Passing Preview Part 3: Gronk and the Free Release

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In Part 1, we explored how the Broncos will try to disrupt Tom Brady. Part 2 of this series outlined how the Denver Broncos contained the New England Patriots receivers, with an emphasis on their plan for Rob Gronkowski. During their Week 12 meeting in the 2013 regular season, Denver often jammed Gronkowski or denied him a free release off the line of scrimmage. Here in Part 3, we will examine how Gronkowski and the rest of the Patriots’ receivers were able to find openings against the Denver defense. When the Broncos failed in those tasks, it proved costly.
 
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