Ryan Izzo:

What they won’t be able to replicate is the amount of coverage that Gronkowski would consistently draw away from the other receivers

“I had teammates that help you, and then you had teammates that didn’t,” Edelman said after practice on Wednesday. “I like to be known as a guy that helped you

It will be interesting to see if Watson can, at age 38 work into a regular role on the offense. LaCosse showed flashes in Denver

Watson began his career in New England as a first-round draft pick (#32) in 2004. He played the first six years of his career with the Patriots

Besides Gronkowski, maybe… the position consists of Jacob Hollister, Ryan Izzo, Stephen Anderson, and the newly signed Matt Lacosse.

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Gronk has it all; size, speed, tremendous hands, can line up all over the field from in the slot to split out wide and is a very good pass blocker and a devastating run blocker.