Fact Check: Is Rob Gronkowski preparing for an NFL comeback in 2025?

Rob Gronkowski retired from football for good after winning four Super Bowls with the New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Fact Check: Is Rob Gronkowski preparing for an NFL comeback in 2025?

Rob Gronkowski is retired and works for FOX Sports (Image via X)

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Fact Check: Is Rob Gronkowski preparing for an NFL comeback in 2025?
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It has been four years since football fans last saw Rob Gronkowski suiting up to play football. He has since moved on to earn a broadcasting contract with FOX Sports as part of their NFL coverage. That brings him back to work as colleagues alongside former New England Patriots teammate Tom Brady.

This makes it his second retirement after the 6′ 6″ tight end famously did not play in the 2019 season. The pain and suffering he endured from racking up all those injuries was becoming too much for his body to take.

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The moment Tom Brady landed at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, his first call was to his former tight end. That call was good enough to bring Rob Gronkowski out of retirement, and the duo went on to win another Super Bowl. He retired again and now analyzes football games. But earlier today, a Denver sportswriter claimed this-

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League sources have told me that Rob Gronkowski is training, working out at high altitude in Colorado to make a return to the NFL.

Cecil Lammey said

According to his sources inside the league, the now 35-year-old tight end’s relationship with Sean Payton from their time working together at FOX Sports. Instantly, this news went viral as the thought of one of the best tight ends returning to the game was tantalizing.

NFL Insider sets the record straight

This post spread through like wildfire, and many were stunned that Rob Gronkowski was indeed returning. But the post also made its way to NFL Network’s NFL Insider Ian Rapoport. He checked with his sources and replied to this tweet.

Rumors came about that he was working to return to the game
Rumors came about that Gronk was working to return to the game (Image via Imago)

Nope. Nonsense.

Ian Rapoport wrote

This tweet instantly shut down that rumor. X users instantly added this as a context to the original post, which calls cap on Cecil Lammey’s claims. Now it is confirmed that football fans won’t ever see one of the greatest tight ends of the game return to action.

Rob Gronkowski had an all-time great career

The New England Patriots drafted Rob Gronkowski after they felt he was the ‘best all-round player’ in the 2010 NFL Draft. In the next nine seasons with the team, he justified that opinion as he became the best tight end in the game.

Rob Gronkowski left the game after winning four Super Bowls
Rob Gronkowski left the game after winning four Super Bowls (Image via NFL/X)

Many felt he was better than the likes of Shannon Sharpe, Tony Gonzalez, and Antonio Gates. His accolades might not hold a candle to some of those Hall of Famers, but the way he played had many thinking he was leagues ahead of them.

His clutch plays both in the regular season and especially in the postseason netted him four Super Bowls. Add his larger-than-life personality, and he became a household name. Even to this day, fans wait to catch another glimpse of the famous ‘Gronk Spike’.

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