All people make fun of this blocking stuff. But it is actually a big thing. To have a TE who can catch as good as gronk and can block like a OL is very valueable. Most teams have multiple TE beacuse it is hard to find a guy who can both as good as gronk. Blocking as a thing is so underrated in this league. Blocks by Lineman or TE etc are probably the reason for 80% or all explosive plays you have seen this season.
@James Cain people who say “you don’t need an extra lineman or TE for blocking, and just send your receivers deep.” I’ve played football in high school and my o my blocking is completed key to everything, runs, passes, you name it
I mean that's part of the Tight End's job. This video should really be renamed a Tight End's underrated skill because being good at being another lineman is just as big a skill a tight end needs as being a good eligable reciever.
It's a very tough match up, if Gronk blocks he can handle a big DE, but then if he fakes a block or chips and goes out, line backers can't cover him, and he's still a tough matchup for a CB. Thats what makes Gronk so valuable. It also explains why backs like Dion Lewis, Sony Micheal, can look so good with the Patriots. Most teams would be better off having a running back by committee, since great backs are expensive, and injury prone.
Can't do a Gronk block video without mentioning Gronk blocking for Cooks into the end zone against the Falcons. Sure it wasn't a bruiser but seeing Gronk clear a path for Cooks was brilliant.
He might be the most complete Tight-End of all time ... He was always the best blocking tight end during his career (every year) and usually finished in the top 5 in catches and top 5 in yards. Example: The receiver-only tight ends frequently had to come out of the game on short yardage downs Gonk never had to come out because he could perform every task necessary in any down or distance This made him super valuable as every other team had to telegraph a run because they had to bring in their blocking tight end or have no tight end The defense never knew if Gronk was blocking or going out for a pass and THAT isn't easy to match up against
Essentially with Gronk in the game you had a power run personal package as Gronk could block like a true lineman, almost like an additional tackle on the field (probably a little undersized as a true tackle but the skill was there). So you have the power run game. But Gronk was also an elite route runner with a ridiculous catch radius who could get separation on line backers and could box out defensive backs. Then you have a third option, which is Gronk initially blocks to release his one on one coverage man, then he sneaks out delayed. He's one guy, but he added so much dimension to any offensive personal group allowing run, pass or delayed pass options.
@mikesmith5559 and the ones on team kelce are like yeah they're the same age and kelce is still playing durr. Then why does gronk still have more Tds and overall better numbers then kelce? And they can't use the having a good qb argument since kelce has one too. Tony Gonzalez is the only one I will listen to if someone wants to say someone is better then Gronk at the TE position.
An update on this would be great. His blocking for the Bucs was awesome. Then when the league thought they weren't using him as a TE much he ruled the Super Bowl with receptions too.
Gronk dominated the AFC championship game vs the Chiefs with his blocking, especially that first drive where the Pats ran the ball down the Chief’s throats.
Jason Belle cause it was a chip block. Defender didn’t see it coming and it was on a pass play. The hardest blocks are 1 on 1 and we’re gonna run the ball right at you type blocks. Gronk was mauling down lineman on run plays, which are better blocks.
Yeah, Baby, yeah...I'm with you 100% here. I love what happened this year in Tampa Bay, when in the last weeks and the early playoff games Gronk was proving his worth every game as a bruising blocker, and then whaddya know in the Super Bowl Gronk the great tight end is unleashed for two scores. I didn't hear that mentioned enough. It was brilliant to take focus off of Gronk all those weeks so who would be looking for him in the most important game of the year when Bucs had Antonio Brown, Chris Godwin, the amazing Mike Evans, etc...Brilliant!!!
"I Threw him out the club." - GRONK on Sergio Brown after he spent the whole game talking trash and Gronk put a SHAMEFUL on him. BB was not amused as usual haha. God I miss the Pats already : /
When asked about postgame, Bellichick said, “it was a competitive block.” When asked to elaborate, he repeated the phrase. I don’t think he minded. If you’re physically obliterating the opposition like that, you’re gonna win.
Unfortunately there's a hour of Gronkowski's footage of the best blocking in the NFL, but your short video, is the 1st I have seen. The guy is a beast against the best defensemen in the league!
how many tight ends, especially :receiving tight ends, can block mack one on one. I'm not a pats fan, but i love football with all my heart. this is the greatest tight end ever imagined
I remember the Patriots play off game against the Chargers. One of Gronk's best games. I think he had one catch for 20 some yards. I remember Gronk putting linebackers on their butts.
