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No NFL team was more ideal for Rob Gronkowski to play for than the New England Patriots. Gronkowski reflected on his time with the Patriots as being the best place for him to have landed in his career.
“I’m super grateful. It’s the best situation that I could have possibly endured going to the New England Patriots,” Gronkowski said, via Patriots Wire's Sophie Weller. “I was even mad a couple of times getting passed on from a few other teams in the first round and early second round. But literally it all works out, and it was the organization I needed to be in, just a regime and just the schedule and how everything’s run, what with coach Belichick and how the Patriots were doing.
“I needed that tight-knit scheduling. I needed to be nitpicked on and coached hard as well. And that’s the exact reason why I felt like I was drafted into the Patriots organization.”
Gronkowski was voted into the Patriots Hall of Fame on Wednesday. The four-time first-team All-Pro tight end thrived in a winning environment playing for former Patriots coach Bill Belichick from 2010-2018. Gronkowski helped the Patriots win three Super Bowls in his nine years with the team.
The Patriots put Gronkowski in a position to succeed on a yearly basis. New England made sure that he received his share of targets, whether they ran a two tight end lineup with Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez, or had wide receivers, such as Wes Welker and Julian Edelman, receive more targets than him in a season.
Gronkowski is considered to be one of the greatest tight ends in NFL history. The Patriots cultivated the Arizona product's talent in a championship environment that helped him forge a career worthy of induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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“I’m super grateful. It’s the best situation that I could have possibly endured going to the New England Patriots,” Gronkowski said, via Patriots Wire's Sophie Weller. “I was even mad a couple of times getting passed on from a few other teams in the first round and early second round. But literally it all works out, and it was the organization I needed to be in, just a regime and just the schedule and how everything’s run, what with coach Belichick and how the Patriots were doing.
“I needed that tight-knit scheduling. I needed to be nitpicked on and coached hard as well. And that’s the exact reason why I felt like I was drafted into the Patriots organization.”
Gronkowski was voted into the Patriots Hall of Fame on Wednesday. The four-time first-team All-Pro tight end thrived in a winning environment playing for former Patriots coach Bill Belichick from 2010-2018. Gronkowski helped the Patriots win three Super Bowls in his nine years with the team.
The Patriots put Gronkowski in a position to succeed on a yearly basis. New England made sure that he received his share of targets, whether they ran a two tight end lineup with Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez, or had wide receivers, such as Wes Welker and Julian Edelman, receive more targets than him in a season.
Gronkowski is considered to be one of the greatest tight ends in NFL history. The Patriots cultivated the Arizona product's talent in a championship environment that helped him forge a career worthy of induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Follow Patriots Wire on Twitter and Facebook.
This article originally appeared on Patriots Wire: Rob Gronkowski makes admission on being drafted by Patriots
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