Jun 27, 2024, 7:23 p.m. ET
The now-retired Patriots and Buccaneers star believes James would have shined in a hybrid tight end role.
Rob Gronkowskiformer tight end who won four Super Bowlsstated on Wednesday that, star of Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA –the American professional basketball league-, would be a monster in the NFLthe professional American football league.
“LeBron he would have been an absolute monster on the football field. I can see him as a hybrid tight end. “He is very tall, but he has the athletic build to achieve that position,” the former player stated on his former teammate’s podcast. Julian Edelman.
Gronkowskiconsidered one of the best tight ends in the history of the NFLwho, next to Tom Bradyhelped the New England Patriots became, together with Steelersin the most winning team of Super Bowls of the NFLassured that the qualities of LeBron They would have made him shine in American football.
LeBron James received invitations to attend NFL training camps, Rob Gronkowski recalled. Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images, Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images
“Maybe not as a receiver, but I see him blocking linebackers and safeties if necessary. He’s a dominant player because of his size and strength, I would have loved to see him on the football field,” he insisted. Gronkowskiwho said goodbye to this sport at the end of the 2021 season.
LeBron James39 years old, is the first player of the NBA to accumulate more than 40,000 points in his career, above the legend Kareem Abdul Jabbarwho accumulated 38,387; he also boasts four titles of the NBA.
Gronkowskiwinner of three championship rings with the Pats and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneersrecalled that some teams of the NFLLike the Seattle Seahawkswho were led by the coach Pete Carrollthey wanted to take to LeBron to the training field.
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“A few years ago a couple of teams tried to give him a chance. I think coach Carroll offered him a place in the squad Seattle“I expected that to happen, but it didn’t,” said the former player.
Julian Edelmanwho in the Patriots triumphed in the Super Bowls XLIX, LI y LIII next to Gronkowskiagreed that the stellar ability of the Lakers would have amazed the NFL.
“I think it would have been a real beast, it would have been incredible to see it there, unfortunately it didn’t happen, but there is no doubt about it,” he stressed. Edelmanwho retired from football at the end of the 2020 campaign.
2024-06-27 23:23:00
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