This is why guys like Jimmy Graham and Kelce (Kelce isn’t a bad blocker but he’s not great) were never on Gronks level. A healthy Gronk was the most dominant non-QB offensive player in the league. The best evidence to this was when Gronk would play the Broncos and he would block Miller and also draw all of Talibs attention. Think about that...he eliminated BOTH the best defensive end and best cornerback in the league on plays in which he was just blocking...
That is why he is a much better TE than Kelce. Excellent receivers, yet in the SB Kelce couldn’t or wouldn’t help the battered o-line. That or Andy Reid cannot adjust mid game.
+CrippledYT the. Why'd you word it like it isn't important then? Don't backtrack just because you got called out on your lack of football knowledge lol
I don't get why so many of the comments act like caring about blocking is this weird thing. Why do you guys even watch football if you don't care about blocking? It's literally most what goes on during a given play. Only one guy has the ball at a time. Everyone else is either blocking or running a route (or the QB standing around after a handoff). Would you rather watch wide receivers get all of the glory despite playing the EASIEST position on the field (not counting special teams)? Blocking and tackling. That's football. If you can't do those two things you will lose.
Exactly. The two fundamental skills of football are blocking on offense and tackling on defense. You do those two things better than the other team and you will win every time.
I recall a mic’d up episode years ago of a Pats-Ravens game and Gronk tortured Terrell Suggs all game. At one point he blind side pancaked him, and Suggs gets up and asks a teammate who that was. “Gronk” Suggs just groaned. Classic
I'm a Giant's guy, so MARK BAVARO is the greatest. But Gronk is a better receiver and about as good a blocker as RAMBO, so I have to give him the respect he earned...Kittles is in the same category.
Kelce is a better route runner, kelce and gronk have similar catching ability, but gronk is 10 times the blocker kelce is, that's what seperates him aa the goat.
Why does GRONK never get called for holding ? Watch his hands . he almost always keeps them inside , thus preventing him from grabbing on the OUTSIDE , which can lead to a holding call .
Who knew that the rule against holding does not apply to Gronk? Hands on the outside of the shoulder pads would be called against other teams. Grab the DE's arm in a half-nelson? No call if it's Gronk.
In half of these clips, Stephon Tuit is slanting away from the side that the run is to. Tuit was just doing what he was told to do. In the last clip, Gronkowski is just making a normal block on a defensive end that is slanting the opposite way, and Dwayne Bowe makes a much more notable block next to him. This guy thinks hes smart just because hes pointing out things that most people don't, but hes wrong most of the time.
It's why he's already the best ever. No other TE has combined elite receiving and blocking.
George Kittle : Hold my maple syrup
@@tkl7049 no where near Gronks level
@@tkl7049 i love kittle but nahh
@@tkl7049 Kittle has always been a step below on both.
Gronk was an all time great at both. Kittle was pro bowl level at both.
Tony Gonzalez..........
All people make fun of this blocking stuff. But it is actually a big thing. To have a TE who can catch as good as gronk and can block like a OL is very valueable. Most teams have multiple TE beacuse it is hard to find a guy who can both as good as gronk. Blocking as a thing is so underrated in this league. Blocks by Lineman or TE etc are probably the reason for 80% or all explosive plays you have seen this season.
@James Cain people who say “you don’t need an extra lineman or TE for blocking, and just send your receivers deep.” I’ve played football in high school and my o my blocking is completed key to everything, runs, passes, you name it
Credit Belichick for his versatile multi-skill players.
I mean that's part of the Tight End's job. This video should really be renamed a Tight End's underrated skill because being good at being another lineman is just as big a skill a tight end needs as being a good eligable reciever.
It's a very tough match up, if Gronk blocks he can handle a big DE, but then if he fakes a block or chips and goes out, line backers can't cover him, and he's still a tough matchup for a CB. Thats what makes Gronk so valuable. It also explains why backs like Dion Lewis, Sony Micheal, can look so good with the Patriots. Most teams would be better off having a running back by committee, since great backs are expensive, and injury prone.
Who makes fun of blocking stuff? If you do you’re quite the football idiot!
This man straight up blocked Khalil Mack and Von Miller, and caught over Kam Chancellor and Earl Thomas. Greatest tight end of all time.
You gonna act like 71 didn't rotate to help Gronk with Mack? Lol
@@Zacdashocka Ball was out of Brady's hand by the time Fleming gets there. Gronk had already finished the job before help arrived
Gronk also handled JJ Watt whenever they played the Texans. He was an elite blocker. Had it all, size, length, strength and understood leverage.
