He's one of the most lethal tight ends in the league, but the Jets think they have the secret sauce to contain Patriots star Rob Grownkowski. And, surprisingly enough, it all comes from an original game plan and the idea that no one else is doing it quite right.
"I don't see anybody covering him. That's the problem," Jets coach Todd Bowles said of Gronk on Thursday. "Everybody's tried everything. He's probably seen every coverage he's going to see in his lifetime - doubles, triples, vices, top - he's seen anything. You've just got to be smart and be able to make your share of plays."
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Gronkowski has been having another banner year, with already 23 catches for 425 yards and five touchdowns through five games. And at 6-foot-6-inches, he's a lethal offensive weapon against most defenses, but Jets safety Calvin Pryor joined his coach in echoing the teams commitment to stopping the Pat tight end.
"Guys tend to play off of him and different things like that," Pryor said. "But with us, it is definitely going to be different. We are going to try to get up in his face and do different things. I can't say what the game plan is going to be. We are going to do different things to try to challenge him to make plays and that is going to be tough."
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Of course, the Jets aren't revealing their actual strategies, but suffice to say they've recognized Gronkowski is a real force that needs to be handled.
"His size overshadows everything," Bowles said. "I think what everyone fails to realize is he's a very smart player. He's not just big and tough. He's a smart player and he has very good feet. When you line up somebody like that at the wideout position, that's a tough cover."
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