Rob Gronkowski says he may observe Philip Rivers’ lead and are available out of retirement — perhaps. Like, “1 p.c” perhaps.
The longer term Corridor of Fame tight finish was requested by NFL Community if he may think about doing what the 44-year-old Rivers has carried out. The longer term Corridor of Fame quarterback signed with the Indianapolis Colts’ observe squad Tuesday, however he might play this Sunday in opposition to the Seattle Seahawks. Rivers hasn’t performed since Jan. 9, 2021.
Gronkowski stated becoming a member of the observe squad wasn’t a foul thought.
“I might perhaps return if a workforce was like, ‘Hey, are you able to give us some nice seems on the scout workforce?’” Gronk informed NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero and Judy Battista. “We’re going to pay you a respectable bonus, like 1,000,000 bucks bonus, and all you gotta do is observe Wednesday, Thursday and Friday on the observe squad and present us some respectable seems of the tight ends that we’re going in opposition to. Simply go on the market and observe and have enjoyable and get our guys higher.
“That truly may be a reasonably cool case — you understand, I might need to consider that. The possibilities of that occuring are 1 p.c, however I must simply give it some thought and lay my choices on the desk.”
Gronkowski’s feedback have been fairly tongue-in-cheek, however with Gronk, you by no means know. After Tom Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 2020 season, he satisfied his former New England Patriots teammate to come back out of retirement and be part of him. The reconnection paid off, with Gronk catching two of Brady’s three landing passes in a 31-9 defeat of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs within the 2021 Tremendous Bowl.
Final month, Gronkowski signed a one-day contract so he might formally retire as a Patriot.
In his 11-year profession — 9 with the Patriots and two with the Buccaneers — Gronkowski received 4 Tremendous Bowls and caught 92 TD passes within the common season.
Like Gronkowski in 2020, many NFL stars have retired, solely to quickly after get again onto the sphere, some with success: Brady, Randy Moss, Brett Favre, Deion Sanders and Jason Witten.
On this week’s “Scoop Metropolis” podcast, Corridor of Fame QB Kurt Warner informed The Athletic’s Calen Bullock there was a time when he would have thought of popping out of retirement had the Arizona Cardinals known as him about it, however they by no means did.
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