I had no idea Danny DeVito knew so much football
Liam Noble lol
He sounds a lot like Kevin from The Office. Just a slightly deeper voice.
Danny DeVito can probably afford a decent mic.
Like a harp from hell
Can't do a Gronk block video without mentioning Gronk blocking for Cooks into the end zone against the Falcons. Sure it wasn't a bruiser but seeing Gronk clear a path for Cooks was brilliant.
Tosh T We Didnt Have Cooks In The Superbowl My Friend.
+Chase M. 😂 You should watch Week 7 highlights. It’s an awesome TD. My favorite of the year.
C'mon, put a little circle around the featured player so we don't have to find his number among the crowded multitude of other players.
Lol if y’all had a hard time spotting him you shouldn’t be watching the game… don’t hurt ya selves
If you don’t know where the tight end is at then that’s a you problem
The circle is for the people who don't really watch football bozos. The NFL channel should know better.
He plays TE, should probably start by looking there.
Anyone who actually watches football would know he’s gonna be next to the linemen if he’s blocking
The blocking ability is what separates him from the rest - he’s an elite TE & OT.
Greatest TE in history and went to Arizona huge W
He might be the most complete Tight-End of all time ...
He was always the best blocking tight end during his career (every year) and usually finished in the top 5 in catches and top 5 in yards.
Example: The receiver-only tight ends frequently had to come out of the game on short yardage downs
Gonk never had to come out because he could perform every task necessary in any down or distance
This made him super valuable as every other team had to telegraph a run because they had to bring in their blocking tight end or have no tight end
The defense never knew if Gronk was blocking or going out for a pass and THAT isn't easy to match up against
I never meet a person so turned on by Blocking 😂😂😂
Juiced Boi cause you dont know the beauty of it
When you see a receiver blocking downfield for the runner it’s pretty cool.
Em Christobal ed macaffrey block in super bowl 32 comes to mind
It’s vital that each offensive player on the field knows how to block. Even QBs at times and on certain plays.
It’s what makes the running back look good
Essentially with Gronk in the game you had a power run personal package as Gronk could block like a true lineman, almost like an additional tackle on the field (probably a little undersized as a true tackle but the skill was there). So you have the power run game.
But Gronk was also an elite route runner with a ridiculous catch radius who could get separation on line backers and could box out defensive backs.
Then you have a third option, which is Gronk initially blocks to release his one on one coverage man, then he sneaks out delayed.
He's one guy, but he added so much dimension to any offensive personal group allowing run, pass or delayed pass options.
Great insights from Kevin from 'the Office'
I understand a lot of peeps don't realize it - but his blocking has always been nothing short of spectacular
who the hell underrates Gronk's blocking ability??
People who think Kelce is an equal or better TE than Gronk.
@mikesmith5559 and the ones on team kelce are like yeah they're the same age and kelce is still playing durr. Then why does gronk still have more Tds and overall better numbers then kelce? And they can't use the having a good qb argument since kelce has one too. Tony Gonzalez is the only one I will listen to if someone wants to say someone is better then Gronk at the TE position.
Gronk was literally a 6th olineman when the Pats needed it, while also being a top 3 receiving TE all time
*top receiving TE of all time
Gronk is my all time favorite he is a BEAST
An update on this would be great. His blocking for the Bucs was awesome. Then when the league thought they weren't using him as a TE much he ruled the Super Bowl with receptions too.
Gronk dominated the AFC championship game vs the Chiefs with his blocking, especially that first drive where the Pats ran the ball down the Chief’s throats.
He REALLY loves his blocks doesnt he?
Colin Smith HAHA he sure does
How was #5 not #1?? I'm not a football technician but for sheer demonstration of power by this polar bear, I'd think that'd be higher.
Jason Belle cause it was a chip block. Defender didn’t see it coming and it was on a pass play. The hardest blocks are 1 on 1 and we’re gonna run the ball right at you type blocks. Gronk was mauling down lineman on run plays, which are better blocks.
Yeah, Baby, yeah...I'm with you 100% here. I love what happened this year in Tampa Bay, when in the last weeks and the early playoff games Gronk was proving his worth every game as a bruising blocker, and then whaddya know in the Super Bowl Gronk the great tight end is unleashed for two scores. I didn't hear that mentioned enough. It was brilliant to take focus off of Gronk all those weeks so who would be looking for him in the most important game of the year when Bucs had Antonio Brown, Chris Godwin, the amazing Mike Evans, etc...Brilliant!!!
