The Patriots completed their comeback win over the Jaguars on Sunday without one of their top players, tight end Rob Gronkowski, who exited the contest in the second quarter after a hit that looked clean to me but nobody gives a shit what I think, so check it out for yourself:
Also defending the hit was ex-Pro Bowl corner and lightning rod Richard Sherman, who sided with Jags safety Barry Church (who I probably should've mentioned got an unnecessary roughness penalty) on the split-second play:
Following the automatic first down the Pats were granted for the hit, they were also aided by a questionable pass interference call and went on to score their only touchdown of the first half.
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