{"id":33344,"date":"2021-02-09T22:11:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T23:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=33344"},"modified":"2021-02-10T11:46:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T11:46:55","slug":"why-super-bowl-hero-hasnt-touched-trophy-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=33344","title":{"rendered":"Why Super Bowl hero hasn't touched trophy yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buccaneers tight-end Rob Gronkowski was a stand out in the Super Bowl win over the Kansas City<\/a> catching two touchdown passes and posing a threat on offence every time he touched the ball.<\/p>\n

Yet the star affectionately known as "Gronk" still hasn't had a chance to touch the famed Lombardi Trophy following the Tampa Bay's convincing victory over the Chiefs.<\/p>\n

"I haven't even touched the Lombardi Trophy yet," Gronkowski told ESPN. "I'm not sure if it's for a reason, if the Buccaneers organisation is trying to keep it away from me, but it would be pretty cool just to even see it. I just saw it from about 30 yards away yesterday, but I have not touched it yet, and hopefully, I get to soon."<\/p>\n

Perhaps Gronkowski's history with the trophy itself played a part with the distance between the star and the team's new hardware.<\/p>\n

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Two months after New England topped the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 53 in 2019, Gronkowski dented the Lombardi Trophy after using the piece to take a pitch from former teammates Julian Edelman on the Boston Red Sox's Opening Day game.<\/p>\n

"That was dangerous how I dented that trophy," Gronkowski said from Disney World, where he hung out with Stormtroopers. "I always blame that on Julian [Edelman], he threw me the pitch."<\/p>\n

Gronkowski, who had six receptions for 67 yards and two touchdowns in the memorable win, revealed his plans for the trophy once he does come in contact with it.<\/p>\n

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"I'm going to give it a big kiss. I gotta pay my respects to it, and give it a big hug, give it a kiss, hold it up in the air, and then I just go with the flow, I just never know what's going to happen, I really don't try to plan anything, I just go with the flow, and whatever happens, happens. I just like being in that moment and just thinking of things on the spot," he said.<\/p>\n

Gronkowski, is aset to be a free agent this offseason after coming out of retirement last April to join Tom Brady in Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n

However, he indicated throughout the season that he plans to return for one more year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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