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Protecting Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowki is the Bucs’ Divisional Round X-Factor

In their Wild Card win over the Washington Football Team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers asked tight end Rob Gronkowski to stay in to block on eleven (according to Pro Football Focus) of his 55 snaps. Most people wouldn’t think a tight end who’s built his image on touchdowns and celebrations would be looked at to pass protect on twenty percent of his reps in a playoff game, but he was, and he did.

Of those eleven reps, Tom Brady faced pressure on just two of them, and was hit or sacked on none of them.