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Rob Gronkowski not upset after slow start with Bucs: ‘I came here to block, baby!’

Rob Gronkowski has turned over a new leaf in Florida.

Gronkowski has just two catches so far this season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and been targeted only four times by Tom Brady.

That role isn’t one that he is used to — or one that fans are used to seeing after his dominant offensive stint in New England, where he compiled four 1,000-yard seasons and 79 touchdowns with the Patriots.

Still, Gronkowski is embracing it in Tampa.

Well, he’s in on the joke at least.

“I’m a blocking tight end.