakish catch.

 

[Ross12]

At least knowing Gronk is out will cause McDaniels to alter his gameplans. Won't be many 2TE sets (which sucks), but there will probably be a greater focus on the WRs - hopefully Mitchell and Hogan can thrive - plus Amendola has been underutilized so far this year. Additionally, there will probably be more pony packages featuring Dion and White together.

 

[Kontradiction]

****ing ****stick. I hate the dirty mother ****ing Seahawks and their pompom waving coach. I hate EVERYTHING!!!!

There was nothing dirty about that hit. That hit encapsulated everything beautiful about football.

 

[Guts]

****ing ****stick. I hate the dirty mother ****ing Seahawks and their pompom waving coach. I hate EVERYTHING!!!!

That was a good football clean hit brother.

 

[Deus Irae]

Last I checked Pats have...

Brady playing lights out
An O-line playing well.
Blount having a career year
JE11 playing well
Hogan playing well
DA playing well.
Mitchell coming of age
Bennett primed to step up
White playing well
Dion Lewis back and looking good.

If they can't win a SB with that offense they suck.

You know better than this

 

[dannydyn]

Last I checked Pats have...

Brady playing lights out
An O-line playing well.
Blount having a career year
JE11 playing well
Hogan playing well
DA playing well.
Mitchell coming of age
Bennett primed to step up
White playing well
Dion Lewis back and looking good.

If they can't win a SB with that offense they suck.

The problem is not the offense as much as it's the defense. If we don't make a deep playoff run, it's because of the D.

 

[aluminum seats]

I am not in denial of the injury or surgery. I am just saying hold off on the reports that it happened vs seattle vs NY or whenever.

Well, I think I'm in denial then...

 

[PatsFan2]

Gotta think a Bennett extension is coming much sooner rather than later.

 

[aluminum seats]

I kinda disagree. What 53rd guy on the roster is going to bring more value to the team than what Gronk could potentially bring to the AFCCG and Super Bowl?

You might be right.

 

[BradyFTW!]

So if he suffered the injury in the Seahawks game, and rather then getting surgery a week ago, he instead played the Jets game with an already ruptured disc?

For all the people who complain that he's cautious with his body and maybe doesn't always buy into the timeline that the team wants to set for him... well, here you go. Stuff like this is exactly why the players would be smart to get second opinions on every injury and maybe not have a ton of faith in the team doctors' opinions on this stuff. In hindsight, it's pretty clear he shouldn't have played last week. The Pats are the best in the business and I give them the benefit of the doubt most of the time, but they really screw themselves sometimes by putting guys out there when they shouldn't be.

 

[shmessy]

****ing ****stick. I hate the dirty mother ****ing Seahawks and their pompom waving coach. I hate EVERYTHING!!!!

Let's be honest.

Don't blame Thomas - - it was a perfectly clean hit.

Blame Belichick and the medical staff for putting him out there unnecessarily on Sunday.

It is an inconvenient truth. Earl Thomas did his job and he did it honestly. The Patriots committed malpractice.

I love the Patriots. But honestly, if he sued them for this, He should clean their clocks in court on this.

 

[mtbykr]

How is it telling?

It is his usual back specialist:

My fault, I missed that....didn't realize it was the same doc as before. It just seemed to me that a family friend breaking the story and him having surgery not in Boston was curious. May be another example of the gronk family and pats doctors not seeing eye to eye.

 

[Mike the Brit]

The A.J. Derby fan club is weeping.