Rob Gronkowski virtually discovered himself in stripes.
Think about a world the place Joe Burrow was throwing landing passes to Gronkowski.
That world virtually grew to become actuality.
Gronkowski shared on his podcast, Dudes on Dudes, with former teammate Julian Edelman, that Burrow reached out to the tight finish to come back out of retirement and be part of the Bengals.
Nevertheless, Gronk thought the quantity was faux and ghosted Burrow, thus by no means coming to Cincinnati.
“After I retired, everybody continues to be attempting to get me to play,” Gronkowski stated.
“Asking me questions within the media, like ‘Yo, who’s the quarterback you’ll like to play with?’
“I am like Joe Burrow as a result of he jogs my memory of Brady and I simply love the way in which that he presents himself within the pocket.
“[That answer] went all over the place.
“So then I get a textual content message, ‘Yo Gronk, what’s up man? I noticed you speaking about me within the media, it is Joe Burrow. I’d love for you for those who got here to the Cincinnati Bengals.'”
Sadly for Burrow, and Bengals followers ,Gronkowski did not consider it was really the Cincinnati quarterback.
“I used to be like, I ain’t getting bought once more. That is nuts. I ain’t falling for this s*** once more.”
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Gronkwoski shared the time he bought duped by a fan pretending to be considered one of his former teammates on the New England Patriots, Malcom Brown, and swore to by no means fall for that once more.
Besides this time, it was really Burrow.
Edelman requested Gronkowski when he realized it was really the star quarterback.
The interplay passed off at Michael Rubin’s notorious white occasion over the Fourth of July within the Hamptons.
“I am on the white occasion this yr, I am going as much as him, I stroll proper by him, I am like, ‘What up Joe? Good to satisfy you.’
“After which like inside 10 seconds, he is like, ‘Yo, you by no means responded to me.’
“I knew precisely what he was speaking about and I used to be like, ‘No frickin method, that that was really you bro.’
Gronkowski went on to share that he apologized to Burrow and advised him how a lot he beloved him.
The longer term Corridor of Fame tight finish solely ever caught passes from Brady in his profession, nevertheless it positive can be enjoyable to ascertain what it will like if he was catching passes from Burrow too.
I assume we’ll by no means know.