Dan Gronkowski Quotes

There are a lot of good tight ends.

First thing, and it's really one of my favorite things, is the protection part. Who everybody is blocking and where the pressure is coming from. Because if we can't get the ball off, it doesn't matter what you're doing out here.

Like most tight ends I was a pass-receiving tight end coming into the league.

I'm used to the two tight-end sets.

I make plays in the passing game, blocking, doing everything.

As a running back, it takes five offensive linemen, a tight end, a fullback and possibly two wide receivers, in order to make my job successful.

At the highest level in the NFL, the pass game is as complex as you can imagine.

I think at some point during the course of the game, I will have an impact - whether it's blocking or whether it's catching the football.

The NFL offensive blocking is played differently; they use their hands instead of their head and shoulders.

David Bakhtiari is a guy I like to watch. He's an exceptional left tackle.

You can't put a running back in there and have him not know who to pick up. You can't get your quarterback hit.

Tight ends, third down, and the red zone is where you kind of need to stand out to be a very good tight end in this league.

Antonio Gates is spectacular. But he's not a blocking tight end.

You want to be able to run seam routes and do all that, but to have something that you can hang your hat on and know that it's going to convert first downs, that's what tight ends are paid to do. And I've certainly taken a lot of pride in that over the years.

I think I'd be a good pass-catching fullback.

Your job as a receiver is to get open and catch the ball and block in the run game.

They tried to put me at tight end once, but I would end up just blocking people when they were actually trying to throw the ball to me. I was probably in middle school. It just didn't stick. Except on running plays.

I played quarterback, safety and receiver.

Willie Roaf kicked my butt a couple of times. Larry Allen was a guard, but one time in San Francisco he took me with one hand and threw me out of the play. Walter Jones was pretty tough, too.

I have no problem lining up running back, tight end, or fullback.

I want to go play behind that great offensive line they have down in Dallas.

Brent Celek is a heck of a blocker, James Casey is a heck of a blocker.

Any time you get a new running back, whether it's a rookie or hasn't played a lot, that's the first thing you test, is their pass protection. That's big.

To survive in the NFC West, we have to win in the trenches.

If it's an outside zone play, you have the green light to cut-block.