Rob Gronkowski, Julian Edelman can’t explain why Bill Belichick wasn’t hired during this coaching cycle
Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Chestnut is joined by the New England Patriots legends on Radio Row at Super Bowl LVIII to discuss their former head coach, what Gronk would look like playing on defense, and they give an angry Belichick impression. Rob and Julian joined Yahoo Sports on behalf of Bounty.
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KEVIN CHESTNUT: All right, it's Kevin Chestnut here with Yahoo Sports. I got my man, Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski. So Bill Belichick didn't get a coaching job this time around. Why don't teams want to win?
JULIAN EDELMAN: I don't know. I should be asking those teams. It's pretty crazy. I don't have an answer for that one.
ROB GRONKOWSKI: My answer is they're making enough money losing as well, so they don't really care. That's the only explanation I can come up with.
KEVIN CHESTNUT: Hey, can I get you to do a quick Bill Belichick impression just berating Gronk? I don't know how that would of went at practice, but I'm pretty sure you have a good feeling of how that went.
JULIAN EDELMAN: Absolutely not.
KEVIN CHESTNUT: No?
JULIAN EDELMAN: That's all you get.
ROB GRONKOWSKI: That was like me asking Coach, like, hey, can I do this? And then--
JULIAN EDELMAN: Absolutely not, Gronk. What the--
ROB GRONKOWSKI: There we go. That's actually spot on right there. Good job, brother. Good job. That's why he's my wingman.
KEVIN CHESTNUT: Speaking of wingman, has there ever been a situation where you've needed a wingman and you didn't have one, Gronk?
ROB GRONKOWSKI: Yeah, definitely. There's been plenty of situations. You know, you're going up the middle. You know, someone throws you right into the safety. He levels you, and you don't have a wingman out there to protect you from getting leveled, and the other wingman that's throwing you the pass, sets you up, so, yeah, yeah, that's a tough situation.
KEVIN CHESTNUT: What about you, Jules?
JULIAN EDELMAN: Absolutely. When you get a ball out in like open field and you got like three guys around you, you could use big, old Gronk, clean that hole right up. But, yeah, that's probably when you need it.
KEVIN CHESTNUT: You guys ever take a roll of Bounty and just play some Bounty Ball in the backyard, just go long? We got some old Rivals footage of Rob Gronkowski. Jules, I want to get you to rate Rob Gronkowski, the defender.
JULIAN EDELMAN: I mean, you can put him anywhere on the field and he's going to make a play. I think he picked the wrong position. I'd rather go hit someone than get hit. They're making a lot more money too.
ROB GRONKOWSKI: I'm telling you right now, you must be watching me as a defensive end in high school.
JULIAN EDELMAN: Exactly.
ROB GRONKOWSKI: I can tell you this right now, I had eight catches my senior year, and I was all state as defensive end. I don't know why I picked tight end, Jules.
JULIAN EDELMAN: I'm just thankful you did. I got three Super Bowl rings because of it. What number are you in college too?
ROB GRONKOWSKI: I was 48 in high school and college. And then I wanted to be 48 with the Patriots, but then I didn't have a choice to pick my number, and I was just given 87. And then I'm very happy that I was given 87.
JULIAN EDELMAN: You're given 87 and you legitimately made it the tight end number now.
KEVIN CHESTNUT: I appreciate you guys for your time. Thanks so much. Yahoo!
ROB GRONKOWSKI: Can I try? Yahoo!
JULIAN EDELMAN: Yahoo!
KEVIN CHESTNUT: All right, let's go play some Bounty Ball!