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What if Gronk Wanted to Play His Last Season in Buffalo?  

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  1. 1. What if Gronk Wanted to Play His Last Season in Buffalo?

    • No - His career as a Patriot makes me not want him here
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    • No - His hit on Tre White makes me not want him here
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    • No - Other reason; see below
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    • Yes - I would be happy to see Gronk in a Bills uniform
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It looks like this is likely Gronk's last season.

 

HOWEVER:  If he was able to get himself back to 100% healthy and, as a Buffalo native, he wanted to end his career by playing his last season in Buffalo - would you support it?

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No Multiple choice?

 

 

  • No - His career as a Patriot makes me not want him here
  • No - His hit on Tre White makes me not want him here
  • No - Other reason; see below

 

 

Other - he's a buffoon

19 minutes ago, JMF2006 said:

Maybe for the Bandits,Bisons or Sabres ;) 

why would you wish that on the Sabres? 

 

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That's it: Time for Beane to blow up this roster and coaching staff: Only hire coaches with Buffalo ties. Reich make him an offer he can't refuse: Hands the reigns to Chad Kelly to be the field general and sign Gronk and bring in or back every WNY native, relative, former lover, anyone with Buffalo roots ONLY and we can then all sing kumbaya around a fire at the tailgates and go 4-12 but hey at least its Buffalo roots!

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Would he be willing to come here on a prove it heavily incentive laden team friendly type deal? Besides "the hit" and bad blood built up over time for that dude, the main issue is actually his injury history/availability and recent performance--I'm more interested in building solidly for the future in developing young quality talent, than grabbing a player who has past glory but comes here to be put out to pasture with no real long term future prospects left (see, e.g., Bledsoe, Merriman [love to pick on that guy], Langston Walker). All that said, although I'm a no right now, I could still probably be convinced that he could have a decent game or two left in him for at least the Pats games, to stick it to Hoodie, that alone would be nice.    

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50 minutes ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

Yeah, it's his home town.

 

If they didn't want him, fine, but I am not going to argue against someone wanting to come home and play for the team he grew up watching.

 

He could have done that on his second or third contract. Screw him at this point, plus Tide Pod boy would not come back to play.

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21 minutes ago, Marv's Neighbor said:

Along with our "mentors," another waste of a roster spot.

 

I dunno who is meant by "mentors" being a waste of a roster spot.  'Zo Alexander is a mentor, for example, but that guy can still flat-out Ball.

 

However, the whole premise of what McDermott and Beane claimed they wanted to do is build a team for sustainable winning. 

 

To continue to bring in and give roster slots to old guys on their last hurrah like Anquan Boldin, Vontae Davis, and Rob Gronkowski in preference to capable FA or UDFA rookies we can develop seems like

  1) an admission their scouting and talent evaluation are not what they need to be. 

  2) an admission their premise is faulty since "old guys on their last hurrah" do not equal a sustainable winning team

 

Furthermore, it failed spectacularly in the case of both Boldin and Davis, and resulted in their not re-signing or signing guys who arguably could have stuck with the team and helped.

 

 

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he's always seemed to talk pretty ill about the bills, so i'm don't think he'd particularly want to come here.  i suppose it's not fair to say he spoke ill, but i've definitely seen him go out of his way to say he never like the bills in a very condensing way.

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1 hour ago, Gugny said:

It looks like this is likely Gronk's last season.

HOWEVER:  If he was able to get himself back to 100% healthy and, as a Buffalo native, he wanted to end his career by playing his last season in Buffalo - would you support it?

 

Gronkowski has explicitly said the only QB he wants to catch passes from is Tom Brady and he would rather retire than play for another team.

 

He played his senior year in HS in Pittsburgh and doesn't seem to have strong emotional ties to WNY.

 

So this is strongly hypothetical. 

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I honestly don't think he can be elite anymore.  The Bills need to focus on being a team on the rise and not waste their time with something like that.  Assuming Clay will be cut, I'd rather see Croom continue to grow, give Logan Thomas one more year to see if he can arrive and of course, I expect we'll draft a rookie in the top half of the draft that will need to be developed.  I don't see him as a respected veteran who can teach younger players like Lorax, Kyle or Derrick Anderson fit in their roles.  We'll already have Shady as another vet that is likely in his last year w/ Bills.  I don't see how he can help.  

 

I couldn't care less that Buffalo is his home town

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7 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

I dunno who is meant by "mentors" being a waste of a roster spot.  'Zo Alexander is a mentor, for example, but that guy can still flat-out Ball.

 

However, the whole premise of what McDermott and Beane claimed they wanted to do is build a team for sustainable winning. 

 

To continue to bring in and give roster slots to old guys on their last hurrah like Anquan Boldin, Vontae Davis, and Rob Gronkowski in preference to capable FA or UDFA rookies we can develop seems like

  1) an admission their scouting and talent evaluation are not what they need to be. 

