Gronk being Gronk

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:03 pm

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-foo ... -it-anyway

Post by **UAdevil** » Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:05 pm

Gotta respect Gronk for not pretending to be someone he's not. Not sure I could deal with someone with his personality on a daily place on his team however.

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 5:11 am

A Gronking to Remember: Book One in the Rob Gronkowski Erotica Series

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... -bits.html

http://www.amazon.com/Gronking-Remember ... o+remember

ghostwhitehorse · Post by **ghostwhitehorse** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:31 pm

http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs ... d-patriots

1. Rob Gronkowski, TE, Patriots: With all due respect to Tony Gonzalez, Gronkowski is on pace to become the greatest tight end of all time. He's a playmaker and matchup nightmare as a pass-catcher and is also an outstanding blocker. The Pats go as Gronk goes, which arguably makes him the most important player on the field Feb. 1, in addition to being the best.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:29 pm

ghostwhitehorse wrote:http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs ... d-patriots

1. Rob Gronkowski, TE, Patriots: With all due respect to Tony Gonzalez, Gronkowski is on pace to become the greatest tight end of all time. He's a playmaker and matchup nightmare as a pass-catcher and is also an outstanding blocker. The Pats go as Gronk goes, which arguably makes him the most important player on the field Feb. 1, in addition to being the best.

Jeremy Lane disagrees.

UofAlum05 · Post by **UofAlum05** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:36 pm

ghostwhitehorse wrote:http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs ... d-patriots

1. Rob Gronkowski, TE, Patriots: With all due respect to Tony Gonzalez, Gronkowski is on pace to become the greatest tight end of all time. He's a playmaker and matchup nightmare as a pass-catcher and is also an outstanding blocker. The Pats go as Gronk goes, which arguably makes him the most important player on the field Feb. 1, in addition to being the best.

If that comes to fruition then I should retire and become a footbal scout. I told my buddy sitting next to me in Arizona Stadium during Game 1 of Gronk's True Frosh season that he would end up being the greatest tight end in football history.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:51 pm

UofAlum05 wrote:
ghostwhitehorse wrote:http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs ... d-patriots

1. Rob Gronkowski, TE, Patriots: With all due respect to Tony Gonzalez, Gronkowski is on pace to become the greatest tight end of all time. He's a playmaker and matchup nightmare as a pass-catcher and is also an outstanding blocker. The Pats go as Gronk goes, which arguably makes him the most important player on the field Feb. 1, in addition to being the best.
If that comes to fruition then I should retire and become a footbal scout. I told my buddy sitting next to me in Arizona Stadium during Game 1 of Gronk's True Frosh season that he would end up being the greatest tight end in football history.

He was the top-rated tight end in high school. It still amazes me he chose the UofA, I wonder how Stoops was able to pull that off?

ghostwhitehorse · Post by **ghostwhitehorse** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:33 am

From the mouths of idiots. . .http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2014/st ... owski-good

Seattle Seahawks starting nickel cornerback Jeremy Lane paused for a moment Thursday when asked what makes New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski so good, because Lane disagrees.

Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane said he doesn't think Patriots three-time All-Pro tight end Rob Gronkowski is that good.
"I actually don't think he's that good," Lane said. "He's OK. He does have a big body. But from what I've seen on tape, he doesn't like you putting your hands on him. So if we put our hands on him and shake him up a little bit, he won't catch that many balls."

New Post-Superbowl special at the Road Kill Cafe: Jeremy Lane ala Gronk.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:52 am

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:02 pm

I never heard of someone going out of their way to piss off Gronk, but Jeremy Lane seems to have a career death wish...

Jeremy Lane on Rob Gronkowski

I thought pros were supposed to understand that dissing the opposition almost always backfires.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 4:35 pm

RichardCranium wrote:I never heard of someone going out of their way to piss off Gronk, but Jeremy Lane seems to have a career death wish...

Jeremy Lane on Rob Gronkowski

I thought pros were supposed to understand that dissing the opposition almost always backfires.

And who the fuck is Jeremy Lane? Gronk has more career TD's than he has tackles. He's a no name nickle-back just trying to sound tough.

Plus, it's doubtful he will even cover Gronk.

This guy wins the STFU award.

Main Event · Post by **Main Event** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:38 am

JMarkJohns · Post by **JMarkJohns** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:46 am

He was the life of the party, talking dance moves, sports science specials, and erotic novels based on Gronk spikes...

