Since Tom Brady‘s dominance in the NFL , It has always been said that The New England Patriots go as Brady goes. Meaning if Brady plays poorly one game , the rest of the team usually would too. But now we might be seeing a different Patriots player play that role. Rob Gronkowski. 

As Rob Gronkowski was entering his 5th Season as an NFL Tight End this season , many questions came up. “Will Gronk stay healthy all season?” , “Will he play at the same level that he played at in previous years?”Questions like these would be thrown at Gronkowski until week 5 (which of course is the week where New England turned their season around and crushed the Cincinnati Bengals after being crushed by the Kansas City Chiefs in week 4). Well after week 5 , the noise in New England silenced , and the Patriots got their groove going , winning 7 games in a row , with a big part of that from GRONK. In those seven games , Rob had 6 Receiving TD’s , but more impressively he had six games in those seven with at least 70+ receiving yards , and the one game without 70+ , he had 68 yards , not bad big fella. And after those seven games , in the next three games Gronk had two touchdown catches , and had the following total of yards :

  • Week 12 at Green Bay : 7 catches , 98 receiving yards
  • Week 13 at San Diego : 8 catches , 87 receiving yards , 1 TD
  • Week 14 vs Miami : only 3 catches … but 96 receiving yards and 1 TD

Pretty impressive numbers for a tight end.The Patriots won 2/3 of those games I might add.

So what’s the point of this article you may be asking?Just to show how big of a weapon Gronkowski can and will be for New England on Super Bowl Sunday. When healthy , Rob Gronkowski is without a doubt the best Tight End in the NFL today.Better than Graham , Fleener , Olsen , Gates , Davis , you name it , GRONK’s just better. The way he drags defenders on his back , and somehow pushes them off and breaks free for a TD is beyond me. And lets be honest , we all love seeing Brady throw to Gronk for six points and watching him spike the ball into the end zone.

If Seattle can’t contain GRONK this Sunday , I see New England winning the big game. I also see Rob Gronkowski as the Super Bowl 49 Most Valuable Player , with a stat line of :

6 catches , 84 receiving yards , and 1 TD.

For more on my Super Bowl 49 prediction , hit the link below and find out why I like GRONK and the Pats :

 

https://worldofawb.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/ab-2015-super-bowl-prediction/

Until then , we’ll have to watch and see how the players of both Seattle and New England do , and who wins the game. Should be a great and VERY exciting game. Also , please follow me on twitter for tweets during Super Bowl 49 : https://twitter.com/AlexWBergeR

Also be sure to read my “Super Bowl 49 Reaction” post which will be up a few days after the Super Bowl!

GO PATS!

A.B.