Rob Gronkowski isn’t ruling out an NFL comeback, but made it clear during a press conference Tuesday that he has no plans to return anytime particularly soon.
The 30-year-old former Patriots tight end, who retired in March, was even moved to the verge of tears when revisiting the pain he endured from football.
“I want to be clear to my fans: I needed to recover,” Gronkowski said, his voice wavering. “I was not in a good place. Football was bringing me down. And I didn’t like it. I was losing that joy in life, like the joy.