New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is entering his 9th season and it may end up being his best.
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has been dominating opposing defenses ever since he entered the NFL. Gronk is a beast and is very hard to tame. As he enters his 9th season, Gronkowski may be ready to have a career year.
There are a lot of questions about Gronkowski after a turbulent offseason. At one point it seemed like the tight end may end up retiring. Then Gronkowski gave an awkward press conference at Gillette Stadium for Monster Energy where he was making a mockery of the New England Patriots.
Finally Gronkowski assured fans that he would be playing this season and is now looking to bring home another Lombardi trophy.
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Some would say that Gronkowski could have a bad season. His injury report seems to get longer by the minute. He isn’t the spry chicken he used to be.
Still Gronkowski could have a dominant season. So here are 3 bold predictions for Rob Gronkowski’s 2018 season.
Gronk will have a career year
This could be Gronkowski’s best season yet. With Julian Edelman out for the first month of the season, Gronk will get plenty of targets.
I expect Gronkowski to start the season fantastically and that will carry over even when Edelman returns.
Since Gronkowski will be Tom Brady’s No.1 option, I think he will eclipse 100 receptions for the first time in his career. Also I think Gronkowski will have a career high in touchdowns. Gronkowski’s career high is 17 touchdowns, this season I expect him to have 20.
Gronkowski should get plenty of red zone targets, and I think he will have some big plays early on. That adds up for plenty of Gronk spikes this season.
A new single-game TD record
Rob Gronkowski has scored plenty of touchdowns in his career. In 8 seasons he has scored 76 touchdowns which is 3rd among all tight ends. By the end of his career, Gronkowski may have the most touchdowns by a tight end when he decides to call it a career.
This season I expect Gronkowski to do something he has never done before, score 4 touchdowns in a single game. In 2015 Gronkowski put up 3 touchdowns against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
My prediction is that this will happen in Week 3. The Patriots will be headed to Detroit and I think Gronkowski will dominate. The Lions are not a good team and I think Tom Brady will tear the defense apart. Gronkowski will get plenty of targets and he will score a touchdown in each quarter.
I wonder how many different Gronk spikes the tight end will break out in the Sunday night game.
He will play in every game
Rob Gronkowski seems to always get hurt. He is such a big player that defenders can beat up the tight end.
Gronkowski hasn’t played a full season since 2011. This year that will change.
This may be the boldest prediction yet. Gronkowski would surprise everyone if he manages to play the full season. That would also mean that he would be slated to have one of his best seasons yet.
In 14 games last season, Gronkowski had over 1000 yards. If he plays a full season just imagine the numbers he will put up.
This will be an important season for Gronk. After his shenanigans in the offseason, Gronkowski will need to prove once again that he is one of the biggest pass-catching threats in the NFL. If he struggles he will definitely be hearing it from Patriots fans.
Hopefully that won’t happen because the New England Patriots need Rob Gronkowski to perform well now more than they ever had.