Monday’s Mashup: Rob Gronkowski posts shirtless photo showing he is still in football shape ahead of Patriots opener

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AROUND THE WEB:

-- It looked like Rob Gronkowski had lost a good deal of muscle mass in recent weeks but now it appears that is not the case. 

The retired Patriot was on hand for the team’s banner ceremony before the home opener on Sunday night and posted a shirtless picture of himself with Jonathan Kraft. 

6 trophies. 6 abs. 1 dent.

A post shared by Rob Gronkowski (@gronk) on Sep 8, 2019 at 4:53pm PDT

“6 trophies. 6 abs. 1 dent,” the caption reads.  

And people noticed he is still in shape to play football. 

gRoNk Is ToO sKiNnY aNd WeAk To PlAy FoOtBaLl pic.twitter.com/edPc4lKkZP

— Michael Hurley (@michaelFhurley) September 9, 2019

Gronk already in game shape (via @RobGronkowski IG) #patriots #LFG pic.twitter.com/8aSp8nhAWH

— Chris Brockman (@chrisbrockman) September 9, 2019

Gronk is back in Gillette Stadium and looks to be close to playing shape pic.twitter.com/MfvwjUCVHl

— Mark Daniels (@MarkDanielsPJ) September 9, 2019

“And I thought the last image with you and bob kraft was hilarious but this one is even better,” his brother Chris commented. 

Gronkowski also posted a photo to his story of himself showing Robert Kraft his bicep. 

-- Football is back but the Redskins don’t seem to be. 

At least, not according to a Fox Sports graphic unveiled this week. 

The NFL graphic, tweeted out by Fox Sports on Thursday, included the words, “Football is back,” along with an image of one player from each team. 

Each team except for the Redskins. 

Guys, we made it! -- pic.twitter.com/SnZSvk5N3t

— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 5, 2019

The Washington Redskins have such little marketability that they were left off of a promo including every other NFL team https://t.co/tmTR0SSGjr

— Dave Clay (@clay_city23) September 6, 2019

Instead of a player from the Washington team, the graphic showed two players from the Falcons. 

While some fans believed this to be shade thrown at the Redskins, a spokesperson for Fox Sports called it an "unfortunate mistake.”

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The next time I see Antonio Brown show up on my phone, it has to be touchdowns. That is all I want from here on out — football, football, football.” -- Randy Moss, on Antonio Brown