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BY JOSH LANDER
ANCHOR EMILY SPAIN

Heading in to Super Bowl 46 the news surrounding Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski focused on whether he would be able to play on an injured ankle.  Now that the game’s over, the headlines are all about his... dancing.

Gronkowski was recorded dancing with friends at a night club in Indianapolis hours after the Patriots lost to the New York Giants.  This didn’t go over too well with former Patriots safety Rodney Harrison.

"I guarantee you this, if [former Patriots players] Willie McGinest, Teddy Bruschi, Larry Izzo, Richard Seymour, and myself would’ve been in that locker room or at that party, you know, he probably would’ve gotten his head rung."

Blogger Larry Brown says it was Gronk’s injury leading up to the Super Bowl that has people up in arms over his dancing.

“Think about the mixed message here: The guy barely contributed during the game because of his ankle, but he’s grinding on the dance floor like he’s auditioning for a spot on Soul Train.”

But Tracee Hamilton of the Washington Post says regardless of his ability to dance, Gronkowski shouldn’t be tar-and-feathered for how he coped with losing the Super Bowl.

“There is no evidence to suggest that Gronkowski didn’t take the Super Bowl seriously.  He had the ankle wrapped and tried to play on it.  There is certainly a difference between running routes and doing. . . whatever that was Gronkowski was doing...”

And finally, a writer for Deadspin says give the guy a break...
 
“Gronkowski's season was OVER when that video was taken. There was no game the next week. There was no tape that needed to be urgently studied. The man came within a few inches of catching the winning Hail Mary.”