Faced with the task of shutting down Rob Gronkowski this week, Bills coach Rex Ryan conceded he'd need to call upon a beast to cover the Patriots star one-on-one.
"We're not going to ask one guy to cover him," Ryan told reporters Wednesday. "Yeah, he'd have to look like King Kong."
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Gronkowski had a dominant start to his season last week, tallying five catches for 94 yards and three touchdowns as the Patriots defeated the Steelers with ease.
This week it's the Bills' turn to go up against Gronkowski, Tom Brady and the rest of the dominant Patriots offense. Ryan says he's embracing what promises to be quite the challenge. In fact, Gronkowski has 19 catches for 213 yards and one touchdown in his last three games against a Ryan-coached defense.
"He's hard to cover," Ryan said. "He's going to make catches. You just don't want him to go off on you for three touchdowns or whatever. Obviously you don't just put one guy on this guy. That's been proven. I will say this: It's better to put one guy on him than nobody on him. We'll try to have somebody on him, at least."
The Bills will host the Patriots at 1 p.m. ET Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium.