Rob Gronkowski jokes he had to match Julian Edelman in Patriots HOF
Rob Gronkowski commented on going back-to-back in the Patriots Hall of Fame, after his good friend and former teammate, Julian Edelman.
It's no secret that Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski come as a package deal, having created an unbreakable bond during their time on the New England Patriots . So with that, it was fitting that the wide receiver was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame last year, and now, it'll be Gronkowski's turn. "Jules just gave me a little voicemail, text message thing.
He loves those. He lives and dies for them. And I usually read them, but I listened to this one," the tight end told reporters when asked about Edelman's reaction by Patriots Wire on Wednesday.
"He congratulated me, big time. And it was just really cool. " In his response to Edelman, Gronkowski took a walk down memory lane, recalling a time in 2010 when the two were at a nightclub called "Splash" ahead of the tight end's rookie year, where he was stealing shrimp off a tray when the waitress wasn't looking.
"Two idiots back in 2010, now going back-to-back into the Patriots Hall of Fame—both of us, first-round inductees," he added. "It was just cool to hear from Julian, and he also just gave me props for just being the player that I was, and he just said, 'Hey it was a complete honor to play with a complete football player, a guy that brought it every single day. ' "So, Julian got in last year, and I wanted to copy him.