It’s hard to make a worse first impression than the one Rob Gronkowski made on the New England Patriots.
The retired tight end was named to the NFL’s all-time team Friday night, a worthy honor for one of the most dominant forces the league ever has seen. And Bill Belichick, a co-host on the NFL Network special, used the opportunity to tell an amazing story about the New England Patriots legend.
Check this out:
“Rob was kind of a shot in the dark,” Belichick said. “He came up on his pre-draft visit, had a bad visit. We put him in a room, came back and he was asleep on the floor. Didn’t make a very good impression. … I brought him, we’re getting ready to meet with the coaches … he fell asleep on the floor.”
Bill Belichick tells the story of how the @Patriots drafted @RobGronkowski, with an interesting pre-draft visit ?#NFL100 pic.twitter.com/dC8JMDh2BL
— NFL (@NFL) December 14, 2019
Yeah, we doubt that story will shock anyone.
Gronk has been in a football slumber, of sorts, since the Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII. Whether he eventually awakens from that sleep remains to be seen.
