It truly was amazing to watch him to play throwing grown men around like there children and catching passes like randy moss dudes on of the best offensive players ever

He was pretty shifty relative to his size lol tight ends aren’t know for being shifty, they’re power houses and gronk was exactly that, being shifty is what RB’s are for

He was a better athlete than Shannon Sharpe, before he got injured he was very athletic for his size

Boy I really gets a kick watching GRONK. Knocking people out of his way. GRONK was unstoppable. The best tight end of all times. Plus GRONK was funny to.

Seeing a man that’s 6 foot 6 catch a ball on the run at the shoestrings was amazing but that was just one of the things that made him great. The stats will miss his grade A blocking ability and it’s why in time people will mistake someone else at the position as the greatest bit for those who watched all the games or review all the film it’s undeniable that Gronk was the Best TE to ever live and maybe a top 10 receiver of all time at any position. No doubt he will be in the hall of fame soon. So glad we got to see him play again with Tampa bay. If he was able to stay healthy it would have been a gift too fans. Too often the greatest athletes have their careers cut short due to injuries. Bo Jackson was another who was the greatest at his position but the numbers will never tell the story.

Also the straight line speed, particularly once he got moving.

10 3/4" hands! And with good eye-hand coordination! Anything close,.. he pulled it in!

I think the only schemes that ever worked were the "Maybe we have Kam Chancellor or Bernard Pollard to try to kill him?" type of scheme. I'm not saying they were intentional, I'm just saying the only way they ever stopped Gronk was by knocking him out of the game.

because the personnel they had available couldnt match up with him. if you put a cornerback to stop the pass, they just run the ball behind him. if you put a lineman that can block, he sheds the blocker, the linemen next to him pulls the block, and gronk goes downfield for a passing route. its an absolute nightmare matchup, because in all honesty he was large enough and strong enough to just block the linemen. he had zero bad matchups and dante scarnecchia teaching him blocking techniques, alltime great linemen coach for 60+ years.

His greatest attribute, maybe overlooked, was his ability to adjust to the ball inflight. I can't remember a tight end better in that regard.

Put a corner on him, way too small and can easily overpower. Put a linebacker on him, he’s too fast for them. Safety? Too small too. Just completely over the top good

Yup you are right I'm the same way.he is fun to watch

not the greatest TE ever.....he's good but might not even hit the top 5.

@@crazyharmless666 If you’re not trolling, then I’m questioning your football IQ. Tony G is the only TE all time I would put over Gronk, if Gronk isn’t the greatest. Maybe Travis Kelce once his career is over. But to say Gronk isn’t a top 5 TE all time is laughable.

@@DeSeanBigBlueNation there are about 7 other TE that have similar or better stats than gronk and they didn't have tom brady(the greatest quarterback ever) glued to them their entire career. The best argument for gronk is his blocking stats on runs and passes. which not every tight end does sadly.

@@crazyharmless666 do those 7 TEs have as many records as Gronk? Gronk still holds the NFL record for receiving TDs by a TE in a single season. Gronk has the most seasons with 10+ TDs by a TE. Gronk has the most 100 yard games by a TE in NFL history. Gronk has the most receptions and receiving yards by a TE in super bowl history. If people want to put Tony G ahead of Gronk, I don’t agree but that’s fine. I would even consider Travis Kelce over Gronk. Nobody else tho, to say he isn’t a top 5 TE all time is ludicrous.

Without a doubt

Wrong! Gronk was active for only 4 of the Patriots Super Bowl appearances and lost in 2011 and 2017. He won 2014 and 2018. Gronk was not there for the miracle 3-28 comeback in the 2016 win. Brady was and is great with and without Gronk.

@@vipahman Right?! Brady has chapters. The early 3. The Moss-Welker years. Then Gronk and Jules. And now Evans and Godwin (and for a while Gronk!). Still the best TE ever and Brady might only have 6 rings without him, but he's Brady's favourite weapon, not his first, last, or only

⁠@@vipahmanGronk also had amazing stats during those two super bowls with the patriots with over 170-180 yards 15 catches and 2 touchdowns. He also won a Super Bowl with Brady again with the bucs, for 6 catches 67 yards and two touchdowns. I think the point is that Brady and Gronk are a dynamic duo.

⁠@@vipahman2018*. And they would’ve won that 2018 sb if he did play sadly.

@@vipahmanI mean, you can definitely thank him for keeping the team in it till the very end in LII though. That one was lost to poor defense, not offense.

Kelce probably wouldn't have the stats if DBs took his knees out every game cuz he just NOT Gronk Strong!! DBs just don't tackle Kelce hard enuff like Jack Tatum would !!

@@arbyarby3259 FACTS!

​@@arbyarby3259yea everytime i watch kelce is like "y do they wanna hug him? I mean go for his knees damit!" Reason Kelce has stats is cuz defenses won't go fir his knees

Even in his last years in Tampa he was slow but was always open somehow and caught any ball thrown his way. He also blocked like no other TD. TOTAL PACKAGE!

I agree. Well said. Few NFL players played with the high determination Gronkowski played at while risking it all. The man was virtually unstoppable and that's why opposing teams got so desperate.....that they started to play dirty and try to take out his knees. SMH

What are you talking about? They were talking about trading him before the '18 season but after talking to him and finding out he was all in and wanted to stay with Brady they kept him, then he semi retired in '19 while Brady was still on the Pats and they traded him to Tampa the next year

You do know that when he retired he still had one year left on his deal, so if he came out of retirement the Pats still had his rights, a player can't retire then make a comeback and sign with another team if they were still under contract when they retired

He didnt wanna go to the lions so he said he was gonna retire

Shows how lame Coach Bill is also; he pushed out both stars. Then Brady to Gronk scored the first two touchdowns in the very next Super Bowl, enough to win the whole game. @@alexdelgadillo4860

​@@Jfen79what i heard is that he retired when he found out pats were trading him to the lions He rather be retired than playing for another QB thats not Brady. So he became active again and the pats still have him so he asked to be traded to Tampa to play with Brady.

He was way more physical and could block real well

I’ve never heard anybody ever say graham has/was/or even considered to be the greatest tight end of all time.

He was barely considered a top 2 TE in the league next to Gronk at his very best and dude fizzled out after like five seasons in the league

Never considered graham the best at any point in his career.

@@jdls12 There were people in the early 2010s saying that Jimmy Graham was a better TE. Boy were they wrong!

They do, there r also clips on him blocking, he could throw away big dudes