Rob Gronkowski Talks Belichick in College and His Favorite Young Tight End. Plus, Freddie Gibbs on His Biggest Rap Inspirations and More.

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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4.8 • 13.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Russillo is joined by Rob Gronkowski to discuss why Bill Belichick will be appealing to younger players, explain why we shouldn’t write off the Chiefs, and share the young tight end he says reminds him of a young Gronk. Then, rapper Freddie Gibbs joins the show to reveal his rapping inspirations, explain what he has left to accomplish, and talk about life. Plus, Life Advice with Ceruti and Wargon! (0:00) Welcome to The Ryen Russillo Podcast! (0:28) Russillo welcomes in Rob Gronkowski (5:26) Would Gronkowski have wanted to play for Coach Belichick coming out of high school? (14:30) How many people have asked Gronkowski about his relationship with Mike Vrabel? (20:05) What was it like starting a season after losing a Super Bowl the year before? (22:35) The Chiefs are still going to be a problem for the AFC (28:37) Tyler Warren reminds Gronkowski of a young Gronk (32:29) Freddie Gibbs joins the show (39:35) Biggest rapping inspirations (48:14) Strip clubs have the best food (1:10:05) On the Aaron Hernandez show (1:30:37) Life Advice! Check us out on YouTube for exclusive clips, livestreams, and more at https://www.youtube.com/@RyenRussilloPodcast. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Ryen Russillo Guests: Rob Gronkowski and Freddie Gibbs Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, Mike Wargon, and Jonathan Frias Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	on today's episode we're mixing up a bit gronk for football that makes sense freddie gibbs at my house
0:16.1	one of the best guys going right now love his his stuff. So we talk music and other things.
0:21.8	So Freddie Gibbs, live for my living room and life advice.
0:28.8	Joining us from Fox Sports, part of the NFL pregame.
0:31.6	And of course, ambassador for T-Mobile.
0:34.9	Once again, as we get ready for the NFL season, it's Rob Grunkowski.
0:38.3	What's up, man? Good to see it. Yes, good to see you as well, Ryan. Always a pleasure
0:42.0	to be on your show. Were people close to you, excited that you were re-elected as
0:47.1	ambassador, T-Mobile? Yes, they were definitely excited, especially my friend who gets 10% of the cut as well.
0:55.8	He was the most excited about it because it keeps everyone going.
1:00.3	But Friday night 5G lights is back, and I am so excited to be a part of the action again
1:07.1	this year.
1:08.1	And T-Mobile is taking Friday night, 5G lights, so a whole new level
1:11.3	this year with the second year in the works. Obviously, you got to always upgrade every year that
1:17.1	you do something. You got to make it bigger and better. And we've got more winners. We got more
1:21.0	prizes and ultimately more ways to showcase hometown pride and empower communities. And this year,
1:27.0	we're giving 25 finalists,
1:29.2	25 different schools out there will score $25,000. 450 schools will win $5,000 through 5K Fridays.
1:39.2	And then the top winner this year will be a million dollar makeover towards a new field.
1:47.9	Also, upgraded weight room by Grand Fitness, which is my family's company.
1:54.3	Tickets to the SEC championship game.
1:57.2	So we're going big this year.
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