Rob Gronkowski is ready to do just about anything the “Fox NFL Sunday” staff throws at him, including a fake segment about fictional football players.
That's what happened to the four-time Super Bowl champion the day before work, and the team before the game pranked Gronkowski on Sunday by calling him a non-existent tight end named Rich Russo on the Cowboys. I summarized the discussion about the ending.
“He thought he would do a live broadcast with additional segments added. Everyone at Fox knows this is not reality, except for Gronk,” Fox NFL insider Jay Glazer explained. did. “The premise is that the Cowboys are trying to activate this great Pro Bowl tight end and Gronk has to go on supposedly live TV to talk about this tight end because he doesn't exist. I was going to give you a 'breaking news' about this.”
The Fox staff, consisting of Gronkowski, Glazer, Terry Bradshaw, Michael Strahan, Howie Long, and Kurt Menefee, then appeared on set, and Strahan suggested that they should discuss Russo next.
Glazer then talked about activating Russo, while Gronkowski, who played tight end for the Patriots and Buccaneers for 11 seasons, remained silent as his co-hosts hyped the phantom player.
“This is big because Russo is a complete game changer and takes a lot of pressure off.” [Cowboys quarterback] duck [Prescott]great blocker, great receiver who takes a lot of pressure off in the run game,” Strahan exclaimed once Gronkowski received the information.
Menefe then put Gronkowski on the spot and asked him how he would rank a player of Russo's caliber among tight ends in the league.
“Well, he's been out for a little while so he might be a little rusty when he comes back, but I think they'll give him a chance, that's for sure, but they also… [tight end Jake] So is Ferguson, so they’re going to be a one-two combo,” he said.
After Gronkowski praised Ferguson, Brashaw turned the conversation back to Russo.
“He's the only player in the league missing two fingers on his right hand. That's why he's been out, and now he's back,” the Steelers great said, but Gronkow The ski director interjected. Catch a pass? ”
Gronkowski continued the conversation as his colleagues dropped their poker faces and laughed as Menefee revealed his ruse.
“Oh! I was wondering,” said a clearly shocked Gronkowski. “The moment it ended, I was going to say, 'Guys, I've never heard of Rich Russo in my life.'”
Gronkowski said on Sunday's show how “lightheaded” the crew was and that he learned two things from the ordeal.
“I'm the funny guy, number two, and I'm always ready,” he joked.
Gronkowski joined Fox Sports in 2019 after first retiring from the NFL.
he teamed up with the network again Called career after 2021 season, 2022.
