Patriots Tight End Rob Gronkowski’s Hands Are Huge & Key to His Success

For fun. Not to over excite everyone but this was an interesting read this morning. Gay men are generally obsessed with the ‘penis’, their own and everyone elses. Straight men are obsessed with their own junk and where they are going to stick it. This being the reason why the headline that  New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has huge hands grabbed my attention. Big hands, big dong? Researchers Find Association Between Penile Length and Ratio of Length of Men’s Fingers.

 

INDIANAPOLIS — The legend of New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski includes the most scrutinized left ankle in town, a nickname befitting a caveman, and hands as large as a cereal box. Or a laptop. Or a legal pad.

 

Barton Silverman/The New York Times Rob Gronkowski's hands, which one teammate described as "like oven mitts."

From thumb to pinkie, Gronkowski’s hands measure 10 ¾ inches — nearly as long as a football.

“Probably about two of mine,” Patriots running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis said. “I mean, you’ve got to see those things. They’re like oven mitts.”

Those oven mitts helped Gronkowski catch 17 touchdown passes during the regular season — a record for tight ends — and 3 more in the playoffs, all in a divisional-round victory against Denver. On his first touchdown that game, Gronkowski, 6 feet 6 inches and 265 pounds, dived in the back left corner of the end zone and used his right hand to tip the ball to himself, cradling it as he fell. It was typical Gronk, teammates said.

“Dude makes big catches with big hands,” safety Patrick Chung said. Continue reading