KANSAS CITY – The joy that New England Patriots teammates had for Rob Gronkowski in the aftermath of Sunday’s scintillating 37-31 overtime victory over the Kansas City Chiefs was hard to miss.
Shortly after Gronkowski finished answering questions from reporters, he walked into a big embrace from quarterback Tom Brady. Soon after that, receiver Julian Edelman went out of his way to note Gronkowski’s critical contributions – a 25-yard catch on a fade with safety Eric Berry in coverage to set up a late fourth-quarter touchdown, and then a 15-yard catch on third-and-10 on the game-winning drive of overtime.