TAMPA, Fla. — Less than 24 hours after his team’s season ended, Bucs tight end Rob Gronkowski said he’d allow his mind to clear and his 32-year-old body to heal before pondering his football future.
But if forced to decide before decompressing, Gronkowski says he’d retire from the NFL.
“If they’re like, ‘Rob, you’ve got to decide right now, right this second if you’re playing next year,’ I would say no right now,” Gronk told TMZ Sports. “I would be like, ‘No, I’m not playing.’ ”