2017 Gronk: Mojo Gronk

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

Crossposting for non-members, Gronk will be on Top Chef tonight.
 
edit: beaten by MPX

 

[DavidTai]

I'm just waiting for that Bill Belichick moment when he asks if Rob's had enough sausage.

 

[bakahump]

"DUDE this is Good! This Sausage gives me ENERGY! WHOoooooo!"

 

[Al Zarilla]

At first, I thought that was an old clip because of the shaved dome. Why  does he do that? He looks much better with a full head of hair. 
 
Or is that clip old?

 

[BannedbyNYYFans.com]

At first, I thought that was an old clip because of the shaved dome. Why  does he do that? He looks much better with a full head of hair. 
 
Or is that clip old?

Old clip. He shaved his head in June for an anti cancer charity drive . I think this is the second year in a row he's done that.

 

[Reverend]

At first, I thought that was an old clip because of the shaved dome. Why  does he do that? He looks much better with a full head of hair. 
 
Or is that clip old?

Can you imagine him explaining to Belichick that he was gonna miss some time from practice to appear on Top Chef?

 

[Al Zarilla]

Can you imagine him explaining to Belichick that he was gonna miss some time from practice to appear on Top Chef?

So, on his days off, he studies his playbook all day and night? 

 

[Time to Mo Vaughn]

So, on his days off, he studies his playbook all day and night? 

He sometimes shaves his head for kids with cancer too, you jerk.

 

[Al Zarilla]

He sometimes shaves his head for kids with cancer too, you jerk.

Yes, BannedbyNYYFans said that in post #212. Now I know that, didn't before. 

 

[Shelterdog]

So, on his days off, he studies his playbook all day and night? 

 
NFL players really don't have a ton of time off in-season--Tuesday, some Mondays (although many players do some weights and rehab/conditioning Mondays and/or Tuesdays).  Wednesday through Sunday are 12 hour+ days.  So most of the ads and celebrity appearances are done in the off-season.

 

[ifmanis5]

Not to draw any definitive conclusions from yesterday, since the majority of the offense consisted of the B-team but it was yet another example of when Gronk is not on the field, the offense is anywhere from ordinary to sub-standard.
 
He really wasn't fully healthy until the Bengals game so the average ppg without a healthy Gronk is 17.8 (5 games) and with a healthy Gronk it is 34.5 (11 games).

 

[Stitch01]

I take almost nothing from yesterday's example.  Gronk is obviously super valuable, but this offense will be bad with Gronk if the OL plays like it did the last two weeks. 

 

[Corsi]

Andrew Siciliano ‏@AndrewSiciliano  6m6 minutes ago
Rob Gronkowski received all 50 votes for the AP All-Pro team. No other TE received a single vote.

 

[Klostrophobic]

So is he first- and second-team?

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

His last playoff run he had 17 catches, for 15 first downs. Wow.

 

[bsartist618]

For the most die hard Gronk fans only:

 

[Leather]

That is...something else.

 

[JerBear]

Awesome article from MMQB.
 

 
When Gronkowski arrived for his predraft visit in New England, the Patriots simulated the team’s classroom experience. O’Brien and fellow assistant Brian Ferentz taught him blocking schemes, which Gronkowski absorbed and then demonstrated after ripping off his coat. “We were laughing our asses off, he was blocking the hell out of us,” says O’Brien, now the Texans’ coach. By the end of the meeting, Gronk’s yellow dress shirt was untucked and stained with marker from the grease board. And the Patriots were sold, trading up to get him in the second round, one of Belichick’s shrewdest moves.

 

[h8mfy]

For the most die hard Gronk fans only:

I wasn't sure this was real or some elaborate hoax (and was unwilling to click far enough to find out) but apparently it is - Slate interviews the author here:
 
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/01/06/a_gronking_to_remember_an_interview_with_lacey_noonan_author_of_rob_gronkowski.html

 

[soxfan121]

They’re celebrating with him all around New England. Gronk looms as one of the most important players in the 2015 NFL playoffs, thanks to a comeback from ACL and MCL tears that defied medical norms.
 

 
Pete Thamel needs to do more research. Pay the man his $10, Pete.

 

[Super Nomario]

Awesome article from MMQB.
 

