Rob Gronkowski Says 2020 Buccaneers Were Best Skill-Set Team
rob gronkowski put the 2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers above every other team he played on, calling them probably the best skill-set group of his career. The comment came on a recent episode of the 4th and South podcast, where he pointed to the roster that ended with a Super Bowl title.
“I would say the 2020 Bucs, I think that team was probably the best skill-set team that I have ever been a part of in my career,” Gronkowski said. He spent 11 NFL seasons across the New England Patriots and Buccaneers, and he won four Lombardi Trophies along the way.
Gronkowski’s Tampa Bay roster
He backed up the point with names. “I mean, we had everyone, dude. We had Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, we had Antonio Brown, Lenny, myself, Cam Brate, and then our other running back, Ronald Jones,” he said. That list explains why he viewed the 2020 roster as different from the other championship teams he knew in New England and Tampa Bay.
Gronkowski also singled out how the group operated late in the season. “Every practice was crisp, every practice was sharp,” he said. “The execution was at the highest it could possibly be. We were so flawless those final two weeks. It's like everything came together.”
2020 Buccaneers finish strong
The numbers support his case. Tampa Bay started 7-5, then won its final four games to earn a wild-card bid. The offense scored at least 30 points in the final seven games, a run that carried the Buccaneers into the postseason and all the way to a Super Bowl win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
That is the part Patriots fans may argue with, because some could point to the 2011, 2014 or 2016 New England teams instead. Gronkowski’s answer still lands on Tampa Bay, and his own list of skill talent gives the 2020 roster the edge in his career memory.
