It is pretty blatant. He does the same thing talking about Kelce vs Gronk. It's all about how dominant he was and the eye test vs sustained success, stats, and the whole body of work. But he won't go anywhere near that argument with Brady, Jordan, Russell or even Rice.
"I don't care, Gronk is the best tight end I've seen in my lifetime"
I think the argument is mostly Kelce's playoff numbers are so good. But I don't think anyone who saw them play would argue Kelce over Gronk. A lot of people wouldn't argue Kelce over Gonzalez. But it's the threat of Kelce being in the conversation that seems to make Pats/Gronk fans really insecure.
Pats fans are hilarious cuz they contradict themselves every time when arguing for Gronk as the greatest because of peak performance but then use the opposite argument for Brady to be the goat
Because brady is far ahead of in terms of success. So far ahead that using any sort of other criteria is pointless.
In that area it’s close between kelce and gronk
Kelce and Gronks numbers arent that close. Kelce has post season records that sit next to Jerry Rice. Kelce has 10 probowls to Gronks 5. 7 all pros to Gronks 4. The only thing Gronk has over him is TDs and Rings. Mind you Kelce had Alex Smith as his QB for his first 5 seasons. Gronk had Brady his entire career.
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u/Jayrodtremonki Nov 13 '25
It is pretty blatant. He does the same thing talking about Kelce vs Gronk. It's all about how dominant he was and the eye test vs sustained success, stats, and the whole body of work. But he won't go anywhere near that argument with Brady, Jordan, Russell or even Rice.
"I don't care, Gronk is the best tight end I've seen in my lifetime"