Rob Gronkowski set the stage for a big announcement Tuesday morning on his future in football, and while he won’t be returning to the New England Patriots for the playoffs — that was clearly an unlikely decision — he did deliver in a way only Gronk can.
The three-time Super Bowl champion released an Instagram video Tuesday morning that at first continues to tease Patriots fans about his return to football. It quickly pivots, though, and the ensuing 2 minutes are a doozy of a ride.
It opens with Gronk minding his own business, building a ship in a bottle as one does in retirement, when the Gronk of football past and the Gronk of partying future appear to convince him of his next move.