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Former New England Patriots tight end was Rob Gronkowski named to the “NFL 100 All-Time Team” for his position. Who better to tell an ll-time story about Gronkowski than head coach Bill Belichick. Before emerging as one of the greatest tight ends in NFL history, Gronkowski was an overlooked prospect coming out of Arizona. Belichick […]

Here is something you may not have known: the New England Patriots almost didn’t draft Rob Gronkowski because his predraft visit did not exactly go all that well. Apparently, Gronkowski fell asleep on the floor during his visit. Yes, seriously: “Rob was kind of a shot in the dark,” Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said […]

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski could still play football for the Pats if he wanted to. However, he’s included in the illustrious NFL 100 All-Time Team as a finalist for the tight end position. The NFL released the final list of candidates on their Twitter page for the candidates. It’s incredible enough that […]

Retired New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is officially not eligible to play during the 2019 NFL season, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, with the deadline for reserved players to return before Week 13 having passed. It was expected, now official: Rob Gronkowski cannot return in 2019. His deadline to return this season was 4pm […]

Last week, the New England Patriots picked up a pivotal road win over the Philadelphia Eagles. Sounds good, right? Well, not in the eyes of Tom Brady, as the Patriots scored just 17 points, resulting in the quarterback expressing some frustration with the club’s struggling offense after the game. Former New England tight end Rob […]

Rumors of Rob Gronkowski returning to the New England Patriots never really left the grapevine. They believed that the tight end was just taking a sabbatical and was due to a return to the Pats in time for the Super Bowl. However, Gronk has consistently shot down any rumors of him making an NFL comeback. […]

Gronk knows elite talent when he sees one, and he knew that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo had the potential to become the elite pass-caller that he is today. Rob Gronkowski was recently named to become an analyst for Fox Sports, and he talked about how Garoppolo–who he affectionately calls Jimmy G–was already showing […]

Rob Gronkowski is one of the best tight ends in NFL history but now that he is retired, there has been some debate on who is now the best tight end in the league. Gronkowski weighed in on this topic, and his answer was pretty easy, George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers. Gronkowski said […]

Since former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski announced his retirement last March, speculation has run rampant about whether or not he would return at some point in 2019. However, with the Patriots having already played 10 games, it’s looking less and less likely that Gronkowski will return this season, and he said as […]

When people heard that former NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski was set to make a “big announcement” on Tuesday morning, a lot of them automatically assumed it would be his return to the New England Patriots. But let’s be real here: that was never going to be the case. And it wasn’t. It turns out, […]

Former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is now analyzing the game of football as a member of the media while the future Pro Football Hall of Famer recently added his two cents to quite the touchy subject. With Cleveland Browns pass rusher Myles Garrett now set to miss the rest of the 2019 […]

While Rob Gronkowski is trending for his announcement on Tuesday at 9:00 pm ET, he is taking shots at the Dallas Cowboys offense. On the FOX pre-game show on Sunday, Gronkowski stated that Dak Prescott and Co. could use a tight end with his abilities, who would have thought? “I feel like the Cowboys could […]

Rob Gronkowski has an announcement to make. On Saturday night, the former New England Patriots tight end said on his Instagram story that he has a big announcement to make on Tuesday, 9:00 pm ET. “I have a big announcement to make. I can’t wait to drop it on all of you. It’s gonna be […]

Recently acquired New England Patriots wide receiver Mohamed Sanu expressed a desire for former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski to return to the team after recent reports indicated the three-time Super Bowl champion was mulling coming out of early retirement. Per the Providence Journal’s Mark Daniels on Twitter: “I don’t know. If he does, I […]

It’s possible that there are still New England Patriots fans who are still stunned by Rob Gronkowski’s decision to walk away from the NFL for good. However, they’re not closing their doors on a Gronk comeback as Robert Kraft himself expressed his desire to see him return to the team come the playoffs. NFL.com’s Ian […]

Tom Brady doesn’t mind toying with the media or his fans. On Thursday, the New England Patriots did both. He, alongside Rob Gronkowski, trolled Twitter with six words and an exclamation point: “Reunited and it feels so good!” said Brady. Those six words got Twitter in a frenzy, as it teased the thought of Gronkowski […]

There has been a lot of talk about Rob Gronkowski and if he will ever return to the New England Patriots but according to the future Hall of Fame tight end, he hasn’t thought about coming back this season. In a sitdown interview with the Toronto Sun where Gronkowski was promoting his CBD Medic, a […]

Ever since Rob Gronkowski retired after the 2018 season, there have been constant rumors that he could return to the New England Patriots in 2019. After a few failed attempts to get him to come back, Gronkowski has hinted at a possible return if the NFL legalizes CBD. “I don’t want to be banned from […]

Rob Gronkowski has said that he plans to stay retired but New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman still isn’t completely sold that last the entire 2019 season. The Patriots are thin at the tight end position so it would make sense if Gronkowski wanted to come back and join the team, they would welcome […]

