I took a quick trip to the alternate universe known as Boston sports talk radio yesterday and heard that apparently Rob Gronkowski, with just one touchdown, is on death watch now. This was echoed on twitter where Mike Giardi was making some points like these:
Rob Gronkowski hasn’t scored TD since week 1. He’s gone a half dozen games without a score, the longest drought of his career. It shouldn’t be a surprise. Gronk hasn’t looked like himself for the better part of the seasonm dealing first with ankle and now back injuries #Patriots pic.twitter.com/JzNSbyOsBF
— Michael Giardi (@MikeGiardi) October 31, 2018
Gronk had moments where he moved well last night but he also had plays like this. No explosion. Labored. pic.twitter.com/czz24ar9IB
— Michael Giardi (@MikeGiardi) October 30, 2018
Yup, the guy who missed the game last week after HIS BACK LOCKED UP and has been dealing with an ankle injury since Week 3 looked labored early on in the very next game. Giardi mentions the injuries Gronk has experienced in his initial tweet, then asks a commenter if he thought Gronk’s stats would look like this. I don’t get it. How can you point out his injuries then call it a surprise his stats aren’t their usual dominant level? Would you be surprised if Gronk only had 29 catches through seven games, four of which came without Julian Edelman drawing any coverage, and two of those came also while dealing with the ankle injury? Is that a huge red flag? Personally, I’m just happy he’s not on IR and has plenty of time to get healthy before the playoffs.
