 Alright, we gotta take a break because Rob Gronkowski's here enough of me talking, nobody wants to hear long. We go Rob Gronkowski on the show. Okay, now people are gonna be like, is he gonna go with the dolphins? He's wearing the aqua marine. That's, I don't know, I don't know. This tweet from Rob Gronkowski shook the world. Major waves yesterday on the interwebs. Lot of speculation on what could this mean? Well, people, we got our answer this morning. Yeah, I'm ready to rock and roll. I'll see you soon. I'm a Super World Champion, four-time All-Promissors. Yo, Soi Fiesta himself. Rob Gronkowski, hello. How you doing? I'm so good. Congratulations, this is major news. Yes, yes, it is. I partnered up with FanDuel. It is definitely major news. And let me tell you, last night with the tweet, I'm kind of bored with the emoji. It has definitely caused, I wouldn't really say problems, but it has definitely caused an uproar on what was next with myself. What the funniest part about it was my agent. He's definitely Super Agent, Drew Rosenhaus. He texted me within 30 minutes of the tweet. That's how on top of the game he is. He loves football, he lives, he breathes football 24-7. He hit me up and wrote, Rob, are you really bored? Do you want me to start calling teams for you? And I'm like, Drew, you're like number one Super Agent. You proved it once again, every year you prove it, but he was on top of his game that quick. And I just started laughing like, no, Drew, you know I'm not playing, but he just still wanted to see me out there and call some teams, which was great. Legend, Drew Rosenhaus. Listen, fans were so excited for the past 24 hours. And then some of them let down a little bit because this, you know, it's you. Everyone wants you to join their team. Reggie Jackson said, yo, you need to call, Lane Johnson's giving you the googly eyes. Sports Illustrated. Caesars, by the way, which I think is funny. Haha, jokes on you. Question for you, Rob Grunkowski. Now fan dual partner, we're celebrating that all the morning. Did any NFL teams reach out to you? Oh, since the tweet. All right, since the tweet. Yes, two teams reached out. Woo! Since the tweet. It was unbelievable. I don't say who, but yeah, there was two teams. It was pretty nuts to me that everyone actually saw the tweet. Like it shows how far social media can go and how quick it can travel. Yeah. Because I barely tweet actually. I just tweet once in a while, but like I'm kind of bored. And just people took that as I was coming back to the football right away. And it was just mind blown actually, how my agent hit me up. Two teams hit me up. Like it was just, it was just crazy. And now my friends actually were hitting me up too. They're like, bro, are you really going back to football? Like I don't see that, you know, I don't see that happening news. I was like, yeah, man, you know I'm not there. Like you're a genius. I was like, I'm signing. I'm announcing I'm signing with FanDuel tomorrow. They're like, man, what a play you're doing. I'm like, it really wasn't that big of a play. It was just a little tweet. So, so when Bill Belichick called you, did you guys catch up on family and stuff too or? Oh yeah. We talked about our Christmas plans. You know, what he's doing with his dog. His thing, his dog Nike. He wants his dog wants to meet my dog Ralphie. He wanted to build some snowmen. You know, put the care as a nose. All that good stuff. Gronk, Gronk, we're the two teams that just, we're the two teams that called you, teams that you played for. Possibly. Possibly not. I'm gonna say. Yeah, I don't, you know, my looks are sealed now. I don't give answers away, not like that. Drew Rosenhaus is calling right now saying, don't you dare, Charles, or anything. Just put it this way. Drew wanted to call every team. That's what he wanted to do. But I love that two teams called you and I know which two teams they are based on this conversation, which I love. But you know what? No, you don't. They all lose. No, you don't. Well, they lose either way. Whoever called you because you're part of the FanDuel family. So it's you, me, Pat McAfee, Jordan Spieth, Charles Barkley. That's a hell of a little Christmas dinner, Rob. Yes, that is. That's a family right there. We're gonna all have to get together soon and toast to FanDuel and have some holiday, have a holiday dinner with all of us. Of course. Rob, so tell, it's over, huh? Like it's, you look like you're happy celebrating. Is it really over? No playoff, Gronk. Will you play professional football again? No, no. I'm not playing this year. I can't, you know, tell you what I'm gonna do next year or a year after. You never know. Rob? There could be a slight chance. They're like, it's like the dumb and dumber. So you're saying there's a chance. So you're saying there's a chance. What? Yes. I'm saying there's a chance for like, like that, like a little chance like that. But what was wild though was yesterday, I put that tweet up like I'm kind of bored, but actually I'm not even bored at all. Like I've been doing a lot of things. I stay busy. I had a great shoot that I'm not really