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Nink had a press conference.
I knew there was someone obvious I was missing. I think he qualifies.
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He does in my book.I knew there was someone obvious I was missing. I think he qualifies.
He’ll probably make it to the HOF, but I always crack up when people here claim that he was the greatest TE to ever play the game.
As @Todd Bradley noted, the Twitter responses are savage. Gronk (his shirtless pose with a porn star) treating his sex workers better than Kraft, etc....Kraft said there’s a bunch of jerks in the league but Gronk wasn’t one of them. Gronk came in handy at just the right time for the team.
You're in denial.shouldn't have cheaped out on Gronk
What TE dominated games the way Gronk did? Both as a receiver and blocker. First down and RZ target and deep threat. No TE ever had his skill set - and that is not even a close call.Why do you crack up when people say that the greatest TE to ever play the game was the greatest TE to ever play the game?
I ask because Gronk was, without question, the greatest TE to ever play the game.
the team knows what it's doing..no one was implying that.
Just my opinion, but if those are the exact words that Jared Cook used, given Belichick's use of 2 TE sets from the Graham/Watson days through the Gronk/Bennett days and the many other attempts (successful and unsuccessful) during this run, then I'm glad we didn't sign someone that dumb.If only he announced 1 wk ago. Jared Cook would have been a Patriot. Jared said he did not want to be a "backup TE".
Now Patriots are behind the 8-ball...
What TE dominated games the way Gronk did? Both as a receiver and blocker. First down and RZ target and deep threat. No TE ever had his skill set - and that is not even a close call.
I don’t understand the whole “he screwed us” angle.If only he announced 1 wk ago. Jared Cook would have been a Patriot. Jared said he did not want to be a "backup TE".
Now Patriots are behind the 8-ball...
I'm probably missing someone obvious, but who was the last great Patriot to retire as a Patriot? Faulk? And presumably Bruschi before him?
How many elite edge rushers never laid a hand on Brady because of Gronk?If there had been any question at all, last season was the final layer. As a blocker alone he was still the most important non-QB on the field. By the way, he STILL averaged 9.4 yards per target last season, which is about the same as an elite wide receiver.
Faulk and Matt Light, in 2011.
And it’s not even close.Why do you crack up when people say that the greatest TE to ever play the game was the greatest TE to ever play the game?
I ask because Gronk was, without question, the greatest TE to ever play the game.
You make a life decision based on YOUR LIFE ... and he did ...If only he announced 1 wk ago. Jared Cook would have been a Patriot. Jared said he did not want to be a "backup TE".
Now Patriots are behind the 8-ball...
If only he announced 1 wk ago. Jared Cook would have been a Patriot. Jared said he did not want to be a "backup TE".
Now Patriots are behind the 8-ball...