Rob Gronkowski would suit up again and play for Dan Campbell if he could

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell made headlines earlier this week with quite the metaphor for being spoiled by success (with an f-bomb mixed in for good measure) during his appearance on 97.1 The Ticket.

"What happens is you get used to eating filet—and I’m talking all of us—and everything’s good", Campbell said. "Life’s good, but you forgot what it’s like when you had nothing and you ate your f**king molded bread, and it was just fine. And it gave you everything you needed. Sometimes you’ve got to get punched in the mouth and remember what it used to be like to really appreciate where you are, and we’ll do that."

Quotes like that are a reason why Campbell has such buy-in from Lions players. Amid all the injuries that have happened, and after the Week 15 loss to the Buffalo Bills, there are no excuses and the season is hardly over.

Once upon a time (2018), which he has since admitted, former NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski nixed a trade that would have sent him from the New England Patriots to the Lions. It was easily seen as a slight to the Lions, but Gronkowski said he truly just wanted to play for the Patriots or no one at that time in the pursuit of another Super Bowl. However, no one really blamed "Gronk" for not wanting to be traded to Detroit.

Things have obviously changed since then.

Rob Gronkowski would love to play for Dan Campbell if he could

Gronkowski is a weekly guest on "Up And Adams" with Kay Adams. On Wednesday, Adams asked him about Campbell's "moldy bread" comment.

"I love this guy, I love Dan Campbell. I really wish I could, somehow, play for him, if I had to go back to the NFL", Gronkowski said. "I would run through a wall for this guy. And what's so special about him, as well, it that he was a former tight end. And he balled on the field, if you watch his highlights, he was an absolute beast. The way that he coaches is the way that he played."

It's not shocking Gronkowski said he would like to play for Campbell if he could, while leaning into the brotherhood of former tight ends and recalling how the Lions' head coach played the position.