supposed to talk about for. Nope, nope. Yeah. So I'm not gonna say anything else. I've been having great shoots. I've been working, you know, being an analyst as well, which has been going great. And I've also been staying busy with activities. I've been, you know, practicing basketball a lot. I've been doing pickleball a lot. Okay. Which is a great activity, great workout. And I've been lifting still, working out, running a little bit. I just like to stay in shape. My dad, obviously it's through my family and my dad's been in the fitness industry for 32 years now he's been selling fitness equipment. So it's just in my blood to stay in shape, to do activities and just to stay active. And another thing I did actually yesterday, I got to give back. I went to the Children's Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts, the Shriners Hospital. I got to meet with eight kids. I went to the store. I bought each kid two pairs of shoes. I gave them a Steinbuck in New Year's jersey, a Stein Patriots football, because I wasn't sure, you know, it was a mess. I wanted them to have a Patriots gear too and also a Tampa gear too. So I also gave them one of my brother's ice shakers so they can put their drink in it wherever they are. And let me tell you what a blast it was to see the smile on the kid's faces. It was one of the best things I've done in quite a long time. Well, Gronk, you can't really say that because you're always doing good stuff. Like when I was up in New England covering the Patriots, I would talk about it on that little sports show that I did up there. Like Gronk, you know, he's a caricature and he does this and the crews. But you are so generous, honestly. You really are. You have such a big heart. You're always giving back, whether it's the $1.2 million you donated last year. People don't talk about this enough. You helped renovate a Boston playground. You've got the partnership with the USAA donating military vehicles to veterans that are in need. And this season, we have footage of that. You dressed up, you didn't just go. You went all the way. Take a look. Let me come on. Gronk. It was the best day ever. Thank you to Santa Claus for sending Robbie G. The Elf here to Springfield Shriners Children's Hospital. The kids were so excited. I was excited. They were so happy to receive all their gifts. It has so much joy. Thank you, Santa, for sending us here. Thank you to Springfield Shriners Hospital here. All the staff and everyone. It was the best day ever. I'm sorry. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas. So when you say you're keeping busy, I mean, that's what you're doing. That's what you were about as a play, a young player. You were about that. And what keeps you wanting to give back like that? Yeah, it's always about giving back. I mean, everyone always supported, you know, every Sunday there would be 80,000 fans coming to the stadium to support, you know, whatever team I was on to support myself as well. And also going to the Patriots, Mr. Kraft has established, you know, giving back to the community. And that just embroiled right into my blood from the very beginning when I joined the Patriots. And they just have a great program over there that has just settled into my heart. And I just saw what the Patriots were doing, what Mr. Kraft was doing, just giving back every single Tuesday during the season and just saw how special that was. So I've just continued it from, you know, my Patriot days, I'm going to Tampa and also now not playing, just finding ways to give back, you know, especially to the kids. I just had such a great, you know, childhood. I had so many friends around to play with. I had all the equipment, even though it was hand-me-downs for my brother, I still had all the equipment for hockey, for baseball, for football, for whatever it was. So I just love to give back to the kids and give them the opportunity that I had to succeed and to the next level. Especially, I mean, I'm looking at some, I need you to fact check something. I saw this on Instagram earlier and speaking of the holidays when you come from such a big family, is it true, just fact check some of this stuff for me. Is it true that your family spent Christmas Eve 1996 in the emergency room because you got in the mini sticks battle with your brother Goose in the basement and he had to get six stitches? Yeah, so there was actually film of this out there too. My mom finally found the film because she was filming it and my brother was going across the middle with his hockey stick. He was very young, but it was all out. Like there was checks allowed, there was everything allowed and I absolutely leveled him. He went flying. I think the stick, it was the stick that went across his chin or his chin hit the ground. It was either, I gotta review the film. But yeah, my mom went right to the hospital, broke open his chin, he had six stitches. So that's just one of the legendary stories about us growing up. Your mom is a legend. Your mom is an absolute legend. Oh, 100% she is. And she actually has this amazing book that she just came out with this year called Outnumbered