{"id":21173,"date":"2018-08-09T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=21173"},"modified":"2021-08-27T07:55:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T07:55:56","slug":"often-tom-brady-rob-gronkowski-play-preseason-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=21173","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, the Preseason &#038; You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Patriots open the 2018 preseason Thursday night against the Washington Redskins at Gillette Stadium, but will we see Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two Patriots stars have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/patriots-training-camp-notebook-day-9\/\">taken it easy<\/a> by their standards during the team\u2019s training camp sessions, and both have taken a different approach to the preseason in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LMFYh5QQeDc<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent years, neither has taken part in the team\u2019s first preseason game. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Gronkowski did participate in the preseason for the first time since 2012 last season, indicating a change in approach for the All-Pro tight end. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last preseason, Gronkowski played 45 total snaps over two games, while Brady played 51 over two games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s also noteworthy that Brady has played in the third preseason game in every year of his career besides 2008 when he didn\u2019t participate at all in the preseason contests. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s how things have gone over of the course of their careers:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/unnamed-file-500x277.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-5.51.32-PM-500x143.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"143\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Patriots haven\u2019t made it clear whether Brady or Gronkowski will play Thursday, but more will likely be known as the day goes. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Patriots open the 2018 preseason Thursday night against the Washington Redskins at Gillette Stadium, but will we see Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski? 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