The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are close to wrapping up mandatory minicamp where they then prepare for the long waiting period before they report back for training camp. Attendance has been good as new faces and familiar ones have come together on the practice fields at Advent Health Training Center.
But one face was obviously absent, and that is the face of tight end Rob Gronkowski.
There wasn’t much expectation that the veteran tight end would be at minicamp since he’s not under contract so he’d have to have had a deal signed prior. Fortunately, the team is reportedly “optimistic” about his return before training camp begins.