Gronk Joins Brady in Tampa Bay
The Lead
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🗓️ 22 April 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Rob Gronkowski is hanging up the wrestling belt and picking up his cleats to reunite with Tom Brady in Tampa Bay. The Athletic’s Greg Auman joins us to discuss how this reunion came about at breakneck speed, what it means for the Bucs chances in the playoffs, and whether Gronk will help Brady prove that he can win without Bill Belichick after all.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, bromance is not dead. |
| 0:09.9 | The Patriots are sending the rights to Robgron Kowski along with a seventh round draft pick |
| 0:16.2 | to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a fourth round draft pick. |
| 0:21.0 | Grunk is hanging up the wrestling belt and hurricane glasses and picking up his cleats |
| 0:25.3 | to reunite with Tom Brady in Tampa Bay, that hurt to say. |
| 0:30.4 | Today, we talk with the Athletics Greg Alman about how this reunion made in heaven came |
| 0:35.5 | about what it means for the box and whether Grunk will help Brady prove that he can win |
| 0:40.9 | without Bill Bellicek. |
| 0:47.8 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm under Skelto. |
| 0:50.0 | And I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 0:51.6 | It's Wednesday, April 22nd and this is The Lead. |
| 0:56.7 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:00.8 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart. |
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