Rob Gronkowski still hasn't completely closed the door on resuming his football career in the future. If Tom Brady has any aspirations of his former favorite target returning to the field soon, the New England Patriots quarterback now knows exactly how to convince him.

During an appearance on “The Adam Schefter Podcast,” a laughing Gronkowski said that he would feel compelled to answer Brady's calls to come back to the Patriots if the legendary quarterback rubbed some CBD ointment on his body.

“I’m gonna be doing his treatment, doing his pliability, and if he comes over and rubs some CBDMedic on me,” Gronkowski told ESPN's Adam Schefter, “then I’ll feel twice as good then and I’ll be ready to go.”

Gronkowski recently announced a partnership with CBDMedic to develop a line of topical pain treatments from cannabidiol (CBD), a compound found in cannabis plants. CBD is an increasingly popular means of addressing pain, anxiety, movement disorders, and more.

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It will apparently take more than Brady applying CBD ointment to his achy joints for Gronkowski to embark on a comeback, though.

“There would have to be some rules, like ‘All right, am I just showing up to the game? Like, are you going to give me a game plan on Saturday? Do I have to stay at the hotel the night before?’ What if I just showed up to the game one day and just did the transaction?” he said, per Mike Cole of NESN.

Gronkowski, 30, retired in March after winning his third Super Bowl ring with New England.