Goodbye to a Legend

Kevin5455 · Postby **Kevin5455** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 6:57 pm

Gronk has officially retired from pro football.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26351121/grateful-gronkowski-announces-retirement

Thank you for a great 9 seasons...

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sarcasticface · Postby **sarcasticface** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 8:01 pm

He’s only 29, though...

Postby **RevanFan** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 11:00 pm

sarcasticface wrote:He’s only 29, though...

Football is a very dangerous sport. Maybe he thought, "I've played a while, I've won Super Bowls, I've made a ton of money... I'm good."

BUS36 · Postby **BUS36** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 11:03 pm

I will say that Gronk was a extremely good TE.. but he is not in the class of a Tony Gonzales, Shannon Sharpe, John Mackey or a Mike Ditka those guys were legends. I give Gronk, that he was a TE that you had to game plan for. He is a top 15 TE of all time.

Postby **RevanFan** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 11:07 pm

BUS36 wrote:I will say that Gronk was a extremely good TE.. but he is not in the class of a Tony Gonzales, Shannon Sharpe, John Mackey or a Mike Ditka those guys were legends. I give Gronk, that he was a TE that you had to game plan for. He is a top 5 TE of all time.

...You're forgetting Jason Witten...

sarcasticface · Postby **sarcasticface** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 11:33 pm

RevanFan wrote:
sarcasticface wrote:He’s only 29, though...

Football is a very dangerous sport. Maybe he thought, "I've played a while, I've won Super Bowls, I've made a ton of money... I'm good."

Yeah. I would just do,"I signed the contract, I get the signing bonus...I’m good. I’ll retire now."

BUS36 · Postby **BUS36** » Mon Mar 25, 2019 2:23 pm

here are my all time top ten TE in order ...
Gonzales
Sharpe
Mackey
Ditka
Winslow Sr.
Newsome
Francis
Casper
Gronk
Novacek

KO'BBF · Postby **KO'BBF** » Mon Mar 25, 2019 3:05 pm

You said it bus

great tight end but he's no Kellen Winslow

Postby **RevanFan** » Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:19 pm

BUS36 wrote:here are my all time top ten TE in order ...
Gonzales
Sharpe
Mackey
Ditka
Winslow Sr.
Newsome
Francis
Casper
Gronk
Novacek

Again... you're forgetting someone. Someone I'd put higher than Ditka, Mackey, and possibly even Sharpe. Someone who just came out of retirement.

KO'BBF · Postby **KO'BBF** » Mon Mar 25, 2019 5:30 pm

Let's not put anyone above John Mackey, actually. Wasn't he really "the first Tight End legend "?

But Gronkowski had a great career, and you know he is heading for the hall of fame.

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