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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

Top 50 of the Belichick era debate: Rob Gronkowski presents a dilemma

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

Patriots Nation, News, Ja'lynn Polk, Football, Jerod Mayo, New England Patriots, Afc East, Afc, Mike Vrabel, Sports, Tom E. Curran, Sports News, Phil Perry, Nfl

4.5803 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran talks with Christian Fauria and Ted Johnson to debate whether Rob Gronkowski’s departure from New England should impact where he ranks on the top 50 of the Belichick era list.  Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/q3s2yd0ORxw

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0:00.0

Hey!

0:02.0

A bit of telling

0:06.0

this time, world champion, and there ain't nothing you can do about it.

0:23.4

Hey, what's up, everybody?

0:29.7

Welcome in to the final of our five great debates surrounding the top 50 Patriots under Bill Belichick.

0:31.3

And this one's kind of fun.

0:36.1

Rob Grancowski isn't just getting a red jacket to go into the Patriots Hall of Fame.

0:37.6

He is waltzing into Canton, probably dancing into Canton and giving us a memorable, sometimes awkward,

0:43.8

except in speech. God willing, it'll probably be, let's see, it'll be about 2028. That's my

0:51.2

prediction. That's when he gets inducted around the corner. But where does he wind

0:55.9

up on our top 50 Patriots under Bill Belichick? I mean, he's incredible, but kind of at the end,

1:04.1

the way things went down, I mean, he dragged his feet in terms of telling the team he was going to retire.

1:12.9

And then he kind of held a gun to their head and made them trade him to Tampa Bay.

1:19.1

Do you downgrade a guy like that?

1:20.9

There are some strong opinions on this.

1:23.1

And you know what?

1:23.5

I found myself on an island when it came to arguing that he should be downgraded.

1:27.9

Let's hear how far on an island I was.

1:30.6

Christian Fourier has thoughts. Kronkowski, I had at nine. He only added to his legend in 15,

1:40.6

that unbelievable AFC championship game performance that they lost, 20 to Denver, 16, he was

1:47.3

injured, 17, he was an absolute beast, 18, he helped carry them to a Super Bowl. But then on the

1:54.0

way out the door, he makes things difficult for them. He doesn't retire quickly enough, so the team

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