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No one could blame Tom Brady for his one, foolish heave. All he saw was Rob Gronkowski open and deep. Gronk, the best tight end in football, the 6-foot-6 freak with hands bigger and softer than any baker’s mitts, had a few yards on Giants linebacker Chase Blackburn, a guy who couldn’t even make the New York roster in September. Brady’s mind read total mismatch.

Except this wasn’t the same Gronkowski, the tight end with the record 17 touchdown receptions and 1,327 receiving yards this season. This was the Gronkowski with the weirdest box-like wrap around his severely ...

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