FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Another meeting with Rob Gronkowski, another beatdown by the Patriots’ man-mountain tight end.
The Jets had no answer yet again for Gronkowski on Sunday, and their inability to even slow him down proved pivotal in a 30-23 loss to New England at Gillette Stadium.
Gang Green seemingly threw every wrinkle first-year coach Todd Bowles could come up with at Gronkowski, even having cornerback Darrelle Revis line up on him, but it was all for naught as Tom Brady’s favorite 265-pound target racked up a career-high 11 catches for 108 yards and a touchdown.
That touchdown — a 15-yard grab with 1:13 left — came when Gronkowski was left wide open by some Brady trickery at the line of scrimmage and proved to be the dagger in the Jets’ upset hopes.