People out there want to sit him for the rest of the reg season even if healthy...huh? Can't be scared of injuries. It's the NFL..people are going to get hurt. Gronk gets hurt in most because how else you going to take him down. It's what you get unfortunately.
Agreed.
People out there does not include BB fortunately. While I haven't agreed every time with BB's call on key players playing, I do agree with his philosophy that football players play football. Unless a player specifically needs injury heal time then they should play. If they get hurt then it just wasn't to be.
If Gronk is held out just to be safe you may be causing him to play more and take a harder pounding. The Patriots miss the bye then they have an additional game to play that is likely to be a high intensity, typically extra physical game, a PO game. But if they win the next 4 weeks then they get that tougher 5th week/PO game off. Seems to me players should be, and I'm sure are, all in on earning that day off in 5 weeks.
Well... he didn't wait until he was over every bump and bruise and Brady said Gronk really toughed it out. Some of you have a little crow to eat this morning.