Will Gronk play?

[MarshCappa]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

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!!

[TheSpecialist]

Originally Posted by MarshCappa

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..

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Originally Posted by TheSpecialist

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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[nightfighter]

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?

[Dick Durand]

Will Gronk play? Madonna knows.

[Raider Ronnie]

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
It would be pretty funny if Ocho makes a David Tyree type catch during a game winning drive.

[Rockfish9]

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

[nightfighter]

Originally Posted by nightfighter

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.

[Raider Ronnie]

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.

[MarshCappa]

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.

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by MarshCappa

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