Rob Gronkowski Thinks LeBron James Would've Dominated NFL at One Key Position

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The former Patriots tight end weighed in on the controversial NFL-NBA crossover debate.

In a hypothetical universe in which NFL players and NBA players switch sports—a thought experiment that, to this day,Both Gronkowski and former New England Patriots teammate Julian Edelman agreed James’s football potential was sky-high, despite James’s only experience in the sport capped at the high school level.

Gronkowski lamented that the four-time NBA champion never tried out for the NFL and went on to praise James’s “freak” athletic qualities. “LeBron would have been an absolute monster on the football field,” Gronkowski said. “I can kind of see him being like the hybrid F tight end. He's just so tall, but he's got the athleticism to pull off the F position. I don't see him being a true wide , throwing himself at defensive ends, D-ends that are like 280, 290, I don’t see him doing that, but I see him blocking the linebackers, blocking the safeties when needed.

“LeBron would’ve been an absolute monster on the football field… I really wish he tried out for the NFL.”, described by one sportswriter as a “taller, slower version of Randy Moss.” The two-time All-Ohio wideout hung up his cleats by his senior yearOver a decade ago, then-Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and Dallas Cowboys general manager Jerry Jones attempted to recruit James during the NBA lockout in 2011.

 

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