Gronk trade completed

[TomPatriot]

I can’t handle another year of Lacosse & Izzo.

Sounds like a NE sports station comedy combo.

Oh wait . . .

 

[sb1]

I was hoping for a 3rd but a free 4th rounder is not terrible. He wasn't coming back to play for the Pats.

Even a 4th is a fleecing.

 

[Deus Irae]

Tampa Bay was the only place that Rob Gronkowski wanted it was willing to play, per league source. So if Gronkowski passes his physical, he will get his wish.

And further confirmation from Rob Gronkowski’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, who texted ESPN: “Pending the physical, Rob has agreed to play for Tampa this season. He will honor his current contract at this time.”

 

[PatDaPatriot]

Tampa is about to unleash their two-TE package now. They'd be stupid not to try to keep Howard.

Tampa has Cam Brate locked up long term. Howard is likely the odd man out as his 5th year option deadline is coming up.

 

[Nikolai]

I'm a little indifferent to it all. I'll probably hate seeing them in another uniform (and will probably not go out of my way to see it), but I don't wish them ill at all. If they have great success, ok. If they don't....ok.

I am with your wife and daughter in this moment

Not sure if this was intentional, but this is low key one of the better posts this month

 

[Mack Herron]

How did we not get OJ Howard back !!??

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Could still get him. The need still exists and they have an extra TE...

 

[XLIX]

Belichick will trade the 4th rounder 100 times so it would be that much more difficult to identify "this is the guy we got for Gronk"....

 

[RobertWeathers]

I hope so. Part of me hopes they move up into the 2nd but also kinda think they will trade back from 23 to get a 2nd. Really juicy spot in the draft to have all those picks.

So hopefully its 119 and we have now 6 picks in the first 125 selections.

Not bad.

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

Pats got a 4th round pick for a retired TE? Yeah baby!!!

A few days later...

With their 4th round pick obtained from Tampa Bay, the New England Patriots select Rodrigo Blankenship Kicker Georgia. F****ck!!!!

 

[HailHydra]

You could get some quality in the 4th round...and you could always package the 4th and one of our extra thirds to get into the 2nd round (maybe)

which is why I said it was worth something

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

So two of the greatest Patriots of all time, will finish their careers together in Tampa. Watch Gronk sign an extension to play past next year too!

You kind of almost have to look at this as Brady sticking it to the Pats, he saddled them with a 13 million dollar dead cap hit, and now lures Gronk out of retirement. Says a lot about how they really feel about BB​

 

[Drewski]

I guess you could say...That's his Quarterback.

 

[TomPatriot]

Well, it seems people are in two camps.............

1.) One camp says "screw 'em"....you want to leave? I hope you suck

2.) The other camp hopes to see two Patriot legends have continued success even beyond the Pats.

I'm in camp 2, but my wife and daughter are in camp 1, so it's crazy even in my own household.

Smart ladies, dude.

 

[RobertWeathers]

So two of the greatest Patriots of all time, will finish their careers together in Tampa. Watch Gronk sign an extension to play past next year too!

You kind of almost have to look at this as Brady sticking it to the Pats, he saddled them with a 13 million dollar dead cap hit, and now lures Gronk out of retirement. Says a lot about how they really feel about BB​

Who cares how they feel about BB.

 

[ensoul]

My thoughts; Gronk and Brady couldn't stomach another year with BB.

BB will trade that 4th round pick for an 8th round pick so he can grab a value receiver that will be off the team in a year.

Tampa is going to score about 35 points a game, and Brady will put up huge numbers and will be in the running for MVP.

 

[Coolade]

Now we get to see what contract he gets. This blows .
They should have held out for better package. What is the rush on this deal ? Wait until they and Gronkowski get more desperate..?

 

[sb1]

Send the 4th to the Colts when Luck requests a trade to us

 

[Deus Irae]

Now we get to see what contract he gets. This blows .
They should have held out for better package. What is the rush on this deal ? Wait until they and Gronkowski get more desperate..?

The draft is Thursday.

 

[Todd Bradley]

A 4th and we lost a 7th?

Are you f*cking kidding me?

 

[scott99]

Its weird, I still love Brady, I will be rooting for him except if/when he plays the Pats. But I'm no longer a Gronk fan. It sucks that this happened, and it sucked that he took so long last offseason to decide to retire. In interviews after he retired, he said he knew during the SB that he was gonna retire. So he ****ed the Pats over because the Pats couldn't attempt to sign a replacement in free agency, because it was almost over by the time he said he was retiring. So I hold a grudge for that. Now my dislike for him is even deeper because of this nonsense. I'm glad he's gone.

Of course, the Pats ****ed themselves over by not drafting any decent TEs in the 2018 & 2019 drafts. They now have three 3rds and two 4ths, they BETTER ****ing pick some TEs (and I mean plural) in this draft.