TIGHT END ROB GRONKOWSKI
(On the impact that he was able to have on the team this season)
“This year was definitely a successful year. Successful season for the team and for the organization getting 13 wins for the first time in this organization’s history. [As for] myself, it was just a successful season with making plays when my number was called, getting blocks down [and] helping out the running backs to make some yards. Overall, I would say it was a pretty good season from team-wise to my personal stance of my play. That doesn’t matter now [because] the regular season is done now, and we have to carry that into the playoffs now. If we want to win and not go home, you have to amp it up a notch. You have to make sure that you’re on top of your game at all times because there’s a couple of times during the season where you’re not really on top of your game. A majority of the time, you’re on top of your game in the regular season, but now, it’s playoff time and you have to make sure you’re amped, you have the energy levels high and that you’re ready to go every single play because every play is huge in the playoffs.”
(On what he’s seen from the Eagles defense)
“They’re a team that has a great front four. They like to get to the quarterback. They play hard as a unit of the front four. I would say that they’re smart football players in the secondary, no doubt about that. They play the game smart. They know how to work together as a unit on zone defense – that’s huge. They kind of play it safe. I would say [safer] out there so you’re not throwing deep balls and having a 50-yard play. You have to go out there and you have to beat the team. You have to beat the defense. You have to actually put the work in, make the little plays, make a guy miss for an extra five yards and keep the chains rolling like that. They make you earn it, and you have to play smart football versus them to move the ball.”
(On what it means to him that QB Tom Brady called him the greatest tight end of all time)
“It makes me want to keep working. He said it before, but you have to keep working. That just makes me stay motivated because in order for me to be put in that category or even mentioned in that category, it takes a lot of work. It takes work every single week, every single day – mentally and physically. On top of it, you have to keep improving and finding ways to improve. In order to keep being mentioned in that category, especially from a player like Tom. I just have to find ways to keep improving every single week and just keep amping up my game every week in order to help out this team.”
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