Rob Gronkowski jokes about Tom Brady's Hall of Fame candidacy after Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft miss out

SAN FRANCISCO – Just days aft it was reported that Bill Belichick was not voted into the Hall of Fame, it was revealed that different pillar of the New England Patriots dynasty volition besides miss out.

Owner Robert Kraft has reportedly not received capable votes to beryllium inducted into Canton, contempt six Super Bowl titles and, including this year, 11 appearances.

When asked by Fox News Digital connected vigor enactment successful San Francisco up of Super Bowl LX if anyone from the Patriots dynasty days volition get in, Rob Gronkowski, who won 3 with New England, joked, "I don't deliberation so."

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Rob Gronkowski watches from the sideline during an NFL game. (Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

"I deliberation Tom Brady present is going to beryllium a fourth-ballot Hall of Famer," helium continued.

"RKK, I mean, however has helium not been successful yet? I mean, this is his 10th Super Bowl (it is his 11th). He's successful the Super Bowl again this year. He was successful Super Bowls earlier adjacent the Belichick-Brady era. I mean, guy's the champion proprietor successful the league."

Gronkowski besides praised Kraft's quality to turn the crippled disconnected the field, arsenic well.

"Not conscionable his resume with the New England Patriots, but his resume for the crippled of shot arsenic well, conscionable dealing with the TV rights contracts, with the NFL and NFLPA and with each the owners. This feline has a dependable for the NFL. He has helped grow the game.

New England Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft speaks to the crowd, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, during a Super Bowl LX send-off rally successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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"RKK, you know, with conscionable his resume unsocial arsenic good arsenic with the New England Patriots, and what helium has done arsenic a full for the NFL, I mean, helium needs to beryllium successful the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He volition be, but helium should person already been."

In a abstracted interrogation with Fox News Digital past week, Gronk said Belichick's snub was "asinine."

"This feline not lone has a large resume, but helium has besides touched truthful galore lives successful the crippled of shot successful a precise affirmative way. From players to coaches, helium gave truthful galore radical opportunities and just opportunities arsenic good to win successful life. And that's what helium definite has done. And it's conscionable unbelievable that helium wasn't selected. He's evidently going to beryllium a Pro Football Hall of Famer, but it was conscionable absurd it wasn't the archetypal ballot."

New England Patriots caput manager Bill Belichick and proprietor Robert Kraft ticker warm-ups earlier a crippled against the Kansas City Chiefs astatine Gillette Stadium. (Eric Canha/USA Today Sports)

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Belichick and Kraft person combined for 14 Lombardi Trophy victories, but it has been wide speculated that Belichick is serving a de facto punishment for Spygate and Deflategate. Perhaps Kraft is present getting the aforesaid treatment.

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