The Facts: This time a year ago, Gronkowski was on the podium at the Patriots’ media availability for Super Bowl LIII. Tuesday, he conducted interviews at Fox Sports’ media availability. The TE announced in March he was retiring after nine NFL seasons. There was speculation he might come back late in the 2019 season to help the Patriots’ playoff push. He didn’t. But he might one day. “Oh, man, I don’t know,” Gronkowski said. “I’m a young guy — 30 years old. I still love to workout, stay in shape. Like I said, I’ve answered this question many, many times. I will never say complete no, because I love playing sports."

Diehards Line: Gronk added: "If I ever come back, and I feel like I have that passion, that strong passion for a continued time, not just one day or like one hour, like, I need to play football again, and I’m talking about continued passion for about a good week or a good month or so. Then, I would think about truly coming back to football. As of right now, I’m set where I’m at. But I know I’m a young guy, and I still love to stay in shape and compete, so if that passion, that fire ever comes back, then that’s when I would come back to football. ...” So he's not coming back now. But he's also not ruling it out. So there's that.