“I do go up to Tom Brady, because I know he watches like 40 hours of film a week”: Rob Gronkowski shamelessly reveals he never studies for games to Peyton Manning and Eli Manning on MNF broadcast

Rob Gronkowski

Rob Gronkowski is undoubtedly one of the greatest tight ends to ever play, but all his studying comes from his quarterback Tom Brady.

Gronk and Brady are off to a phenomenal start this season as Brady’s currently on pace to throw for 77 touchdowns while Gronk has had two consecutive two-touchdown games to start the year.

However, Gronk isn’t interested in watching film before games. All he knows is that he needs to catch the ball, run people over, and score.

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Rob Gronkowski Admits He Never Watches Film, Riding The Coattails Of Tom Brady, To Peyton Manning And Eli Manning

Gronk’s combination of size, speed, and skill is something that hasn’t ever been seen before at the tight end position. It’s what has made him such a game-wrecker.

In his prime, there were serious conversations about whether Gronkowski could be the greatest tight end to ever play in the NFL (some of those conversations still exist). After a down year last season, Gronk looks to be back to his usual ways, scoring touchdowns and spiking the ball.

In two games, he’s caught 12 passes for 129 yards and four touchdowns. While there a lot of ways to credit Gronk for being such a great tight end, watching film is certainly not one of them.

On the MNF broadcast, Gronk joined Peyton Manning and Eli Manning on the highly entertaining ‘Manningcast’ to divulge the secrets of his success:

Well, when you’re 6’6″ and 265 pounds, running past guys sounds like a much better strategy than watching film, and so far, it loosk like that strategy has worked brilliantly for Gronk.

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Post Edited By: Ashish Priyadarshi
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Ashish Priyadarshi

Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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