Jan 21, 2018
Gronkowski (head) out for rest of AFC Championship
The Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has been ruled out for the rest of the AFC Championship Game against the Jacksonville Jaguars after suffering a head injury.
The Canadian Press
The Patriots say Rob Gronkowski will not return to the game.
Gronkowski went to the locker room after he was blind-sided by Jaguars safety Barry Church on a downfield pass route. Church was called for unnecessary roughness on the play, and Gronkowski seemed woozy on his feet.
The team said he had a head injury and announced early in the fourth quarter that he would not return.
Gronkowski has only played 16 games in a season once in his career. He had season-ending back surgery last year and missed the final eight games of the regular-season and all of the Patriots' run to their fifth Super Bowl title.