This is scarily looking like it’s going to be this kind of thing the rest of the way for Gronk, and I hope for his sake it’s not.

..and the beat goes on!

Partying like a rock star always comes with a price.

all that talent and looking like he’s injury prone…

Just get him whatever he needs and forget about this season with hi…let him heal and rehab.

He’s like the Bionic partying machine.

How long does spinal surgery keep him out?

But lets not forget what is important to Gronkowski. For only $40,000 you can fly to Vegas this weekend and party with him. What a joke this guy is.

He’s done.

Looking more and more like he’s not going to be able to be counted on this year. At this rate, he could be out of the game in a few years if he can’t reverse this injury bug.

WAH, WAH, WAH…. just thought I’d join the crowd!

Frankenstein monster, Freeze him until he is ready to play. So young for all this surgery,

At this rate he will be measured for the Wax Museum.

Unbelievable…at this point I think the Pats may have a case for nullyfing his contract if another video surfaces of Gronk starting a mosh pit or suplexing one of his buddies on stage again.

well its good the Patriots have Ballard for
this coming season if Gronk is going to both back surgery along with another arm surgery – a real tight end who while not as good as gronk or
aaron is easily a top 15 TE who helped the Giants reach the post season
and get through most of it in 2011 ~

Now you know why the Pats have been stocking up on tight ends. It was Gronk’s back that kept him out for his entire senior year in college. The arm is just the latest injury that hasn’t healed properly. And I thought Hernandez was delicate….
Don’t worry, I’m sure some slam dancing on p*ss drenched floors and drinking until nearly comatose for months on end will help him heal.

forever, this guy is done, its the arm! the back, this guy is a walking injury. Too bad he was a great player. He always has the party circuit, he can rent himself out. No welker, no gronk, and no super bowl. If it wasn’t for the fact the Patriots will win there division by just showing up, they wouldn’t go very far. Just think of all the teams they played the last couple of years, how many of those teams had a winning record they actually beat? When you play the Jets, Bills, Miami twice a year that 6 wins right off the top.

And relax ty law, the Pats will be a little bit better than you’ve indicated.

All this time on the shelf and now they decide to do an MRI on his back? Did they hire the old Red Sox medical staff (like the new one is doing any better)

Gronk does surgery.

Over, and over, and over again….

This is yet another example of the results of Captain Hoodie being the single decision maker, unchallenged, within the organization. Many teams passed on Gronkowski in the draft due to exactly this, being injury prone and the risks involved for a team that drafts him and gives him a extended contract. Yes the guy had a fantastic year in 2011 but that might be all you’ll get at this point. Captain Hoodie as a GM is over rated and his track record is filled with risky, foolish moves (arrest warrant out for Ocho-Stinko btw). As far as Gronk’s forearm issue, that’s bad karma coming back to bite Hoodie. You don’t have a pro bowl player out blocking on an extra point, the 59TH point!, when you’re running the score up on another team as he likes to do. That’s what you have 2nd team players do.

You weren’t saying this when Gronk was catching all those TD passes. You can blame the coach for a lot of things but this one is on the player

Thanks a lot Gonk. You’re a mo ron and all you do is get hurt. You’ve already cost this team 2 Superbowls due to your injuries. So thanks chump. What a complete waste a poo this guy is.

That was 2011, has nothing to do with this upcoming season mo ron.

stick a fork in it.
and the Patriots have an old quarterback with no receivers.

Errr…..tools…..we still have a pretty good TE in Hernandez! B*****S!

Sucks to be Gronk right now, but almost everyone seems to be overreacting to this news. This team is 2 years removed from nearly winning a Super Bowl with Gronk playing at 10-20% and a patchwork defense. They’ll be okay, and according to all these reports, Gronk will still be able to play early in the season.

How did you know my first name is Mo? BTW, check that spellcheck next time Einstein!!!

Meanwhile, on the defensive front, the Chargers sign Freeney. The Pats have done nothing truly meaningful and immediate to address their biggest issues, defensive backfield, pass rusher, and a game changer wide receiver. Yes, the team may get to the playoffs, but they won’t go far in those playoffs. Too many opponents have seized the initiative and helped themselves in far more meaningful ways than the Pats have.

How do you know he’ll be able to play early? Are you his personal doctor? Are you the team doctor?

This is what the rest of his career will be like.

Like I said previously, I’m going off of the reports out there that say these surgeries that Gronk *may* need (nothing has even been confirmed yet) will throw the start of Gronk’s season into serious doubt. Key word–”start”. I haven’t read anything that says his entire season is in doubt or that he’d miss a huge chunk of the season. I’m merely guessing that even if he does need to have more than one surgery, he’ll still be able to play 60-75% of the season. Yes, I’m speculating, but isn’t that what everyone else is doing right now? All I’m saying is not to jump to conclusions until anything is confirmed. (Btw, I find it ironic you’re asking me if I’m his personal doctor when you state in another comment here like it’s written in stone that the rest of his career will be like this. Are you his personal doctor? Gronk’s forearm injury was a freak accident; if he has luck like that the rest of his career, then he might end up being one of the unluckiest guys to play in the NFL.)

This is part of the reason the Patriots are deep when it comes to the tight end position; the other being that it is a big part of their offense. Ballard being signed last year was a pretty great move by the Patriots, and you saw how the Giants went through extended stretches of offensive struggles without him last season.

The fact that it took this long for a team to sign Freeney should tell you something about his current abilities as an impact player (or perhaps the market, but I’d lean more towards Freeney the player as being larger issue there). The Patriots have addressed their issues through free agency and the draft, and I think they actually have done quite a bit on the defensive side of the ball. Next season will be year #2 for Chandler Jones, and I’m sure the Pats are partially banking on him getting even better. Several guys they drafted have the ability to be impact players right away. Let’s just wait and see with this team; nobody thought the Pats had a chance of making the Super Bowl 2 years ago when they were forced to use Julian Edelman and Matthew Slater for significant stretches on defense, but they managed to find a way.

Gonna be an interesting year on offense, but perhaps the team can find it’s identity as the season goes along and get hot late. They’re still pretty loaded, and I absolutely love the draft pick of Dobson right now. He’s got serious potential.

What’s up Mo? You check your spellcheck you whiney little snot.

Fits in perfect with the Sox.