That is awesome. It really hits on the fact that despite his fun-loving personality, he's smart and a tremendous worker. I knew that because obviously he wouldn't fit on the Patriots otherwise, but I never read anything about it because no one's writing about it.

 

[simplyeric]

That is awesome. It really hits on the fact that despite his fun-loving personality, he's smart and a tremendous worker. I knew that because obviously he wouldn't fit on the Patriots otherwise, but I never read anything about it because no one's writing about it.

 
 
Oh, they're writing about it:
 

the story’s climax, where Rob Gronkowski spikes a football into the heroine’s butt.
 

 
(note: same "Gronking" link as above)

 

[h8mfy]

who else wondered if the yellow dress shirt that became untucked during the classroom blocking session was the same one left on the floor with wrinkled navy blue suit until the following week?

 

[MentalDisabldLst]

I wasn't sure this was real or some elaborate hoax (and was unwilling to click far enough to find out) but apparently it is - Slate interviews the author here:

 
That would have been a Manti Te'o / Tuiasosopo -grade hoax, if it were.  Truth is stranger than fiction.
 
Also, how great is it that Gronk's confidant, bodyguard, chauffeur and general gopher is named Robert Goon?  That doesn't seem possible.

 

[Ferm Sheller]

Or that Robert Goon is an anagram for Robot 'n Ogre?

 

[soxfan121]

Odds the guy's real name is "Rob('s) Goon"? Less than 5%?

 

[Devizier]

 
c/o http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/12/28/patriots-take-chances-rest-rob-gronkowski/g7HMo8JEGpAW5DnBQ1Wx1N/picture.html?p1=Article_Gallery

 

[Royal Reader]

I wasn't sure this was real or some elaborate hoax (and was unwilling to click far enough to find out) but apparently it is - Slate interviews the author here:
 
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/01/06/a_gronking_to_remember_an_interview_with_lacey_noonan_author_of_rob_gronkowski.html

"The heroine's husband is a Jets fan."

Brilliant.

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

Love the reactions

http://youtu.be/YPPAH8hQvdo

 

[kenneycb]

Not sure I'd want him helping out with homework though.

 

[Curtis Pride]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITM8baF-Hnk

 

[Leather]

Gronk says: don't drink and drive...

Get shitfaced and ride home on the Gronk bus instead!

 

[rodderick]

Win the Super Bowl so Gronk can be unleashed in full, please. The guy's a national treasure, can't wait to sit back and enjoy his exploits without being worried about his rehab or shit like that.

 

[Granite Sox]

Bobby Goons: on the Kraft payroll?

 

[Mugsy's Walk-Off Bunt]

Gronk says: don't drink and drive...
Get shitfaced and ride home on the Gronk bus instead!

That's "Sinners Bus," mister.

 

[theapportioner]

http://youtu.be/HSvj6DyDLEM
 
Oh Rob...

 

[DJnVa]

He's totally tapping that.

 

[Ralphwiggum]

I mean, he might as well have told her he wanted to bang her.

 

[Ralphwiggum]

He's totally tapping that.

Or this.

 

[theapportioner]

He's totally tapping that.

 
Based on her voice/body language, I assume it's now been tapped.

 

[StupendousMan]

http://youtu.be/HSvj6DyDLEM
 
Oh Rob...

 

 

[FL4WL3SS]

He can do better

 

[Leather]

I dunno, there's some potential there.
 

 

[Average Reds]

He can do better

 
Unquestionably.
 
Doesn't mean he won't hit it anyway.

 

[FL4WL3SS]

I dunno, there's some potential there.
 

I recant my last statement

 

[Marciano490]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/12213078/seattle-seahawks-cb-jeremy-lane-says-new-england-patriots-te-rob-gronkowski-good
 
Jeremy Lane does not appreciate the Gronk, and thinks he's scrawny self is going to slow him down by putting his hands on him.  Glad for the first bulletin board material.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

So is Jeremy Lane the individual that's going to 'put his hands on him'?
 
He doesn't sound very good at film study.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot one other thing....
 

 

[Marciano490]

So is Jeremy Lane the individual that's going to 'put his hands on him'?
 
He doesn't sound very good at film study.

 
Well he's under 6' and under 200 pounds, so if anyone can stop Gronkowski it'd be his narrow ass.

 

[simplyeric]

I wonder when was the last time Lane was thrown out of a club?