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O'Connor: In defeat, Patriots still win if Gronk injury isn't serious

DENVER - Tucked in the protective cocoon of the New England Patriots locker room, sealed off by team publicists who said he would not be speaking for public consumption, Rob Gronkowski delivered the most important visuals of the night. He was dressing at his locker as if nothing of consequence had just happened on the Denver Broncos' field. Seriously.

Gronkowski was packing his bag, bending over to retrieve this and that, putting on his deodorant, slapping his headphones around his neck and, finally, rolling out of there in his blue sweatsuit as if he merely needed to rub some dirt on whatever minor ache was nagging at him.