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How Gronk Became a Patriot, Manziel in Memphis and More Monday Notes

PHOENIX — Wrapping up Monday at the league meeting in Arizona …

1. Because the backstory is always interesting: In 2010 the Patriots traded up from 44 to 42 with Oakland in the second round to draft 20-year-old University of Arizona tight end Rob Gronkowski. The reason? They were worried about Baltimore taking him with the 43rd pick. But the Ravens weren’t going to do that, the team doctors’ assessment of Gronk’s college back injury having taken him out of consideration for Baltimore at that point of the draft. So New England really dealt up based on bad info.