Gronkowski On Miami: They're Playing 'Harder & Faster'
The New England Patriots went into Denver and took care of Tim Tebow and the Broncos and clinched another division championship. If the Pats can win their next two games they'll secure the AFC's top seed. The Patriots host the Miami Dolphins on Christmas Eve day and the Buffalo Bills on New Year's Day.
Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski spoke with Toucher & Rich about the win over the Broncos, Tom Brady and this week's game against Miami.
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The Patriots and Broncos game was a highly anticipated game. Did Gronk realize that there was so much excitement around the league for this game?
"Yeah definitely I mean every time you turned on ESPN last week it was just our game they were talking about. All they were doing was talking about Tebow, the Broncos and everything so I definitely knew it was going to be a big game for the TV ratings," Gronkowski said.
The Denver defense seemed to do everything in their power to keep Gronkowski covered and kept him from getting the ball. However Gronk is not the only weapon the Pats have at their disposal. Fellow tight end Aaron Hernandez came up huge with one if not his best game. What did Denver do to keep Gronkowski from being a factor?
"They were just playing good defense overall. It's a team game and you never know who's going to go off on an offense," said Gronk.
Tom Brady took a couple of big hits during the game. How long does it take to recover from those kind of hits?
"Depends who you are," said Gronkowski. "Everyone has different kind of bodies, but some big hits it takes a couple of days."
And what about Tom Brady's spike of the ball after his rushing touchdown, did Gronk approve?
"That was pretty legit, I mean definitely some high ratings there on that spike," Gronk said.
The Miami Dolphins are winning some games now and have looked fairly impressive at times since the Pats played them in week one. What has changed with the Dolphins over the past 12 weeks?
"They're just playing more as a team they're just playing harder and faster. We definitely got to be ready for them because they're coming out and they're going to be going hard trying to knock us out and all that kind of stuff," the tight end said.
Listen to Rob Gronkowski on T&R in its entirety, as the MVP Candidate took some of your questions.