and it explains the whole book is about how she managed all five of us because there's five sons she had and how she brought us to all the practices, how she fed us, because my mom was just a workhorse with us. My dad was working and my mom managed us to make sure we were at every structure that we had our food, that we had lunch, that we had dinner and just the whole book is about how she did it and it's just an unbelievable read. Rob, I want, can we bring her on the show sometime? Actually 100%, she would love to come on the show and that is the best Christmas idea ever and that's gonna be her Christmas present as well. I'm gonna tell her she's going on the show. She would love it and okay, we're following through with that. Yes, I'm not kidding, I would love that. She's coming on this show. I would love that. 100%. She deserves that kind of presence after getting you a Space Jam Comforter for Christmas in 1996. Yeah, what's funny is that my football coach, not my gym teacher who was my football coach for JV football, he came over one day because we were really good friends with Mr. Jacobs and he saw my Space Jam Comforter and he just started making fun of me and I still remember that to this day. Rob, that's amazing. In honor of you dressing as an elf, so in honor of Robbie the elf, let's say we're gonna play a little game called Elfit or Shelfit. I'll give you a topic and you tell me whether you're into it when you Elfit or if you're not into it, in which case we Shelfit, okay? All right, let's do it, I like it. First up, it's the holidays which means love is in the air, of course. Mistletoe, is it still a thing? Are we Elfit or Shelfing it? Oh, I haven't heard of all the mistletoe in quite some years, so we're gonna Shelfit. You're not into the kissing of mistletoe, I'm into it, Shelfit, it's out, sorry. Listen, nobody sailed the open sea quite like you with the Gronk party crews. It's been a while, Elfit or Shelfit, Gronk party crews. Oh man, the party crews was a one-off, so we're gonna Shelf the party crews but we do have Gronk Beach now, which actually Gronk Beach is going down at the Super Bowl again this year on Saturday, so the Gronk Beach is alive, but the party crews, that was a one and done. That was pretty wild, that was a one and done, so we're Shelfing that one. I love your quotes from that post party crews, you're like, I don't know how we did that, I don't know how that, I don't remember what happened on that thing. Next up, Gronk, TikTok. Are you in on TikTok, it's kind of hard to do, here you are TikToking, are you Elfit or Shelfing it? I'm Elfit it, TikTok is one of the most legendary social media apps out there right now. I'm definitely Elfit it, I definitely need help with making the videos, I get help with making the videos and all the trends that are going on, but I love the videos that are out there and it's for the kids as well, the kids love TikTok. They do all the kids, all the kids love it. Now you have flirted with this before, Rob Gronkowski, the wrestling star, you of course ended your relationship because you came back to the NFL, Elfit or Shelf it, ever again? You know, it's on the shelf right now, but you never know that Elf could go on to the shelf and take it off the shelf. So it's kind of an in between, so maybe in the future, it's kind of like football, you just don't know, you just don't know, I'm always ready, I'm staying in shape, you just never know, so that's kind of like, it's on the shelf but it may be Elf in the future. Okay, and then there's the number 69. It really had a moment with Rob Gronkowski during your playing days. Are you still in on it? Are we Elfing or Shelfing the number 69? Actually, it just came back and I can tell you this, one of the teams that wanted me to come back sent me a picture of me in a uniform wearing number 69 and told me that I could be number 69. This was two days ago. If I come back, I could be number 69 and check in Elgable every play where the referee would have to go over the microphone and say number 69 is Elgable every single play. So yes, it is out, it is back in action and that almost got me to go back to football. It almost, that is what it took. If anybody out there is wondering what will it take to get Gronk out of retirement and back on a team, you have to let him wear the number 69. Is that what you're saying? Yes, yes and the referee has to over the microphone to the whole stadium. Number 69 is Elgable. Naturally, naturally. So I mean the buck and kudos to the Buccaneers social team because they're great at making those photo shops. No, no, it wasn't the Buccaneers. I can't tell you, I can't tell you who it was. Okay, you know, I just let a little info out but I don't give you the exact details. I'm seeing that, you're the king of like unretire, like you made retirement, not a thing anymore. The door is always open. You can always come back. You and your friend Tom Brady of course. Actually it's not even me, it's wherever I go. I like walking to the grocery store. What are you coming back Rob? It's like, I didn't leave the retirement door open. So now I'm just going