Earlier this week, Rob Gronkowski came out of retirement and pushed the Patriots to trade him to the Buccaneers. Publicly, the tight end hid his intentions, but he says Tom Brady has known about his plans for a while now. 
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“We rarely talked about what his decision was gonna be, where I’m at,” Gronkowski said of their winter talks (via ESPN.com’s Jenna Laine). “But we did talk about [it] for one second. I told him that — we talked just real quick — like, ‘Hey, I’m kinda getting that fire underneath me again.’
“I said, ‘I’m definitely interested in your decision that you make.’ I didn’t put any pressure on him. I said, ‘If there’s a right opportunity out there, and you go somewhere and that opportunity is right – even if you go back to the Patriots and I feel like the opportunity is right – there’s a possible chance that I would definitely love to reconnect.'”
Brady, per Gronk, was “all fired up and juiced up” about the potential reunion. Now, they’ll look to pick up where they left off – the duo connected for 78 touchdowns across nine years together in New England. There should be plenty more to come, with better weather to boot.
Of course, this won’t be welcome news to fans in New England who were clamoring for Gronk last season. While the veteran’s 2018 campaign (47 receptions, 682 yards, three touchdowns) weren’t up to his normal standards, they still proved to be better than the numbers put up by New England’s tight ends in 2019. The Patriots got 36 receptions and two touchdowns from the trio of Ben Watson, Matt LaCosse, and Ryan Izzo last year.
Sure. Brady never demanded Gronk.
Just like John Jonah Jameson never demanded pictures of Spiderman and Air Boss Johnson never demanded butts from Commander Mike Metcalf.
I imagine that Robert Kraft had his lip readers, hidden camera operators and other assorted surveillance people on the scene…so I’ll wait for that version of events.
Brady, per Gronk, was “all fired up and juiced up”.
Evidently Gronk has begun the TB12 program.
Unless you choose to believe a 43 is still starting in the NFL because he eats avecado ice cream and then…
I think everyone is smart enough to see that Brady is only in Tampa Bay to take advantage of the tax relief. He isn’t so delusional that he thinks this team will win anything meaningful. With his buddy boy Gronk along at least he has somebody to reminisce with while the charade to dupe gullible Bucs fans unfolds.
Are you joking? I can’t tell if your serious…Tax relief ?! lol. Yeah that’s all a part of Bradys diabolical plan smh
No happy ending for the Patriots on this one!