Rob Gronkowski says he will sign one-day contract to retire as Patriot

Rob Gronkowski retired for the first time from the NFL in 2019 as a member of the New England Patriots.

The future temple of tight renown again retired in 2022 as a member of the Buccaneers of Tampa Bay.

And even if he has not played in the League since then, it seems that Gronk will retire once again as a member of the Patriots.

The idea of ​​Gronkowski to sign a day ceremonial contract with the team he helped to win three Super Bowls was launched Tuesday by Susan Hurley, founder and president of the Charityteams fund collection company for non -profit organizations.

Hurley spoke during a ribbon cup ceremony for the new “Gronk” playground on Charles River’s esplanade in Boston when she threw a personal plea towards the owner of the patriots, Robert Kraft, who was sitting behind Hurley next to Gronkowski.

“Can we just make it official and sign [Gronkowski] For a day so that he can retire as a patriot? Hurley asked before looking in the direction of Kraft and adding: “What do you say?”

Gronkowski applauded and nodded, looking in the direction of Kraft. The owner, who was out of camera at the time, apparently gave his approval, as Gronkowski later confirmed to journalists.

“”[Kraft] I gave him a boost, so we will get there in the future and it will be a special moment, “said the selection five times from the Pro Bowl.” Come back for a day, a weekend, anything. So we’re going to get there and it will be really, really cool. It will happen, we don’t know when.

The Patriots did not announce such a decision and did not respond immediately on the request to comment on Times on Thursday. On Wednesday, a slightly less official announcement occurred on the Instagram account of the Podcast “Dudes on DUDES” organized by GRONKOWSKI and the former teammate of Patriots Julian Edelmen.

“Gronk will sign a day contract and will withdraw a New England patriot,” read the post accompanied by a video that presented Gronkowski speaking of the podcast of the editorial staff of the Patriots. The video mentions nothing about to sign a day contract with the team, but it presents a graphic that can be read

New England has selected Gronkowski in the second round of the 2010 draft. He became a key and loved member of the team dynasty under coach Bill Belichick and the quarter-Arrière Tom Brady. After Brady’s departure for Tampa Bay before the 2020 season, Gronkowski left his retirement to join him and ended up winning his fourth Super Bowl in a career that year.