Back on March 17, which, incidentally, feels like a lifetime ago, I penned a tweet which, I believed zeroed in on a compelling question.
I just have one question: why the HELL is tom brady going to the buccaneers
— Karl Buscheck (@KarlBuscheck) March 17, 2020
Why would Tom Brady leave behind the Patriots, Bill Belichick, all those rings to head to a football backwater?
Oh. Well, now we know.
Trade, pending physical: Patriots are trading TE Rob Gronkowski and a seventh-round pick to the Buccaneers for a fourth-round pick, source tells ESPN.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 21, 2020The story moved fast. Super fast. Shortly before I opened up Google Docs to start typing, the Ian Rapoport report had just hit Twitter:
Sources: Retired #Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski has told New England that he’s interested in playing football again — and would want to do it with the #Bucs and QB Tom Brady. A trade would have to be worked out for this to happen.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 21, 2020Sidenote, the origin of this story, a mock tweet from PFTCommenter's canine alter ego, is truly perfect amid the sports content desert that is April 2020.
Hearing a wild rumor that has serious legs. Rob Gronkowski is strongly considering returning to the NFL to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with his old teammate Tom Brady. Has been training in Florida in addition to Wrestlemania. Please credit Leroy woof woof
— NFL Insider Leroy (@LeroyInsider) April 8, 2020And now we know why the HELL Tampa Bay. Or, really, anywhere other than New England. Brady was playing chess, as they say. One move, one very big move, ahead. He was bringing along the Lebatardian polar bear.
Football is so much easier when you can just keep throwing the ball to a polar bear.
— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) September 11, 2015The return of Gronk. It’s the content we need. Up next, the hacking of the Zoom draft.
