Morning sports update: New York sports writer says Rob Gronkowski looks ‘sad and lost’
"His body is 29 going on 92."
The Celtics and Bruins both play at 7:30 p.m. tonight, with the Celtics hosting the Knicks while the Bruins face the Red Wings in Detroit.
Rob Gronkowski was the subject of a strong take from a New York writer: Jets and NFL reporter Manish Mehta, who writes for the New York Daily News, delivered a string of strong accusations about the decline of Rob Gronkowski in his recent column.
“He is a decrepit version of his former indestructible self, a beaten and battered prized fighter who looks sad and lost,” Mehta wrote about Gronkowski in his opening sentence. And he continued to pillory Gronkowski throughout the lengthy piece.
“Alas, that Gronk is gone,” Mehta wrote of the Patriots’ tight end’s past success, “replaced by this prideful, wobbly 6-6, 268-pound dude plodding along like some tip-calculator-carrying resident of Del Boca Vista. His body is 29 going on 92. Watching him run around on the few fall Sundays that he’s actually available is cringe-worthy stuff.”
And Mehta guaranteed that this will be Gronkowski’s last year in New England.
“There’s literally a 0.00 percent chance that Gronk will make the $9 million base salary he’s scheduled to earn on the final year of his contract in 2019,” Mehta wrote. “The Patriots will save $10 million when – not if – he’s off the books.”
Here’s the back page for Wednesday’s Daily News:
Here is our @NYDNsports Wednesday back page:
@MMehtaNYDN has bad news for #Patriots fans: Rob Gronkowski is done, and Brady and Belichick are just trying to prop him up: https://t.co/OjnBn5AzAt@patriots @BackPageGuyNYDN @espn @nflnetwork @EricBarrow pic.twitter.com/bMYvniqK2i— NY Daily News Sports (@NYDNSports) November 21, 2018
More from Boston.com:
- It’s tempting to say the Patriots can’t hang with the NFL’s best. But they already have.
- How the AFC playoff picture looks for the Patriots
- Rex Burkhead had a very valid excuse for being late to practice
- Is Adrian Beltre a Hall of Fame lock?
- Bill Belichick’s takeaway from Chiefs-Rams is… the Jets?
- Mikaela Shiffrin returns to Killington for World Cup stop this weekend
- David Price, Jonny Venters earn Comeback Player awards
Giving James White a breather
: With both Sony Michel and Rex Burkhead back in the mix for the Patriots, it’s possible that the team’s most consistent running back could get a small break from his increased workload this season. Such a move might prove wise with an eye on the playoffs. [NESN]
Colin Cowherd still thinks the Chiefs will beat the Patriots if the two meet in Kansas City in the playoffs:
“I’ve watched the Kansas City Chiefs twice this year go to New England and lose and go to the Rams and lose. In both instances my takeaway is: I think Kansas City is better than New England and the Rams.” — @ColinCowherd pic.twitter.com/amD0E2aKht
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) November 20, 2018
The Red Sox had some fun on Twitter after David Price won Comeback Player of the Year:
Not only is @DAVIDprice24 the 2018 AL Comeback Player of the Year, but he also set a record for fastest dugout-to-mound time in the history of baseball. pic.twitter.com/Vvn2gtFn4R
— Red Sox (@RedSox) November 20, 2018
Daily highlight: Here’s 7’3″ Bol Bol, son of Manute Bol, sinking a three for Oregon:
https://twitter.com/Pac12Network/status/1065109583910264832
