Patriots’ Rob Gronkowski: I’ll be back ‘when I’m 100 percent’

They were undefeated, but never looked unbeatable, with the New York Giants and Buffalo Bills both going toe-to-toe against New England without a shred of fear before the Broncos decked the defending champion.

The Patriots fought hard through the game even when thing did not go their way.

The MRI report showed there was no tear in Gronkowski’s right knee.

Belichick would not confirm the reports of Gronkowski avoiding a severe injury in his usual day-after-game conference call on Monday. “I’m focused on being a good teammate, doing whatever I can while playing quarterback to get a win this Sunday”.

After practice, Kubiak said nothing’s changed from his perspective: Osweiler’s his quarterback this week and the goal is to try to get Manning healthy and back on the field as soon as possible. “Is it better?’ The answer is, ‘I don’t know, because I’m not putting any pressure on it, and it’s sort of immobilized, ‘” Manning said Wednesday in the Broncos” locker room. I hate to see anything happen to anybody.

“We will need to rely on him quite a bit”.

But as is the motto, the Patriots are leaving that game behind and are on to the Philadelphia Eagles. “Our fingers are crossed”, Brady said.

Brady’s third TD made it 21-7 on the first play of the fourth quarter, but Osweiler kept his poise. It always hurts to lose.

“Some people try to get back”. Nearly immediately, reports began to circulate about Gronkowski’s injury – initial diagnosis: Not serious – and how long the standout tight end might be out.

National Football League teams don’t like to share more than is obligated when it comes to injuries. We don’t have a choice. “We didn’t get many [calls] last night. Either you are or you aren’t”, Manning said.

Just trying to help!

That’s becoming easier said than done with each passing week in New England, and for the first time in a year it resulted in a loss.

So it was legitimately curious on Tuesday when the team (along with Rob Gronkowski’s family) released a statement on Gronk’s injury status. He went 5-of-20 passing for 35 yards and had four interceptions in the Broncos’ loss to Kansas City.

“Listen, like I told you guys [media] before, we’re totally committed to getting our quarterback – getting Peyton healthy and getting him back”.

Backup tight end Scott Chandler had five catches for 58 yards and a touchdown for the Patriots against Denver, by far the best performance since he joined the Patriots this season.

The 30-year-old running back was in the midst of a big comeback season. But with the game on the line, Brady and the passing attack struggled. That was just one of those situations last week where we didn’t play as well as we would’ve liked to for 60 minutes.