Comments on: Hernandez, Gronk were wise to do new deals http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/07/hernandez-gronk-were-wise-to-do-new-deals/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Tue, 21 May 2013 16:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: patriotenvy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/07/hernandez-gronk-were-wise-to-do-new-deals/#comment-2047260 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 03:31:07 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1364192#comment-2047260 @kate773 – word was he ruptered a disc squating weight in the gym.

Maybe this is why he does commercials and is on cereal boxes. Taking the bird in hand while he can. Hopefully he has a long career though.

]]> By: rc33 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/07/hernandez-gronk-were-wise-to-do-new-deals/#comment-2046140 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:36:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1364192#comment-2046140 The Pats benefitted big time by signing these guys now and not allowing Jimmy Graham to set the market for TE’s after this season. Graham will almost certainly be franchised but should he it the open market, he’d be worth $10+ million a year. And that would obviously effect Gronkowski and Hernandez in two years when they would’ve become FA’s.
In the end, with his remaining two years and the 5 year extension, N.E. gets Hernandez (who’s still only 22) for an average of $5.8M over the next 7 seasons. Great deal for a talent like that.

]]> By: CKL http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/07/hernandez-gronk-were-wise-to-do-new-deals/#comment-2045940 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:17:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1364192#comment-2045940 I think these two deals were rare win-win for both sides. Even if the Pats don’t end up with both of them as effective players through their contracts, it’s still better than their wasting money on Haynesworth and Ocho.

]]> By: jolink653 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/07/hernandez-gronk-were-wise-to-do-new-deals/#comment-2045938 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:15:05 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1364192#comment-2045938 All players get hurt at some point…Hernandez with a high ankle sprain is not something that is gonna affect his career at all and Gronk is supposedly dealing with hip, not back, pain which could just be from taking a couple big hits…I think it’s stupid to insinuate that their injury situations now would in anyway have affected their contract negotiations, especially since Gronk has gone two years playing 90%+ of the offensive snaps without any back pain and Hernandez with a freak injury when Edelman happened to fall on the back of his ankle

]]> By: kate773 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/07/hernandez-gronk-were-wise-to-do-new-deals/#comment-2045932 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:13:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1364192#comment-2045932 So now it’s hip AND back pain? What exactly is the problem in those areas? I know he had back surgery, but why?

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