  2) an admission their premise is faulty since "old guys on their last hurrah" do not equal a sustainable winning team

 

Furthermore, it failed spectacularly in the case of both Boldin and Davis, and resulted in their not re-signing or signing guys who arguably could have stuck with the team and helped.

 

 

 

 

Solid points, Hap, as usual.

 

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4 minutes ago, MrEpsYtown said:

He has to let Tredavious smash him in the back of his neck. We can sign Preston Brown to a 1 day contract so he can stand there and do nothing. 

 

Then Gronk can join the team. 

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Nothing more depressing than watching a formerly great athlete getting jettisoned from the team his was on for years only to go "back home" and be a shell of the player he was.  Think OJ Simpson in San Fran.

 

Besides he wil always be a Patriot, has the IQ of a fence post, his hit on Tre, and he wil be constantly injured. 

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29 minutes ago, MrEpsYtown said:

He has to let Tredavious wrap his arm in steel-reinforced kevlar mesh then smash him in the back of his neck. We can sign Preston Brown to a 1 day contract so he can stand there and do nothing. 

 

Then Gronk can join the team. 

 

FIFY.  Or an aluminum baseball bat might be a suitable substitute, thoughts?

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18 minutes ago, clearwater cadet said:

He hates buffalo.

 

Obviously ....

 

"It’s just a dream come true every single time you get to go to your hometown and play,” Gronkowski said. “I treat it as an honor to go back and play and I always get excited for it because you’re playing in front of your family and friends you grew up with.”

“I love the atmosphere,” he continued. “It’s a football atmosphere, no doubt. It’s loud. Third down you’re going to barely be able to hear Tom [Brady] if he’s not in the silent cadence. It’s just a good atmosphere, a good football atmosphere. Whenever there is a good football atmosphere, it’s always competitive”

 

- Rob Gronkowski (in 2017)

 

https://billswire.usatoday.com/2017/12/01/rob-gronkowski-wild-hometown-buffalo-bills-fans/

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he doesnt hate Buffalo, he hates the Bills for not drafting him. And he uses that hate against the Bills as motivation to make them pay for not drafting him.

I'm paraphrasing of course, but those are his words.

I suppose if I were in the same situation, as a pro athlete I would feel the same.

What else is he supposed to feel? Secretly aim to sabotage the team that drafted you in order to help ur home city win?

 

 

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1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

I dunno who is meant by "mentors" being a waste of a roster spot.  'Zo Alexander is a mentor, for example, but that guy can still flat-out Ball.

 

However, the whole premise of what McDermott and Beane claimed they wanted to do is build a team for sustainable winning. 

 

To continue to bring in and give roster slots to old guys on their last hurrah like Anquan Boldin, Vontae Davis, and Rob Gronkowski in preference to capable FA or UDFA rookies we can develop seems like

  1) an admission their scouting and talent evaluation are not what they need to be. 

  2) an admission their premise is faulty since "old guys on their last hurrah" do not equal a sustainable winning team

 

Furthermore, it failed spectacularly in the case of both Boldin and Davis, and resulted in their not re-signing or signing guys who arguably could have stuck with the team and helped.

 

 

Derek Anderson would be a good example of a mentor/waste of a roster spot.

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16 minutes ago, Marv's Neighbor said:

Derek Anderson would be a good example of a mentor/waste of a roster spot.

 

Because it's always important to skimp on the development of a young QB. This is a roster spot we could be filling with a kickoff specialist... Great take! ?‍♂️

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1 hour ago, teef said:

he's always seemed to talk pretty ill about the bills, so i'm don't think he'd particularly want to come here.  i suppose it's not fair to say he spoke ill, but i've definitely seen him go out of his way to say he never like the bills in a very condensing way.

Maybe this has something to do with passing him in the draft for Terrel Troup. Wow what a mistake that was.

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19 minutes ago, boater said:

While we're reminiscing on Fantasy Lane, how about we make a play for Khalil Mack? Same logic applies.

 

If Mack were approaching the final year of his career, the same logic would apply.  He's not, so it doesn't, but someday it might.

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The premise here is kind of silly considering that Gronk doesn’t seem to have much of a connection to Buffalo these days.  He graduated from high school in Pittsburgh and now lives near Foxborough.  He doesn’t do much for the Buffalo community either.  

 

This is Would Ben like saying “What is Tom Brady wanted to play his last year in Buffalo?”

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4 minutes ago, BillyWhiteShows said:

The premise here is kind of silly considering that Gronk doesn’t seem to have much of a connection to Buffalo these days.  He graduated from high school in Pittsburgh and now lives near Foxborough.  He doesn’t do much for the Buffalo community either.  

 

This is Would Ben like saying “What is Tom Brady wanted to play his last year in Buffalo?”

 

He played his first 3 years of high school football in Western NY and didn't go to Pittsburgh until his senior year.  Read the linked article above to see how he feels about Buffalo.

 

And your analogy works about as well as a two-legged stool.

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