Seattle Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane doesn’t think Rob Gronkowski is “that good”.
You won’t believe this: someone in the Seattle Seahawks is running their mouth’s about a player and it isn’t Richard Sherman.
Instead, it’s nickel defensive back Jeremy Lane and he has an interesting take on New England Patriots tight-end and 2015 Comeback Player of the Year in Rob Gronkowski: he doesn’t think Gronk is all of what he’s hyped up to be.
“I actually don’t think he’s that good,” Lane said. “He’s OK. He does have a big body. But from what I’ve seen on tape, he doesn’t like you putting your hands on him. So if we put our hands on him and shake him up a little bit, he won’t catch that many balls.”
“Yeah, but that’s always our key every week, putting our hands on the receivers,” Lane said. “It’s definitely an issue with him from watching tape.”
Upon reading his comments, I’m sure everyone’s first reactions in regards to Jeremy Lane were “who”, as he’s not well known in comparison to his defensive back teammates.
I’d hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Jeremy Lane is as wrong as someone could be about a NFL player. This past season, Rob Gronkowski, once again, proved to be the best tight end in the league by a wide margin, finishing 15th in receiving yards at 1124 (most by a tight-end) and tied 4th in receiving touchdowns at 12 (tied most by a tight-end with Antonio Gates). Considering Gronk was a year removed from tearing both his ACL and MCL, that’s a solid outing.
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Once you compile all of Gronkowski’s annual stats since entering the NFL, it’s kind of hard to utter the words “don’t think he’s that good” about the tight-end (barring injury, he’s on the path to become the best to ever player the position).
Lane’s comments make for an interesting sub-story for the Super Bowl. Like always, there’s always going to be a reference of a player lacking in the skill department prior to the actual game. If there’s one thing Bill Belichick and company enjoy doing, it’s attacking the weakest links on teams or players who make comments such as Lane — remember Gronk and Sergio Brown’s dust-up in the regular season?
Ironically, if there’s one thing the Seahawks defense does, it’s not shying away from blanketing a teams best receiver option. Typically, that task is left to Richard Sherman as he’s almost always lined up with a teams best wideout on the right side of the field. With Gronkowski being a tight-end, this usually means either Kam Chancellor or Earl Thomas will get stuck with the tight end, and possibly Lane depending on where Gronk is lined up at.
Obviously, I, like the rest of the world, am interested in seeing Lane and company hold up their end of the bargain against Gronk. Lane isn’t the first player to have something to say about Gronk, but it’s much easier to tell the world how to stop Gronkowski than actually doing it.
February 1st can’t get here any faster!
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