I say unless they chop off his foot above the ankle , Gronk plays in his first Superbowl and gets 2 touchdowns...minimum. :) Young guy , rookie year , Superbowl , availability of novocaine :) , he plays no matter what!

He'll play. He wasn't limping media day
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if he did nothing else but catch passes
in the end zone up high that's great!

Question isn't will he play, it's whether he will be effective. If he loses a step coming off the line, it could raise issues if Brady needs to get the ball out quickly due to an effective Giants D-Line.

From the seeing the film of the injury and having gone through the same thing with my ankle. No Way
I'm more than 2 months dealing with mine and it's still screwed up.
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From the seeing the film of the injury and having gone through the same thing with my ankle. No Way
I'm more than 2 months dealing with mine and it's still screwed up.
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You are an old fart and out of shape!:rotf2: So am I so don't get pissed.......Neither of us will ever get paid $$$$$ to play a sport!

You are an old fart and out of shape!:rotf2: So am I so don't get pissed.......Neither of us will ever get paid $$$$$ to play a sport!


The high ankle sprain is not the problem.
Just like with what will be the case with Gronk pulled tendons are the problem.

This weekend watch Gronk lead the Pats to victory.Learn about toughness and the Patriot way.

You are an old fart and out of shape!:rotf2: So am I so don't get pissed.......Neither of us will ever get paid $$$$$ to play a sport!
This is important. Gronk is a young guy and can heal a lot faster than someone with a few years under their belt. He's also probably willing to play through a lot of pain.

I think there would have to be something very serious for him not to take the field. How long he stays in is another matter. Even if he's in there 1/2 time I think it will have a huge impact.

-spence

He went back into the Ravens game of course he's playing! :bounce:

From the seeing the film of the injury and having gone through the same thing with my ankle. No Way
I'm more than 2 months dealing with mine and it's still screwed up.
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Safe to say you and Gronk aren't even in the same universe as far as body type. He's a world class athlete with the best medical team watching this. Given his personality he would have to have a compound fracture not to play. He'll be in the game but obviously not 100%. We have plenty of weapons to spread the ball around and my guess he'll still have a couple of big plays. He's a complete nut job and freak, they would have to shoot him with with a tranquilizer gun to keep him off the field is my guess. I know it's different sports but if Curt Schilling can get an ankle ligiment bascially stapled and and then shot up so he can't feel anything and pitch for 2 hours throwing 100 plus pitchesand get the win then this scenario is possible. Go Pats!!! Can't wait for the game!!

I hate to say this, but don't be surprised if he either doesn't play at all, or if he's only in as a decoy on a few snaps. The ankle is a lot worse than it looks.

I hate to say this, but don't be surprised if he either doesn't play at all, or if he's only in as a decoy on a few snaps. The ankle is a lot worse than it looks.

I'm not worried. Guys will step up. It's one game.

He'll Play.....its just a sprain.

Jack Youngblood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Youngblood)

One of the athletic feats for which Youngblood is best known, is that of playing the entire 1979 playoffs, including Super Bowl XIV, with a fractured left fibula.[23] He also played in the 1980 Pro Bowl with the injured leg, a week after the Super Bowl.[24] In the playoffs, Youngblood sacked Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach near the sideline in the waning moments of the divisional playoff game versus the Cowboys.[25] Playing with the fractured leg was noted by Sports Illustrated in their Top 10 list of athletes playing in pain.[26] For that and other achievements Jack was dubbed the “John Wayne of football” by Jim Hanifan and echoed by Hall of Fame coach John Madden.[27] The NFL Network series NFL Top 10 selected Youngblood's performance in the 1979 playoffs as top on its list of the “Gutsiest Performances″ of all-time.[28]

I hate to say this, but don't be surprised if he either doesn't play at all, or if he's only in as a decoy on a few snaps. The ankle is a lot worse than it looks.

HE CAME BACK IN THE RAVENS GAME!!! WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?!?!?! would you miss playing in the Super Bowl!?!?!?!?!?! You can bet your ass he's going to be playing!!!

You must be a Jets fan

A 60% Gronk is still better then any of their LB's 1 on 1. And if not cash money Hernandez will be destroying the secondary, just because Roberto is on the field.

