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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
It’s the exact opposite.
Anyone who discounts blocking when comparing two legends like kelce and gronk isn’t taking the debate seriously.
I am still picking kelce. But without a doubt it is a huge factor when comparing two tight ends who are both elite receivers.
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Gronk is in the discussion for 3 reasons:
1) Rings (thanks Brady)
2) TDs (no question he's an elite red zone weapon)
3) Age
It sucks but there's no escaping it - Travis Kelce wasn't playing until he was 25 years old. Gronk and Tony G were 21.
That's 3-4 more years those guys have to rack up numbers in their respective athletic primes. Gronk had
42 touchdowns by the time he was 25. He got a head start that would be considered an outstanding career for 90% of the TEs to ever play. Tony G had a 20 touchdown and 3K yard head start.
Gronk also has rings and an east coast media bias to help him out.
But I'm still not sure what this has to do with your assertion that Travis Kelce isn't the athlete either of those guys were. Because you've still yet to even attempt to argue that fact other than provide a sort of back-door "well if he WERE the athlete these guys were, he'd blow them out of the water" sort of logically untenable mess.