Rob Gronkowski will reportedly play Sunday

Rob Gronkowski is good to go for Sunday, according to various reports.

NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reported that Gronk would be playing, as did several others.

#Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski (knee) will play tonight, source confirms (as @BenVolin reported). He'd looked good in practice, made the trip.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 13, 2015

Interestingly, this seems as though it may have been New England’s plan all along. Though there was a belief that Gronkowski would miss multiple weeks, the Patriots had anticipated a much shorter absence.

#Patriots believed the injury to TE Rob Gronkowski (knee) was a one-week injury deal. This is a good sign that's what it turned out to be.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 13, 2015

I guess the Patriots do know best after all. There’s no word on how Gronk will be utilized. On Saturday, we heard he would play in limited situations.