HE CAME BACK IN THE RAVENS GAME!!! WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?!?!?! would you miss playing in the Super Bowl!?!?!?!?!?! You can bet your ass he's going to be playing!!!

You must be a Jets fan

He came back in the Ravens game and didn't run another route as a receiver. What does that tell you? I hope I'm wrong, but I won't be surprised if he's either in street clothes or plays very little and is ineffective.

And no, I'm not a Jets fan. I despise them.

And no, I'm not a Jets fan. I despise them.

well this at least makes me a little happier.

this thread is getting me all fired up! I'm going to have to check my Patriots insider about Gronk's about status for Sundays game.

And yes I a source that knows a person who is a COACH for the Patriots.

He's playing, I just received the text back.

Can we close this thread now please?!?

He's playing, I just received the text back.

Can we close this thread now please?!?

Wow, it seems like everyone knows someone "on the inside".:rotf2::rotf2::rotf2::rotf2::rotf2:

If you actually knew me, I wouldn't lie.

He's a family friend of the Ferentz family.

Feel free to do a Google search.

These kinds of threads don't get closed , they just keep going and going and going and going.... :)

This weekend watch Gronk lead the Pats to victory.Learn about toughness and the Patriot way.

:buds:

Safe to say you and Gronk aren't even in the same universe as far as body type. He's a world class athlete with the best medical team watching this. Given his personality he would have to have a compound fracture not to play. He'll be in the game but obviously not 100%. We have plenty of weapons to spread the ball around and my guess he'll still have a couple of big plays. He's a complete nut job and freak, they would have to shoot him with with a tranquilizer gun to keep him off the field is my guess. I know it's different sports but if Curt Schilling can get an ankle ligiment bascially stapled and and then shot up so he can't feel anything and pitch for 2 hours throwing 100 plus pitchesand get the win then this scenario is possible. Go Pats!!! Can't wait for the game!!


I grew up with the doctor that stapled Schillings ankle, and his brother who is a lawyer..

These kinds of threads don't get closed , they just keep going and going and going and going.... :)

I hate when that happens

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/closed.png

I grew up with the doctor that stapled Schillings ankle, and his brother who is a lawyer..

I'm sure people have played through worse pain, but the bloody sock has to go down as one of the greatest HTFU moments in professional sports.
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No question he will play! 22 years old, 6'6", two full weeks to heal, and then there is the medical wonder of drugs...He's ready to go. I expect he will be utilized as usual from the start, and that he will be effective. I do have reservations about him in the second half due to the longer than normal halftime, during which the ankle will cool and tighten, as well as the heat in the stadium, as he has not been able to work out for two weeks. So expect them to go to him early and often. Second half, who knows?

Will Gronk play? Madonna knows.

Must suck to be Tiquan Underwood today.
The fact that he was cut and speculation that Ocho will be playing adds to thinking Gronkowski either not playing or will be limited.
News reports say Gronk was at practice but funny no one has leaked film of him running :confused:
It would be pretty funny if Ocho makes a David Tyree type catch during a game winning drive.

all this speculation here... imagine what it's doing to the Giants game plan....

all this speculation here... imagine what it's doing to the Giants game plan....



Being Coughlin is from the Parcells coaching tree same as Belichick,
Probably nothing.
Maybe if Gronkowski does play it puts a bullseye on his ankle if they get a shot at it :uhuh:

Safe to say you and Gronk aren't even in the same universe as far as body type. He's a world class athlete with the best medical team watching this. Given his personality he would have to have a compound fracture not to play. He'll be in the game but obviously not 100%. We have plenty of weapons to spread the ball around and my guess he'll still have a couple of big plays. He's a complete nut job and freak, they would have to shoot him with with a tranquilizer gun to keep him off the field is my guess. I know it's different sports but if Curt Schilling can get an ankle ligiment bascially stapled and and then shot up so he can't feel anything and pitch for 2 hours throwing 100 plus pitchesand get the win then this scenario is possible. Go Pats!!! Can't wait for the game!!



Turns out I knew a bit more about this than some here wanted to give credit :uhuh:

No question he will play! 22 years old, 6'6", two full weeks to heal, and then there is the medical wonder of drugs...He's ready to go. I expect he will be utilized as usual from the start, and that he will be effective. I do have reservations about him in the second half due to the longer than normal halftime, during which the ankle will cool and tighten, as well as the heat in the stadium, as he has not been able to work out for two weeks. So expect them to go to him early and often. Second half, who knows?

