Rob Gronkowski Keeps Rolling as the Patriots’ Offensive Pillar

It’s possible to become a little desensitized to greatness. It’s human even to watch the same dominance from an NFL player each week and take that generational talent for granted.

You see the same dazzling routine every Sunday, Monday or Thursday. So it could become difficult for someone like New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski to make you question the limits of what a large pass-catching man can do on a football field.

Together let’s fight that suppressed respect for history if it’s out there. Because the legend of Gronkowski grows with each game and every rumble in the open field that ends with him unloading on a defensive back.

He either approaches or passes history often, which tends to happen when you’re still piling up catches and yards at an unprecedented rate in just your age-27 season.

We did see more of the same from Gronkowski in that sense during a 27-16 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. It was the Patriots’ third straight win and sixth victory overall. They improved to 6-1 and still sit in a familiar midseason position atop the AFC.

For Gronkowski, though, the same means taking over a game during key moments. It means catching one deep pass for a touchdown and a second one to set up another six points.

Most of all, it means ascending another rung on a ladder toward becoming the all-time best at his position.

As ESPN Stats & Info noted, Gronkowski now owns a slice of Patriots history after his 36-yard TD catch in the third quarter on Sunday that made the score 20-13 at the time, giving New England some much-needed breathing room:

Most Career TD Catches – @Patriots HistoryRob Gronkowski 67Stanley Morgan 67Ben Coates 50Randy Moss 50

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 23, 2016

Gronkowski tied former Patriots wide receiver Stanley Morgan for the most all-time touchdown catches in franchise history.

Morgan had a stellar career that stretched over …

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