along with it. So it's so many people, so many fans. I love it though. My fans just love to see me out on the football field which is great, that's what it's all about. But they basically leave the door open for me. Like you've got to come back. You know, come back this year, come back next year. So then I just keep the door open then because my fans keep the door open for me. So it works well. Shout out to the fans. When's the last time you went out in public and weren't recognized? Well the thing is I'm like 66, like 260 pounds. So it's like, if people don't really recognize me they look at me and they're like, what sports do you play? Like, and it's a lot of times when people don't actually know that I play football, they're like, oh you're a basketball player. What team do you play for? And then I tell everyone, I play it for the University of Arizona basketball team and that I wasn't any good and I rolled the bench and that I never made it to the pros. I like that. I'm just thinking you're so big and you can't walk into like a CVS or a Vons or a Ralph's and just be you. You can't and a lot of NFL players can but you can't. It's kind of tight, I bet that's tough. I actually fly commercial a lot now. I go to a lot of places in the public but I got a lot of tricks. The pandemic has definitely had some benefit to my side. I put the mask on and the mask goes right up to my eyes right there. I have a very comfortable mask that I can breathe really freely at. And then it goes right here and then I put a hat on that comes right down to here. All that, oh I got the hat. I just don't have my mask on me. I was gonna show you. And I go to airports, I go to malls like that. I go shopping and not one person knows but I also, I can't wear athletic clothes because people know my walk. Weird, they're like, you're Gronk, I know your walk. You're hiding under the mask and I'm like, I'm sitting there like shocked. You're like, can't see your face but I can tell by your walk. So now I wear baggy clothes so people don't know it's me. And also I try not to wear athletic shoes either. I try to wear really crappy shoes or dress shoes or something. Cause that throws off people as well. I know it's funny and everyone's like, I actually feel, I feel for you on that. That would be awful to have to even think and consider those kind of things. I can't, I literally can't imagine it. But I know you embrace it because you want to see people but some privacy would be nice. Yeah, yeah. Well, the master, it works out, it's a good balance now. Have you ever heard of those glasses that have like the nose and the mustache? You could just do one of those. Yeah, I could but I would need like a hat on too. Like they know like, you know, they know top of my head too, it's wild. Gronk, new fan duo partner, fan duo family, two teams reached out to you. We're not close enough yet that you'll tell me which teams they are. But that's okay. I'll tell you after the season. Well, my mom comes on with us. Okay, okay, that sounds great. Actually, come on, honestly, whenever, come on, every time you come on. Tom Brady, gotta get to that. Have to like by, you know, obligation of journalism ask you about it. By obligation, all right, that's fine. As long as you say that first. When's the last time he called you? Oh, when he called me? Just a couple weeks ago. And does he called you to come play with him? No, no, we've talked before, before the season. And you know, that's why he's such a great guy. He just wants the best for you. You know, he just wants people to be happy. He just wants his teammates to be happy. He wants his friends to be happy. He wants his family to be happy. So whatever it is, whatever makes you happy, you know, Tom's happy for you. And that's what makes him great. And the same with him. And that's why I believe if he's still playing football, people a lot of times question me, why is he still playing at 45? Because it makes him happy. So he just wants to, you know, best for everyone and wishes the best for everyone and whatever their situation is. But he always says though, you know, if your heart changes and you think you'll be happy or playing football, well, then come on back. So the door, you know, always leaves it open, but he also just wants the best for his teammates and out and his friends. I think everyone really needs to listen to what you just said. Cause I think people will be like, oh, he didn't really say anything. Maybe everyone watching, it's just that simple. Tom wants to be happy. Playing football makes him happy. It's just that simple. It's not as complicated as we all want to make it and TMZ wants to make it and analyst. He just, it makes him happy and he wants to play. I'll ask you this. What team, people are saying he's still looking to play potentially next year. With what team would you be least surprised to see him end up with? Who's that Tom? Tom, next year, yeah. Like what team would be least surprising? Yeah. Oh, the team that he's on right now. That would be the least surprising. Yeah. It makes sense. Just stay in one place. He loves Florida, loves the weather. Loves, you