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The New England Patriots traded Rob Gronkowski on Tuesday, but only after he did them a favor, at least according to his agent.
Drew Rosenhaus appeared on SportsCenter (h/t Mike Reiss of ESPN) and said, "Rob could have come out of retirement, and become reinstated, and put the Patriots in a tough situation cap-wise. But he decided not to do that. He decided to be patient and really allow this to work out."
The comments came after ESPN's Adam Schefter reported the Patriots traded Gronkowski and a seventh-round draft pick to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a fourth-round pick.