Rob Gronkowski made a visit to Access Hollywood recently, where he openly lauded Ben Affleck's epic rant on Deflategate.
"To tell you the truth, that's how I really want to talk about [Deflategate], too," Gronk said. "We just can't go on air as an athlete and just say all that. I can't just go do that."
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The Patriots tight end had gone on record before to say Deflategate was stupid, but his comments were extremely mild compared to Affleck's explicit tirade.
Since he's a professional athlete, Gronkowski would be in huge trouble if he dropped 18 F-bombs like Affleck or openly criticized NFL officials. That doesn't mean Gronk wants to keep quiet.
"Ben Affleck just said it how I wanted to say it," Gronkowski said. "So he did a great job. I'm passionate about football, whatever, but us as athletes, NFL players, can't just go out there in the media and start dropping F-bombs everywhere. You get fined for everything, you get fined for press conferences, for criticizing people, so you can't really do it. You have to keep it professional."