Love that first one. As an ex offensive tackle that is such an neat block. Beautiful timing.
Best TE ever
How about how he usually drags 2 people with him
"....he stands him up and eggshell's him ! " This guy is hilarious - well done
The fact that he can block Von Miller 1 on 1 is all you need to know.
"I Threw him out the club." - GRONK on Sergio Brown after he spent the whole game talking trash and Gronk put a SHAMEFUL on him. BB was not amused as usual haha. God I miss the Pats already : /
When asked about postgame, Bellichick said, “it was a competitive block.” When asked to elaborate, he repeated the phrase. I don’t think he minded. If you’re physically obliterating the opposition like that, you’re gonna win.
Coming from a pats from Gronk is the best tight end for his trucking and catches
Rithvik Srinivas definitely not a pats fan then cause real pats fans knows Gronk is all round!
He was great at that too, but what he does as a blocker is what absolutely sets him apart from the others
We miss you Gronk!!
Gronk = GOAT
Matt TheDestroyer 2 at the tight end position
Unfortunately there's a hour of Gronkowski's footage of the best blocking in the NFL, but your short video, is the 1st I have seen. The guy is a beast against the best defensemen in the league!
I love Brian’s breakdowns!!
GRONK SMASHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jess Means plz no
how many tight ends, especially :receiving tight ends, can block mack one on one. I'm not a pats fan, but i love football with all my heart. this is the greatest tight end ever imagined
He's also blocked Terrell Suggs, Ngata and Vanden Bosch one on one as well. He's the best TE ever and it's not even close
You missing when a Gronk threw dude out the club! 😹🤣😂
GRONK BEST T E BLOCKER PLAYER❤
I don't know how they say Kelsey is a better tight end 😮
GOAT TE and this is the reason why. Not even close in the TE debate, go argue with your mama! Lol
the total package… outstanding offensive and defensive skills… only one GRONK GOAT❗️
Gronkowski is a god
This is why kelce will never be as good
I remember the Patriots play off game against the Chargers. One of Gronk's best games. I think he had one catch for 20 some yards. I remember Gronk putting linebackers on their butts.
GRONKOWSKI FOR MVP
griffin Thomas that's a negative
Gronk sucks
Matt Ferragamo how
Matt Ferragamo you're just dumb
Matt Ferragamo Ignorant
Don’t care what anyone says gronk is the best tight end of all time and it’s not even close
He also pushes off a lot
Tom Brady Shady #WOAT#MaddenCursed#OldFART so does Antonio Brown, Julio, Green... who tf cares
everyone does its cause gronk is so big the refs notice when he does it
Tom Brady Shady #WOAT#MaddenCursed#OldFART. Dude who is your favorite team?
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU AND
He won't tell you. They probably suck ass though. Why else would someone troll for entertainment?
Zach Gilbert sup bandwagon fangirl? You should already know my favorite team
He's a first ballot Hall of Famer
Chip block on T-Sizzle!! Come on man!
2 things I could do all day; watch Gronk and listen to Baldy
Great video. Only thing was on the last one, the Steeler DE stunted down, making it easier to block him
And this is why Kelce will never be better than Gronk
Tuitt is a 300-plus pounder. No other legitimate TE in history (that is, not converted OLs) can regularly win against 300-pounders as a blocker.
This is why guys like Jimmy Graham and Kelce (Kelce isn’t a bad blocker but he’s not great) were never on Gronks level. A healthy Gronk was the most dominant non-QB offensive player in the league. The best evidence to this was when Gronk would play the Broncos and he would block Miller and also draw all of Talibs attention. Think about that...he eliminated BOTH the best defensive end and best cornerback in the league on plays in which he was just blocking...
That is why he is a much better TE than Kelce. Excellent receivers, yet in the SB Kelce couldn’t or wouldn’t help the battered o-line. That or Andy Reid cannot adjust mid game.
Gronk could be an OL and still be a pro bowler
Witten is the best blocking TE
isn’t this the same guy that ranked Kupp over *_Smith-Schuster_* because of blocking?!? i can’t take what he says about blocking seriously anymore
TRISCUIT it’s not like schuster is so much unbelievably better than Krupp that nothing he says has any credit anymore
There's a lot of subjectivity in rankings. It depends what someone thinks is important in a player, stats will never tell the whole story.
