The Indianapolis Colts rivalry with the New England Patriots is pretty well-documented.
But it seems that the distaste from one of the notorious players goes beyond the field.
Former Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers TE Rob Gronkowski didn't hold back his distaste for the Colts in his recent interview with Kay Adams on her show "Up & Adams." Gronkowski shared that he remembers
"dismantled" the Colts "week in and week out." And he's not wrong. He never lost to the Colts in his career he was 7-0 in the regular season and 1-0 in the postseason.
He went on to say his dominance over the Colts led them to "coming up with that deflategate BS." Deflategate is the controversy around the Patriots playing with deflated balls, which was proven by the NFL and led to the suspension of QB Tom Brady. And Gronkowski is suggesting that the Colts made it up. This statement has been proven false in two different ways, though, as I mentioned, the NFL's findings of this being a legit incident proves it was not "BS." Secondly, the notion that the Colts made it up was disproven by the report that the Baltimore Ravens actually tipped off the Colts prior to their AFC Championship game in 2015.
So, while Gronkowski is free to dislike the Colts, he probably should find a better reason to give when explaining it. Because blaming deflategate can be disproven too quickly, I think he should stick to the on-field part of things because, as he said, he dominated the Colts.
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