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Your Week 5 Late Games Open Thread

Found October 07, 2012 on Kissing Suzy Kolber: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Chris Gronkowski
TEAMS: Denver Broncos
Washington-redskins-dallas
At long last, a much heralded meeting of the Gronks. That is the big narrative spotlight match-up of the day, right? At the very least, it’s the one we’re not exhausted by. That’s Broncos fullback Chris Gronkowski on the far right of the Gronk family photo from The ESPYs. Yes, Chris Gronkowski is Fat Gronk. Being a fat guy, the form-fitting Nike jerseys are not his friend. It looks like they painted this thing on his profile photo. Knowing the Gronks, his brothers might have done just that a dozen shots in at 3 a.m. Your late game slate, as rated for potential watchability by KSK’s patented four- and sometimes five-star system: Seattle at Carolina ** Chicago at Jacksonville * Tennessee at Minnesota *** Denver at New England *** Buffalo at San Francisco ** The post Your Week 5 Late Games Open Thread appeared first on Kissing Suzy Kolber.
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