Well I was wrong.... He was nowhere ready.

When 1st reports came out on his injury they said sprained ankle and tendon damage.
Funny how that talk was hushed up and they later called it a high ankle sprain.
I know 1st hand tendons don't heal in a few weeks, no matter how old or young.
My doctors said it could be a reoccurring problem for more than a year.

Ron, the title of the thread was "Will Gronk Play" and he did. By my interpretation of this thread and my response you are wrong my friend! I said he would play and not be 100% and make a couple of big plays. Maybe they weren't big plays but he did make a couple of plays.

Maybe if Gronkowski does play it puts a bullseye on his ankle if they get a shot at it :uhuh:

This is a sick comment. Remember...you reap what you sow.

This is a sick comment. Remember...you reap what you sow.

How the hell is that sick ?
It's human nature.
You think a Striper goes after a healthy pogie when he sees a wounded one ?
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How the hell is that sick ?
It's human nature.
You think a Striper goes after a healthy pogie when he sees a wounded one ?
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What would you propose? maybe spiking him on the ankle , maybe spearing him on the ankle , maybe grab and twist his ankle while he's on the ground?

If you honestly think that targeting a guys injured ankle for further injury to win a game is "human nature" then you must live one miserable existance. I pity you.

What would you propose? maybe spiking him on the ankle , maybe spearing him on the ankle , maybe grab and twist his ankle while he's on the ground?

If you honestly think that targeting a guys injured ankle for further injury to win a game is "human nature" then you must live one miserable existance. I pity you.

It's pro football not women's tennis.
What do you think goes on at the bottom of a pile after a fumble.
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You're confusing me. If its OK to purposely injure your opponent to win a game , what difference does it make if its pro football or woman's tennis?

Anyway , its obvious you think its OK to deliberately injure people for the sake of winning a game. I don't want anything to do with someone who thinks that way. You'll get no more replies from me.

Looks like Gronk had his surgery, and it was done by Dr. George Theodore, he is making quite a name for himself with the pro athletes.
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I remember all of the heat that Scott Stevens took, for demolishing Eric Lindros with a clean body check in the Stanley Cup playoffs about 10 years or so ago. Lindros had a history of concussions, and some felt that it was somehow "wrong" for Stevens to lay him out, when Lindros was trying to split two defenders and walk in on Brodeur. That check basically ended Lindros' career.

My feeling is, you are a professional athlete. If you step onto the field, or the ice, with an injury, you don't get any special consideration from the opponent. This is especially true in the post-season.

Buddy Ryan used to put bounties on opponents, after all. If one of his guys took out one of the opponents with a bounty on his head, they got rewarded.

I remember all of the heat that Scott Stevens took, for demolishing Eric Lindros with a clean body check in the Stanley Cup playoffs about 10 years or so ago. Lindros had a history of concussions, and some felt that it was somehow "wrong" for Stevens to lay him out, when Lindros was trying to split two defenders and walk in on Brodeur. That check basically ended Lindros' career.

My feeling is, you are a professional athlete. If you step onto the field, or the ice, with an injury, you don't get any special consideration from the opponent. This is especially true in the post-season.

Buddy Ryan used to put bounties on opponents, after all. If one of his guys took out one of the opponents with a bounty on his head, they got rewarded.




So Mike.
Early in his career you were very critical of Eli and I'm sure if I looked lar enough back I could find an old post of you quoting that the Giants will never win anything with Eli.
You coming around now ?

Gronk had surgery today to repair 'numerous' torn ligaments

Gronk had surgery today to repair 'numerous' torn ligaments


Pretty sure thats what I said from the start of this tread (actually said tendons) and so did 1st news reports but the team hushed up that talk quickly.
But what do I know other than dealing with the same thing

Pretty sure thats what I said from the start of this tread (actually said tendons) and so did 1st news reports but the team hushed up that talk quickly.
But what do I know other than dealing with the same thing

Rob Gronkowski has ankle surgery - Boston.com (http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-10/sports/31047148_1_ankle-surgery-rob-gronkowski)