FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Cleaning out the New England Patriots notebook on the first day off from training camp with 10 random thoughts/notes:
1. It is often said that "sports are a business," which, of course, is true. But that doesn't mean they can't be fun, and that's one reason why fans love tight end Rob Gronkowski. I followed Gronkowski as he approached the fired-up crowd after practice on Monday night, and the first sign he chose to autograph was a classic: "Gronk, make me scrambled eggs." Why scrambled eggs? Because when it comes to who scrambles better between Tom Brady and Jimmy Garoppolo, Gronkowski had answered this way: "No one makes better scrambled eggs than me." Fun stuff, all around. Could a scrambled-egg endorsement be far behind?
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