Seahawks safety Earl Thomas said he doesn’t really know New England tight end Rob Gronkowski.
But the two figure to be forever linked thanks to a play in Seattle’s 31-24 win over the Patriots as well as a Twitter interaction a couple days later.
Gronkowski was revealed to have reportedly suffered a punctured lung when he took a hard hit from Thomas in the second quarter. Gronkowski sat out five plays but then returned to play the rest of the game.
“It was a very gutsy performance,’’ Thomas said Thursday. “Broke one of his (lung) pieces ad you are still playing the game?