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#pounditMonday, December 23, 2024

Bill Belichick trolling everyone with Rob Gronkowski, Julian Edelman practicing?

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Julian Edelman returned to practice on Friday, joining fellow injured superstar Rob Gronkowski and giving Patriots fans hope for a healthy offense in the near future.

But could Bill Belichick be toying with the media and his opponents?

The way the Patriots have handled Gronkowski’s knee injury is incredibly unusual for the organization. Since when does New England release statements providing injury information and updates? They don’t, which is why it was so strange when they did it with Gronk.

When Gronkowski returned to practice on Thursday, Jeff Howe of the Boston Herald noted how excited Belichick seemed. That’s understandable, but it was strange that he did nothing to hide his emotions in the presence of cameras.

It got even weirder on Friday when Edelman took the practice field. At one point, Edelman and Gronkowski high-fived one another as if they knew the cameras were watching. It almost looked staged:

Maybe everyone is just in a jolly mood coming off back-to-back losses and they don’t care who knows it. Gronkowski and Edelman are critical to the Patriots’ success and chances of repeating as champions, so it would be understandable for Belichick to be excited they are on the mend.

Still, it’s bizarre to see Belichick — the same Belichick who had this reaction when asked about Gronk’s injury — acting so jovial at the media portion of practice. If you think he’s above going to those lengths to smoke-screen everyone, you don’t know Bill Belichick.

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