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A.J. Brown is already putting successful activity pinch his New England Patriots teammates aft months of waste and acquisition rumors led to nan Philadelphia Eagles yet shipping nan three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver to Foxborough.
It’s a matrimony that some sides were seeking, pinch Brown’s frustrating 2025 run coming to an extremity pinch a Wild Card Round nonaccomplishment to nan San Francisco 49ers astatine home. Now, he slots correct successful arsenic nan team’s apical receiver pinch Stefon Diggs retired aft conscionable 1 year.
The Patriots are nan reigning AFC champions, though they were incapable to notch different ringing aft nan Seattle Seahawks hit them successful Super Bowl LX earlier this year. But they’re hoping nan summation of Brown, to spell on pinch their young, move roster, is what they request to get back.
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Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown warms up during training campy astatine NovaCare Complex successful Philadelphia, Pa., connected July 24, 2025. (Kyle Ross/Imagn Images)
One Patriots fable believes he is nan cardinal to astatine slightest getting them backmost successful contention.
"I deliberation he’s going to beryllium nan X facet to put nan Patriots backmost into contention of being successful nan Super Bowl," Rob Gronkowski, who won 3 Super Bowls pinch nan Patriots, told Fox News Digital, while highlighting his business pinch Ryde: "I mean, it’s truthful difficult to declare you’re going to nan Super Bowl and triumph nan Super Bowl. But I would opportunity he’s nan X facet of getting them successful contention of being Super Bowl contenders again.
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"That’s each you tin inquire for going into nan preseason. That’s each you tin inquire for going into nan season, there’s nary uncertainty astir that. To spell backmost to nan Super Bowl, you’ve sewage to upgrade your roster, and nary uncertainty A.J. Brown is nan upgrade that they needed."
"Gronk" has already been brought up erstwhile it comes to Brown successful a Patriots uniform, though they don’t play nan aforesaid positions. Patriots violative coordinator Josh McDaniels, who utilized Gronkowski highly good during their clip together successful New England, said precocious that Brown is nan "closest thing" he’s ever seen to Gronkowski.
"There’s a unit to nan measurement he plays nan game…maybe nan closest point I’ve seen is Gronk," McDaniels told reporters earlier this month. "This is simply a large guy."
Brown’s expertise to triumph contested catches has been a calling paper of his, and why he has consistently said he’s ever unfastened moreover if a defender is draped each complete him. That beingness play is thing nan Patriots tin utilize, arsenic good arsenic Brown’s route-running prowess that has led to 4 consecutive seasons of astatine slightest 1,000 yards receiving.
A.J. Brown of nan New England Patriots sprints during a minicamp astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Mass., connected June 9, 2026. (Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images)
Gronkowski besides saw a alteration successful nan Patriots erstwhile they landed a receiver named Randy Moss successful 2007, which nan tight extremity besides sees a cardinal similarity with.
"The only similarity I would opportunity he has to Randy Moss – they’re 2 wholly different players. Built wholly different," Gronkowski explained. "But some awesome No. 1 wide receivers. They kinda had a down twelvemonth – I wouldn’t really opportunity a down year. And past they some wanted to spell to nan New England Patriots. That’s nan similarity I spot betwixt Randy Moss and A.J. Brown.
"I deliberation he’s going to beryllium really focused. This is simply a dream squad for him. He’s ever been a instrumentality of nan New England Patriots, moreover erstwhile he was on nan Philadelphia Eagles. He came retired and admitted it arsenic well. So, I deliberation he’s going to beryllium tuned successful and fresh to go. He’s young capable still to springiness it his all, spell retired location and nutrient astatine nan highest level.
"It was a immense upgrade, a immense get for nan Patriots. I really for illustration nan move."
Rob Gronkowski attends WrestleMania 42 Night 2 astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected April 19, 2026. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE)
Quality slumber is simply a must for Gronk
It was backmost successful precocious schoolhouse wherever Gronkowski realized really underrated value slumber was for a budding athlete. He needed to return naps earlier each hoops crippled he played aft school, and it was a wont that followed him passim assemblage and into his master shot career.
After all, personification for illustration Gronkowski, an animal connected and disconnected nan field, needs to beryllium good rested and recovered to support astatine it each these years.
It’s why Gronkowski was excited to partner pinch Ryde: nan functional well-being brand, and thief preach really bully their new, two-ounce SLEEP wellbeing changeable is for users looking to autumn dormant faster astatine night, while supporting slumber quality.
"It conscionable fits my lifestyle," Gronkowski said. "It’s a very integrated opportunity that aligns pinch my regular goals. It’s each astir being balanced. It’s each astir nan betterment arsenic well, and that’s what this SLEEP changeable does for me. You gotta get slumber if you want to recover, if you want to spell difficult each day, and you want to do it again nan adjacent time and nan adjacent day. You gotta get your slumber and that’s why Ryde: SLEEP comes into play to thief maine recover."
Ryde has launched it's caller SLEEP shot, designed to thief users amended their value of slumber while waking up emotion refreshed for nan day. Rob Gronkowski, nan legendary NFL tight end, has collaborated pinch nan institution to transportation nan caller product. (Ryder)
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Between nan SLEEP and fan-favorite FOCUS shots, Gronkowski knows he’s putting earthy ingredients successful his body, emphasizing that he’s "all astir natural." SLEEP uses melatonin, GABA, L-theanine and chamomile to thief users unwind, and Gronkowski finds it cleanable for his regular routine.
"This is my first clip really talking astir being a slumber advocator and I genuinely judge successful it," he said. "I ever took naps because I judge successful slumber that much. If I get a afloat night’s sleep, I don’t request to really return naps arsenic much. That’s wherever Ryde: SLEEP comes into play. I tin slumber done a full nighttime and beryllium fresh to spell nan adjacent day."
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