Only thing missing was discussing Bibi and a token Yo Soy of some sort.

ghostwhitehorse · Post by **ghostwhitehorse** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:21 am

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ear ... media-day/

ghostwhitehorse · Post by **ghostwhitehorse** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:48 am

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:05 pm

Great story on Donnie Salum and Gronk's relationship.
http://www.foxsports.com/arizona/story/ ... lum-013015#

Reydituto · Post by **Reydituto** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:07 pm

JMarkJohns wrote:He was the life of the party, talking dance moves, sports science specials, and erotic novels based on Gronk spikes...

Just as the ball comes flying out of Gronk’s hand... In front of the entire country, Gronk’s spike impacts right between my butt-cheeks. I don’t know how to explain exactly to you what happened to me since it was so otherworldly. There really is no accounting for it. But I can tell you that it felt amazing. Gronkowski’s ball unleashes a rainbow of sensation throughout my body. Pleasure shoots magically in every direction like an explosion of sparks. It jettisons jiggling ribbons of joy to every part of my body. It feels as though I am being fucked by a stampeding horde of marauders.

Apparently even his spikes are a fiesta ...

77HoyaCat4Ever · Post by **77HoyaCat4Ever** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 4:22 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:48 pm

Main Event · Post by **Main Event** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 8:39 pm

He's totally banging half of Arizona tonight

Coop Cat · Post by **Coop Cat** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 5:23 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:08 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:48 pm

ghostwhitehorse · Post by **ghostwhitehorse** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:43 am

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/i ... amily-feud

Rob Gronkowski will be taking his legendary off-the-field act to one of the most legendary game shows on TV.

Gronkowski's brother, Chris, said Tuesday in an interview with a Boston radio show that the family's four oldest brothers will be filming an episode of Family Feud this weekend along with their father.

Also. . .

Gronkowski will also been seen this summer in "Entourage" and will be featured in a cop role in another movie filmed recently -- "You Can't Have It" -- in which Gronkowski brother Dan will also appear as a cop.

the real dill · Post by **the real dill** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:10 am

Rob Gronkowski hasn't spent 'a dime' of his NFL earnings

"To this day, I still haven't touched one dime of my signing bonus or NFL contract money," he told TheMMQB.com. "I live off my marketing money and haven't blown it on any big-money expensive cars, expensive jewelry or tattoos and still wear my favorite pair of jeans from high school."

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/rob ... id=DELLDHP

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 9:07 am

the real dill wrote:Rob Gronkowski hasn't spent 'a dime' of his NFL earnings

"To this day, I still haven't touched one dime of my signing bonus or NFL contract money," he told TheMMQB.com. "I live off my marketing money and haven't blown it on any big-money expensive cars, expensive jewelry or tattoos and still wear my favorite pair of jeans from high school."

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/rob ... id=DELLDHP

I used to manage Goodyear store in N Phoenix and one of my customers was a scout for the St Louis Cardinals. He told me that he never touched his salary. He lived completely off his stipend. I can't remember his name, but he said he was just one of the role players (played once a week, pinch hit, etc.).

ANGCatFan · Post by **ANGCatFan** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 9:08 am

Very interesting info from Gronk's new book from comcastsportsnet.

(Gronk) nearly retired after suffering a back injury while working out at the University of Arizona.

Not only had a ruptured disk made life in general difficult for Gronkowski, who said that his legs felt as though they weighed "500 pounds each" due to nerve damage that resulted from the ruptured disk, but his father had purchased an insurance policy that would have paid Gronkowski $4 million before he graduated college if he opted to retire from football for health reasons.

Doctors told Gronkowski that he could rehab in order to fix his back, or he could have surgery, which would eliminate his chances of playing his junior season for the Wildcats in 2009.

"Now I had to hope that by working crazy hard in rehab, I could fix my back in time to play that season," Gronkowski wrote. "There was another option, though: I could retire and collect the $4 million insurance, tax-free, at the age of 19 . . . but that would mean I couldn’t play football anymore. I did the calculations, and at four percent annual interest I could make $160,000 a year without touching the $4 million principal. But I didn’t want the easy money. I wanted to earn it, playing football. Maybe a lot of people would take the money and run, but I looked at it as quitting. I was happy playing football and didn’t want to give that up. So I decided to try physical therapy. It was a long shot, but I had to try."

It didn't work. In Arizona's second week of practice, Gronkowski tried to run a few routes and undid whatever progress he had made during his rehab. He later went under the knife, and was forced to watch his teammates play the season without him.

ghostwhitehorse · Post by **ghostwhitehorse** » Fri Aug 21, 2015 5:43 pm

And now. . .GRONKASAURUS!

