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Rob Gronkowski says reuniting with Tom Brady wasn’t planned

When Rob Gronkowski made the decision to end his retirement in April to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it was speculated that he and Tom Brady had a plan to play together in Tampa Bay or wherever Brady decided to sign as a free agent.

However, Gronkowski, when asked in an interview with CBS Sports Radio’s “Tiki and Tierney” if he and Brady made that plan, said, “No, no, that actually was never the case.”

“We never really ever talked about that before,” Gronkowski added. “It kind of just happened. [With] my retirement and him hitting free agency, it kind of just lined up like that.