For the sixth straight game, Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is listed as questionable with a hip injury. For the sixth straight game, Gronkowski will be playing.
Per a league source, Gronk will be in the lineup on Sunday against the Bills.
Though it’s not quite the same the Tom Brady showing up as probable with a right shoulder injury for 132 straight weeks (give or take), the trend has emerged. With “questionable” meaning that the player’s availability is a coin-flip proposition, Gronkowski is on a run of six straight “play” or “don’t play” tosses coming up “play.”
The other questionable tight end -- Aaron Hernandez -- reportedly won’t play. Which means that newly-activated tight end Visanthe Shiancoe could get a chance to make an immediate impact in his first game with the Pats.