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 6:38 pm

2 TDs so far for Gronk!

Main Event · Post by **Main Event** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 7:23 pm

Post by **UAdevil** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 7:30 pm

Big Ben's got quite the gut on him this season.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 7:59 pm

Haha, fumble recovery for his third TD?

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:00 pm

Chicat wrote:Haha, fumble recovery for his third TD?

I think it's going to get overturned, but still a great play.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:03 pm

Beast

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:04 pm

Gets it anyway. Man am I glad I drafted THAT guy.

(oh, and Brady too)

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 3:26 pm

Gronk is already the greatest tight end to ever walk this earth. Imagine that guys numbers if he managed to stay healthy.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 3:58 pm

A man amongst boys

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:58 am

Win a Gronk tailgate.

https://www.omaze.com/experiences/rob-g ... ?ref=gronk" target="_blank

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:00 am

Will Gronk someday replace Chuck Norris in our cultural hierarchy?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:52 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:37 pm

Just scrolling through Gronk's Twitter and it is a non-stop barrage of endorsement messages, contests, commercials, and so on. The dude must have signed on with like 30 different companies! There's no wonder he hasn't had to spend a dime of his salary.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:54 pm

Make sure you watch to the end!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2594 ... hared=true

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:24 pm

Sweet!!!

All the Gronk haters amongst our fanbase should take note.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:35 pm

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2597 ... ol-parties" target="_blank

Rob Gronkowski's Dad Says He Chose U of Arizona for the Pool Parties

In news that feels like something you already knew in your heart, Gordy Gronkowski, father of affable human sombrero Rob Gronkowski, said his son made his decision to attend the University of Arizona due to its renowned pool-party scene.

As Gronk Sr. put it in a recent interview with Vanity Fair's Bruce Weber, Rob knew right off the bat where he wanted to go when the scholarship offers came flooding in:

Rob had something like 65 scholarship offers, and I asked, “Where are you going? Syracuse? Ohio State?” He goes, “University of Arizona.” I asked, “Why there?” “Dad, if you ever went to a pool party at Arizona, you’d understand.”

That is vintage, barrel-aged, double cask Gronk. Can't drive a car yet but can tell you exactly where the bikinis are best.

Another interesting note from Weber's interview is Gordy's explanation of how all five of his sons became giant, athletic monsters.

It began when his eldest son, Gordie, began working out and quickly snowballed into a family-wide arms race between highly competitive brothers:

In eighth grade, I said to each of [my sons] in turn, “If you want to keep pursuing sports, you need to start training.” Gordie didn’t want to at first. But then he saw his younger brother Danny down in the basement getting bigger, stronger, and faster than him—then he wanted to train! It was like a virus after that—Chris hopped in, then Rob. After that, it was no problem pushing them to work harder anymore. They did it themselves. That was a great feeling, but it got very competitive in the house. I just created the environment, sat back, and watched it happen.

Now, I am not a father, but you only need to meet a few to know that this is every dad's dream.

Nothing is more fatherly than the paternal fever dream of wiping engine oil off your hands, sitting your kid down and dropping a solemn, one-sentence truth bomb that changes their life for the better forever.

That's the Great Dad Dream, and while it doesn't usually—ever—work out like that, it did for Gordy. He and his wife brought their own personal basketball team starting five into this world, and with a few gentle nudges, it became self-sufficient.

Now, if only the team didn't leave all the Solo cups by the pool, it'd be unstoppable.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:44 pm

Is there better reason?

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:59 pm

Need to mail that shit to every recruit.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:50 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 7:32 am

From an insider article ranking the top tight ends for the next three years:

1. Rob Gronkowski, New England Patriots: If this list were based simply on receiving abilities, Gronk would be at the top. If it were based simply on blocking abilities, Gronk would also top it. It is not hyperbole to suggest that Gronk could go down as the most dominant tight end the NFL has ever seen. He's far too big for defensive backs to consistently hold up against in coverage and too athletic for linebackers to consistently slow down. Gronkowski is perhaps the best offensive player in football among non-quarterbacks.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 7:59 am

He's one of those rare men who come along and redefine a position.

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 7:47 pm

The Melbourne Murdoch Press article on the games this weekend said Brady threw 2 TD passes. It didn't say who caught them.

Rob Gronkowski Dances His Way Into NFL Record Books

Is there any TE (positive) statistical record Gronk doesn't own or will own very shortly?

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