Many have held out hope that Rob Gronkowski would decide to come out of retirement and rejoin the New England Patriots, but his latest comments have made it clear that won’t be happening. Gronkowski made an appearance on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show” on Tuesday and was asked by a caller for a yes or […]

Don’t expect Tom Brady to push Rob Gronkowski to come out of retirement. During his weekly appearance on WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show on Monday morning, the New England Patriots quarterback said he won’t be lobbying for his former tight end to make a comeback: “Look, I love that guy. I am so happy that […]

Rob Gronkowski started his new job on Thursday, by watching his former work associates, the New England Patriots, take on the New York Giants on “Thursday Night Football.” In doing so, the now-FOX analyst and former Patriots tight end didn’t exactly shut the door on coming back. On potentially coming back, Gronkowski said on Thursday, […]

The New England Patriots are still holding out hope for Rob Gronkowski’s return. Though the 30-year-old tight end is retired, he hasn’t put the papers in to do so officially. Said Patriots owner Robert Kraft heading into “Thursday Night Football,” via James Palmer of NFL Network: “We all love Gronk and I think the bottom […]

Former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is coming out of retirement to get back into the NFL, kind of. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Gronkowski has accepted a job to be an analyst on FOX NFL Sunday. This probably isn’t the coming out of retirement that Patriots fans were hoping for, […]

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski made headlines recently when he revealed that he had around 20 concussions during his NFL career and at least five “blackout” concussions. But Gronk has followed that up by claiming that CTE and other brain injuries are “fixable” — and that his have been fixed. It is fixable. […]

New England Patriots’ former tight end Rob Gronkowski shocked a lot of people after the Super Bowl last season when he retired from the NFL abruptly. Gronkowski had kind of hinted at retirement for years in the past. However, he was just 29 when he announced it and on top of his game. He was […]

Despite an offensive onslaught from New England Patriots receivers on Sunday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the AFC East team is still noticeably missing the decorated tight end Rob Gronkowski, who retired after last season’s Super Bowl victory. The 30-year-old Gronkowski has stated recently he’s still in good enough shape to keep playing football, but […]

Rob Gronkowski is retired. The former New England Patriot is now moving in a world where he doesn’t have to pad up and prepare to get taken down by 250-lb defensive backs. However, questions about the possibility of him returning to the Pats didn’t stop hounding him. Since he was so successful as Tom Brady’s […]

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 […]

Rob Gronkowksi hasn’t completely closed the door on resuming his football career down the line. And if he ultimately elects to return to the NFL, the New England Patriots icon will be all the better off for his time spent away from the game. During an appearance on HBO’s The Shop, Gronkowski shed light on why […]

Tight end Rob Gronkowski formally announced his retirement from the NFL on March 24th. Yet despite doing so, many presumed that wasn’t the end of the former New England Patriots superstar’s football career. Those holding out hope that Gronkowski could soon return to the field will be excited to learn that he’s still in football […]

Former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck shocked the NFL world on Saturday when he announced his retirement. This came as a complete surprise, as Luck was about to enter his prime at age 29. In a somewhat similar move, former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski announced his retirement at the beginning of this […]

New England Patriots retired tight end Rob Gronkowski feels that his life is finally on the right path, and he is excited about the direction that he is going. Gronkowski wasn’t always a model citizen off the field while in the NFL, but he believes he has learned from the mistakes and is ready to […]

At the beginning of the offseason, the sports world was greeted with some pretty surprising news that New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski was retiring. Okay, it wasn’t crazy shocking. Gronkowski had dangled the idea before. However, he was still 29 and at the top of his game, so it was unexpected, to say […]

There have been rumors flying around that Rob Gronkowski could return to the New England Patriots this season. Gronkowski left the door open for a return by saying he could come back—but not right now. Earlier this offseason, the playful tight end retired from the NFL after spending nine seasons with New England. Injuries have […]

Rob Gronkowski is ready for his next chapter after retiring as a New England Patriot in the offseason. According to USA Today’s Henry McKenna, the Hall of Fame-bound tight end has scheduled a press conference in New York for August 27th. McKenna noted that the press conference is meant to address his “next chapter,” as […]

Could retired tight end Rob Gronkowski return to the New England Patriots at some point this season? One former Patriots tight end seems to think so. Jermaine Wiggins, who last played for New England all the way back in 2001, told TMZ Sports that Gronkowski is “going to be back this year.” “I would bet […]

Since announcing his retirement from football, some people insist that Rob Gronkowski will make his return to the New England Patriots this year. The retired tight end will be announcing something on August 27th. His announcement is not expected to be about a return to the NFL. But it undoubtedly will spark rumors of him […]

According to an official statement released by the NFC South franchise on Monday morning, the Atlanta Falcons have agreed to trade soon-to-be third-year tight end Eric Saubert to the New England Patriots. In exchange for Saubert’s services, the Patriots were reportedly forced to send a conditional seventh-round NFL Draft pick back to the Falcons, according […]