[Amnorix]

So he's due back in 8 weeks. 7 weeks from this Sunday is the AFCCG. 9 weeks from Sunday is the SB.

Losing Gronk has screwed us every year since '11. He was crippled in the '11 SB, which we lost by the skin of our teeth, hurt in '12 and '13, healthy in '14 (SB win), managed late due to leg injury in '15, which cost the team HFA and the SB, and now will be out for the stretch run in '16, which could easily cost HFA again.

He's awesome -- easily the best TE I've ever seen -- but his injury history makes him unreliable as hell. Brutal.

Pats do have more talent at the skill positions this year than in prior years, however, so maybe they can hold on until he comes back. AND HOPEFULLY HE ISN'T A SHELL OF HIMSELF WHEN HE DOES (see 2011 and other years).

So ****ing frustrating.