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Gronk Was Shook By This Double Team Like He's Never Been Shook Before

In his career as the best tight end ever to strap on the helmet and pads, Rob Gronkowski has faced every sort of double team ever devised. Bracket coverage. High/low. Inside and out. Zones. Big corners paired with slot guys. Linebackers with safeties. And probably been double teamed in the bedroom more than any man can count. And he’s handled them all with the heart of a champion. Fearless to the core. With no quit in him, ever.

Until now.

This was the one pairing he was not ready for. Fat Open-Shirt Tattooed Toothless Mullet Guy and Mr. Long Neck were more than he could handle. Finally we saw something we’ve never seen in his eyes before. Fear. The best coverages in the world never phased him. But he was shook by these two. I can’t say we can blame him. Mullet Guy made the initial hit, Long Neck finished him off. He’s never dealt with anything like these guys. Quite possibly, no one ever has. It’s going to take a lot of 69 jokes to recover.