Gronkowski mulling retirement

[RunKC]

If you think the Patriots are done bc Gronk retires, then you clearly don’t understand how that team works.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by RunKC

If you think the Patriots are done bc Gronk retires, then you clearly don’t understand how that team works.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/12/pat...ent-to-harvard

Take a look at how Gronkowski’s absence has affected Tom Brady since he joined the Patriots in 2011.

The hulking tight end has missed 19 games over his career. Tom Brady has started 17 of those games. And over a season’s worth of games, here is his statline:

Comp%: 57.3
Yards/attempts: 6.5
Rating: 82.4

[Angry fan]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/12/pat...ent-to-harvard

That article is from December 2016. Didn't they win the Super Bowl that season?

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Angry fan

That article is from December 2016. Didn't they win the Super Bowl that season?

They had Martellus Bennett.

The cupboard is bare at TE without Gronk right now.

[Angry fan]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

They had Martellus Bennett.

The cupboard is bare at TE without Gronk right now.

Good point. Isn't this a good class for tight ends though? The other 31 teams need to draft the top 4 tight ends to prevent the Patriots from getting one of them then.

[Sorry]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/12/pat...ent-to-harvard

Yeah because that is toms only legit elite talent besides Edelman lmao. Imagine if bill actually tried to make toms life easier

[Radar Chief]

Gronk should retire, he looked noticeably slow, but anyone thinking "they're done" because of losing a tight end hasn't been paying attention.

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by RunKC

If you think the Patriots are done bc Gronk retires, then you clearly don’t understand how that team works.

Good chance we would've beaten them if Gronk hadn't played. Then no Super Bowl title this year and it's our time and perhaps the Patriots would've indeed been done.

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by RunKC

If you think the Patriots are done bc Gronk retires, then you clearly don’t understand how that team works.

yip

[scho63]

Originally Posted by RunKC

If you think the Patriots are done bc Gronk retires, then you clearly don’t understand how that team works.

For sure- every time someone predicted the demise of their team because they lost a superstar, somehow they found someone new to help row the boat.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by scho63

For sure- every time someone predicted the demise of their team because they lost a superstar, somehow they found someone new to help row the boat.

Belichick's main source of inspiration might not be Paul Brown, or his father, but rather Charles Darwin. Both in team building concepts as well as game-planning week to week, as well as in-game adjustments, the SINGLE thing BB and his teams do FAR better than anyone else is adapt.

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by RunKC

If you think the Patriots are done bc Gronk retires, then you clearly don’t understand how that team works.

Especially when they actually won a SB without him.

[Chiefshrink]

Gronk is an athletic Frankenstein with hands that is a natural blocker with better than average speed that is deceptive. Comparing Gronk to Gonzo is apples to oranges IMHO. Two different type of players. Gronk's injuries are legit due to his physicality and how much he blocks and takes hits over the middle whereas Shockey was just plain soft was a barely a blocker.