Rob Gronkowski discusses his experience with "super depression" while a Patriot

Rob Gronkowski seems to think that playing for the Patriots is not fun

The former All-Pro tight end, who spent nine years playing for New England and shared four Super Bowl rings with Tom Brady, revealed during an appearance on FanDuel TVs Up Adams that he occasionally felt depressed even when the team was winning

A regular-season game with the Patriots actually, throughout my 20s, if we won a game, the next day it felt like we still lost a game,” Gronkowski said

“And if we lost a game, it felt like you were in super depression for like two days … or like for the whole week

So that’s what made you really want to win the games when you were with the Patriots, because you didn’t want to ever feel that depression feeling for the two days after the game

You’re like, ‘We have to win the game We have to win the game so we have a good week so we feel good tomorrow’”

Gronkowski, a second-round pick by the Patriots in 2010, retired in 2019 He then returned to the NFL to reunite with Brady for a final Super Bowl run with the Buccaneers in 2020 before retiring a second time in June

The 33-year-old has also been open about his post-playing days, revealing on “Up Adams” last month that two teams reached out after he tweeted, “I’m bored”

Last month, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that “the door is open” for Gronkowski to return in 2023 when Brady is a free agent Rapoport added that he wouldn’t be surprised if Gronkowski followed Brady, if the quarterback decides to return for a 24th season

Brady and the Buccaneers were eliminated from the playoffs on Monday in a loss to the Cowboys in the wild-card round