PHOENIX -- Rob Gronkowski was down. He wasn't getting up. For an instant, Matt Patricia thought his coaching career might be over.
"We do a goal-line, seven-on-seven period every day in Friday practice," Patricia said in response to a question from NBC Sports Boston photographer Bill Messina. "I would usually stand over the cans. We put the trash cans out there as the O-line. They'd be running crossing routes. A lot of times when you do seven-on-seven passing plays, the advantage goes to the offense. Being a defensive coach, I was trying to make it as difficult as possible.