know, loves the Buccaneers. So he's building a house down in Miami. Like that's like just a couple of hours away. So that's perfect. Yeah. So that's the least surprising team. You're doing the analyst stuff on Fox. I think it looks like whenever you feel like, it literally looks like you just show up and are on TV whenever you feel like it. Is that how it works? Oh, yeah, kind of. So I'm actually only obligated to do about six appearances. So I've already done a couple and I've kind of got it down now. So I was doing it out of New York and they were kind of like zooming me in all the way over to LA, which was great. I loved it. But then I finally went into the studio last week. It was fantastic. And then by next time I am appearing, we'll be for the playoffs. So I got three more segments. We're gonna be knocking it out of the park during the playoffs. Yeah, so it'll be very, very awesome. And I can't wait, you know, playoff action, playoff football is the best. Yeah, Fox is lucky to have you. Now, up in Boston, where you started your career, of course, won many a Super Bowl ring. There's some New England like people, fans even, that are saying respectfully, it's time to switch it up. New blood, new regime. It's time for Bill Belichick to maybe try something else. Do you think that's completely unhinged thinking? Like insane? Oh, what I think that they just need to change is, you know, their defense is very, very strong. They're making plays all over the place. They got a good base with McCordy leading the way. Who has been there since 2010, when he was drafted in the same class as Mia as the first rounder. He's just had an unbelievable career. And he's leading that defense. And you know, that's the guy that you want to lead that defense and put everyone in place. And then, but it's just, I would say, the struggles are on the offensive side of the ball. The coaching is always there. Like I said, I think Coach Belichick is definitely, if not the best coach of all time. So I really just think they got to make changes on the offensive side. I'm not really sure if the, I'm not in the building. I mean, some people say they need receivers. They need, you know, they need more offensive weapons. And some say it's the coaching with first year, you know, split between the offensive coordinator duties. So I think personally that they just need one or two more playmakers on that offensive side of the ball that can go deep and not get open, basically whatever play they need to. Maybe a player who's 69 and eligible. Yes, yes, that is exactly what they need. And then Coach Belichick, that gives him a another way to stand out as the best coach of all time because he's going to have to develop. How can I make this guy eligible every single play? And how can I get him open? Because he has an offensive line number. So that would definitely put him as the best coach of all time if he could figure that out. I think he's up for the task. You are part of our fan dual family, Rob Gronkowski. We're going to say bye to you, but not before we bring in our next guest, another member of our family. I'm sure you're familiar with Eric Weddle, who is here. You two had a couple of battles against each other, huh? Gronk, let's get a bed for a shot, man. This is the, this guy's the lead. Dude, you came in for the playoffs. How did you come in for the playoffs, man? Just like that. How did you do that? You know, you just do it, right? You, you got an opportunity. You do the same if everything, the stars aligned like it, like it had to for me to come back. So man, it's good to see you. You seem so happy and invigorated and energized. It's, you know, as you know, we both had teammates that struggle with the next stage. And it's always good to see guys happy and doing their thing, man. It's good to see you. Yeah, definitely, man. Good to see you as well. And definitely, yeah, you definitely do see a lot of people struggle, man. I would say one thing though for athletes that, you know, once you're done playing is to continue like working out because like, you know, try to find the way, because a lot of guys just stop working out. You lose those endorphins and everything is to stay active, you know, and fit. Because that's what you've been doing your whole life. Your brain knows that, your mind knows that. Yeah, it's tough to find new opportunities. It's tough to find what you love to do for work wise. But if you're staying active, you're keeping your mind and your body healthy, then you're going to find those things. But at the same time, you're also staying busy keeping yourself fit. So to all athletes out there, I would say after you're done playing professional sports, just stay fit and stay active. No doubt, no doubt, bro. Sure, man. Eric Wettel, you stay here. Gronk, you go do whatever it is that you do to stay active. We appreciate you so much. Congrats and welcome to FanDuel, buddy. Great to see you, Gronk. All right, Eric. Take care. Okay, good to see you. Good to see you. We got the grit loosed after this. Eric Wettel joined us. Eric, I've never seen you without a hat. I'm very thrown off.