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Patriots Trade Gronk to Buccaneers
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When rumors and speculation become truth:
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, 2020
That’s a great haul for an injured WWE star who was never going to play for you again. You know that the Patriots are now going to use that fourth round pick on a player who turns out to be a stud and goes on to have a 10-year NFL career.
Agent Drew Rosenhaus says Gronk will “honor his current contract,” (via Schefter) which is means a one-year, $10 million cap hit for Tampa before he becomes a free agent.
Tom Brady will now be throwing to the following targets in 2020:
- Gronk
- Mike Evans
- Chris Godwin
- O.J. Howard
- Cameron Brate (unless they trade one of their tight ends)
- Ronald Jones out of the backfield
That’s… a ridiculous crop of pass catchers.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com