Gronk is a really good blocker and he is right here but yes it's that same guy
Hardly comparable. Gronk is a tight end. Blocking is a very important part of the position.
Gronks badass 💪
Gronk might be the greatest TE and my dude is talking about blocking
blocking's important too dude
If you cant block... whats the point of a tight end? Just a slow slot receiver
Blocking is literally the main reason a tight end exists. It was until decades after that they were used for passes regularly
I never said it was a bad thing
+CrippledYT the. Why'd you word it like it isn't important then? Don't backtrack just because you got called out on your lack of football knowledge lol
I don't get why so many of the comments act like caring about blocking is this weird thing. Why do you guys even watch football if you don't care about blocking? It's literally most what goes on during a given play. Only one guy has the ball at a time. Everyone else is either blocking or running a route (or the QB standing around after a handoff). Would you rather watch wide receivers get all of the glory despite playing the EASIEST position on the field (not counting special teams)? Blocking and tackling. That's football. If you can't do those two things you will lose.
Exactly. The two fundamental skills of football are blocking on offense and tackling on defense. You do those two things better than the other team and you will win every time.
that dion lewis juke is still so clean
That’s why Gronk is the goat tight end
Actually it’s Jason wittenthe best blocking TE
It's because he is so big and so powerful, he can clock any end or outside linebacker in the game.
What about the block against the Colts on the goal line? He took dude 10yrds out of bounds and almost killed him
GOAT
What about that block on Tre’Davious Whi....nvm
This is why Gronk is still the goat
Welcome to TAMPAAAAAAA
Baldinger gettin’ hyped about the GRONK, lol.
If a tight end can't block I wouldn't want him on my team. That's how you get your qb killed.
bro Gronk is a savage the patriots better hope he dont retire
Kevin from the office knows his football
Had to watch each play five times to find Gronk
Gronk always wears that arm padding to help him with blocking.
Watching this makes me wonder what the pats are going to do with out him
You must have been happy to see Gronk win anther playoff game last week, when people thought he was done.
I recall a mic’d up episode years ago of a Pats-Ravens game and Gronk tortured Terrell Suggs all game. At one point he blind side pancaked him, and Suggs gets up and asks a teammate who that was. “Gronk” Suggs just groaned. Classic
Who's best TE Tony gonzlez or gronk?
Please choose wisely it's obvious
Aries Anderson Gronk.
Tony
Aries Anderson Gronk easily but Gonzalez has the volume stats right now
stealthiscool. It's because 1000 catches 14,000 yards 111td
That's why ?
stealthiscool good choice you Gonzalez
Gronk also once stoned Haloti ngata on the goal line for a touchdown.
I'm a Giant's guy, so MARK BAVARO is the greatest. But Gronk is a better receiver and about as good a blocker as RAMBO, so I have to give him the respect he earned...Kittles is in the same category.
This is what separates him further from Kelce.
Kelce is a better route runner, kelce and gronk have similar catching ability, but gronk is 10 times the blocker kelce is, that's what seperates him aa the goat.
Gronk one on one against Khalil Mack and held his own
there is something about his voice that just doesn't quite sound like hes talking about football
Why does GRONK never get called for holding ? Watch his hands . he almost always keeps them inside , thus preventing him from grabbing on the OUTSIDE , which can lead to a holding call .
the "Blonk"
We all know he can block
Mano a Mano means hand to hand
Who knew that the rule against holding does not apply to Gronk? Hands on the outside of the shoulder pads would be called against other teams. Grab the DE's arm in a half-nelson? No call if it's Gronk.
I just realized how huge the linemans are when they make gronk small/average ish.
Lowkey, for his number 1 pick, Dwayne Allen had a WAY better pancake block. 2:22
Kelce is the te blocker
The running back at 0:39 could of at least helped Gronk up. Straight Disrespectful.
He sounds like kevin in the office
In half of these clips, Stephon Tuit is slanting away from the side that the run is to. Tuit was just doing what he was told to do. In the last clip, Gronkowski is just making a normal block on a defensive end that is slanting the opposite way, and Dwayne Bowe makes a much more notable block next to him. This guy thinks hes smart just because hes pointing out things that most people don't, but hes wrong most of the time.
LOVIN THE GRONK!!!! GOBUCS!!!!!
The Gronk!
2 were side shots and another 2 were supported by o tackles...
What about the block on Suggs ?
Here I thought his most underrated skill was taking loads on his chest. Masterful.