Hypothetical: What if Gronk Wanted to Play His Last Season in Buffalo?

[uticaclub]

4 minutes ago, MrEpsYtown said:

He has to let Tredavious smash him in the back of his neck. We can sign Preston Brown to a 1 day contract so he can stand there and do nothing. 

 

Then Gronk can join the team. 

This

[ricojes]

He'd quit at half time and head to the Sundowner...

[RoyBatty is alive]

Nothing more depressing than watching a formerly great athlete getting jettisoned from the team his was on for years only to go "back home" and be a shell of the player he was.  Think OJ Simpson in San Fran.

 

Besides he wil always be a Patriot, has the IQ of a fence post, his hit on Tre, and he wil be constantly injured. 

Edited January 16, 2019 by RoyBatty is alive

[clearwater cadet]

He hates buffalo.

[Hapless Bills Fan]

29 minutes ago, MrEpsYtown said:

He has to let Tredavious wrap his arm in steel-reinforced kevlar mesh then smash him in the back of his neck. We can sign Preston Brown to a 1 day contract so he can stand there and do nothing. 

 

Then Gronk can join the team. 

 

FIFY.  Or an aluminum baseball bat might be a suitable substitute, thoughts?

[BillsfaninChicago]

I just wish we took him instead of Torell Troup.

[Gugny]

18 minutes ago, clearwater cadet said:

He hates buffalo.

 

Obviously ....

 

"It’s just a dream come true every single time you get to go to your hometown and play,” Gronkowski said. “I treat it as an honor to go back and play and I always get excited for it because you’re playing in front of your family and friends you grew up with.”

“I love the atmosphere,” he continued. “It’s a football atmosphere, no doubt. It’s loud. Third down you’re going to barely be able to hear Tom [Brady] if he’s not in the silent cadence. It’s just a good atmosphere, a good football atmosphere. Whenever there is a good football atmosphere, it’s always competitive”

 

- Rob Gronkowski (in 2017)

 

https://billswire.usatoday.com/2017/12/01/rob-gronkowski-wild-hometown-buffalo-bills-fans/

[eball]

I didn't vote because there was no "F**K NO" option available.

[brianthomas]

he doesnt hate Buffalo, he hates the Bills for not drafting him. And he uses that hate against the Bills as motivation to make them pay for not drafting him.

I'm paraphrasing of course, but those are his words.

I suppose if I were in the same situation, as a pro athlete I would feel the same.

What else is he supposed to feel? Secretly aim to sabotage the team that drafted you in order to help ur home city win?

 

 

Edited January 16, 2019 by brianthomas

[Dr.Sack]

He’s an expensive blocking TE.

[Marv's Neighbor]

1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

I dunno who is meant by "mentors" being a waste of a roster spot.  'Zo Alexander is a mentor, for example, but that guy can still flat-out Ball.

 

However, the whole premise of what McDermott and Beane claimed they wanted to do is build a team for sustainable winning. 

 

To continue to bring in and give roster slots to old guys on their last hurrah like Anquan Boldin, Vontae Davis, and Rob Gronkowski in preference to capable FA or UDFA rookies we can develop seems like

  1) an admission their scouting and talent evaluation are not what they need to be. 

  2) an admission their premise is faulty since "old guys on their last hurrah" do not equal a sustainable winning team

 

Furthermore, it failed spectacularly in the case of both Boldin and Davis, and resulted in their not re-signing or signing guys who arguably could have stuck with the team and helped.

 

 

Derek Anderson would be a good example of a mentor/waste of a roster spot.

[boater]

While we're reminiscing on Fantasy Lane, how about we make a play for Khalil Mack? Same logic applies.

[ndirish1978]

16 minutes ago, Marv's Neighbor said:

Derek Anderson would be a good example of a mentor/waste of a roster spot.

 

Because it's always important to skimp on the development of a young QB. This is a roster spot we could be filling with a kickoff specialist... Great take! ?‍♂️

Edited January 16, 2019 by ndirish1978

[Happy]

No to this neanderthal being a Bill for his last season which he'd be basically ineffective.  It would take away from a roster spot that could be used on a guy that could actually contribute.

[BillsFan1988]

1 hour ago, teef said:

he's always seemed to talk pretty ill about the bills, so i'm don't think he'd particularly want to come here.  i suppose it's not fair to say he spoke ill, but i've definitely seen him go out of his way to say he never like the bills in a very condensing way.

Maybe this has something to do with passing him in the draft for Terrel Troup. Wow what a mistake that was.

[Gugny]

19 minutes ago, boater said:

While we're reminiscing on Fantasy Lane, how about we make a play for Khalil Mack? Same logic applies.

 

If Mack were approaching the final year of his career, the same logic would apply.  He's not, so it doesn't, but someday it might.

[freddyjj]

he is shot, let him walk away

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

I just say No because he’d be expensive and his body is broken. 

 

He certainly lost his cool on Tre White bludgeoning but it happens to the best of them... it’s a violent game 100% of the time. 

32 minutes ago, Dr.Sack said:

He’s an expensive blocking TE.

 

Thats the problem 

[BillyWhiteShows]

The premise here is kind of silly considering that Gronk doesn’t seem to have much of a connection to Buffalo these days.  He graduated from high school in Pittsburgh and now lives near Foxborough.  He doesn’t do much for the Buffalo community either.  

 

This is Would Ben like saying “What is Tom Brady wanted to play his last year in Buffalo?”

[Gugny]

4 minutes ago, BillyWhiteShows said:

The premise here is kind of silly considering that Gronk doesn’t seem to have much of a connection to Buffalo these days.  He graduated from high school in Pittsburgh and now lives near Foxborough.  He doesn’t do much for the Buffalo community either.  

 

This is Would Ben like saying “What is Tom Brady wanted to play his last year in Buffalo?”

 

He played his first 3 years of high school football in Western NY and didn't go to Pittsburgh until his senior year.  Read the linked article above to see how he feels about Buffalo.

 

And your analogy works about as well as a two-legged stool.