Pittsburgh Steelers legend horrified Rob Gronkowski in his NFL career: ‘Terrifying player’

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Pittsburgh Steelers legend horrified Rob Gronkowski in his NFL career: ‘Terrifying player’
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Not much scared Rob Gronkowski on the football field, but James Harrison terrified him.

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison reacts during the NFL Super Bowl XLIII football game, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, in Tampa, Fla. At any point in his NFL career, most players were scared of former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski. Rarely, if ever, was Gronkowski scared of anyone, but there is one exception to that rule.

Gronkowski said that Harrison was shaped like a ‘bowling ball’, and his ferocity made him more challenging to handle throughout his career. He even got to face an older version of Harrison a few times in practice when Harrison had a brief stint with the New England Patriots. "With James, I knew I couldn’t get into his chest,” Gronkowski said. “The guy is like a bowling ball. You know that 28-pound bowling ball that everyone wants to throw down the lane and just try to knock down all the pins? You kind of it do it granny-style, and it’s so heavy, you blow your back out? Those are the hardest guys to block in the NFL, especially at my size.”

Harrison is up for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is a semifinalist for the class of 2025. He is already in the Steelers' Hall of Honor. The 2008 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Harrison is one of the best pass rushers of the late 2000s and gave players like Gronkowski tons of problems from the jump., where our team of sports betting experts has reviewed the experience, payout speed, parlay options and quality of odds for multiple sportsbooks.

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