Rob Gronkowski tweeted last week that he was “bored” in retirement and apparently there may be some truth to that.
According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, multiple teams, including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, contacted Gronkowski following the tweet but “what we learned is that it’s not going to be this year. …He is retired for now. But certainly from my understanding, the door is open for 2023.”
Rapoport noted that Tom Brady is also going to be a free agent after this season and his decision on whether or not to retire (again) or return is still undecided. He added while the Bucs are interested in bringing Brady back, there still remains the possibility Brady could play elsewhere and he “wouldn’t be surprised if Gronk followed him wherever he went.”
Should Gronk return for the 2023 season it would mark the second time he has come out of retirement. The tight end retired following the 2018 season after playing his entire career with the New England Patriots only to return in 2020 to team up with Brady in Tampa where the two won their fourth Super Bowl together (Brady’s seventh).
What Brady ultimately decides to do could be the first domino to fall in whether or not Gronk will come back in what will surely be an intriguing story to follow in the offseason.
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