Just hours after the retirement of Julian Edelman, his former Patriots teammate Rob Gronkowski said he believed he would “return” with Tampa Bay as a possible destination.
Julian Edelman announced his retirement from NFL with an emotional farewell video from Gillete Stadium at New England Patriots at Foxborough. However, his former teammate, Rob Gronkowski, left the door open to the possibility that the story would not end.
In a video published by the TMZSports portal, made on Monday evening at the Los Angeles airport – hours after the announcement Edelman-, Gronkowski he said he saw a “69% chance” of retiring and joining Tampa Bay Buccaneers, adding “He will return, he will return.”
Of course, Gronkowski you know what it means to retire New England and come back for Gulf of Tampa. Tight end five times selected for Pro Bowl and four times All-Pro of the team withdrew with Patriots at the end of the 2018 season, after winning three Super Bowls with Pats, returning to the league for 2020 with Winter sports weather in Buccaneeri, and the quarterback Tom Brady, to be granted Super Bowl LV last February.
As for the career of Edelman, Gronkowski he had nothing but praise for his partner.
“It’s a beast,” he said Gronkowski, who played with Edelman from 2010 to 2018 for Pats. “Excellent companion, three-time Super Bowl champion, Super Bowl MVP, you have to admit Jules, he gave his all throughout his career, he was a great companion ”.
Regarding the substantive debate Edelman throughout his career,Gronk ‘ was blunt, stating that “They will go to the Patriots Hall of Fame, surely. “Regarding the Canton Hall of Fame, he replied:” I definitely think he has a great chance. “
Gronkowski admitted that in the case Edelman, numbers do not always show the whole story.
“It’s a beast. The numbers don’t show everything it has brought. It’s just the attitude and competitiveness it has shown. Julian Edelman is more than numbers“.
Edelman came to Patriots as an election in the seventh round of 2009, after playing defender in Kent State, becoming one of the best slot receivers in NFL, and building a close relationship with Gronkowski, Brady and others in New England.