Will Gronk play?

[Rockfish9]

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

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Rockfish9

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

[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

[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.

[Saltheart]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

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

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

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

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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[Saltheart]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

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.

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

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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[Saltheart]

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.

[TheSpecialist]

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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[Mike P]

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.

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Mike P

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 ?

[striperman36]

Gronk had surgery today to repair 'numerous' torn ligaments

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by striperman36

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

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

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