{"id":21083,"date":"2022-07-21T08:48:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T08:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kyle-rudolph-signs-with-buccaneers-fills-rob-gronkowski-void\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T08:48:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T08:48:53","slug":"kyle-rudolph-signs-with-buccaneers-fills-rob-gronkowski-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kyle-rudolph-signs-with-buccaneers-fills-rob-gronkowski-void\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Rudolph signs with Buccaneers, fills Rob Gronkowski void"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Buccaneers have filled the sizable hole that Rob Gronkowski left, or so they hope.<\/p>\n<p>One month after the 33-year-old tight end hung up his cleats for a second time, Tampa Bay has agreed to a one-year contract with a different veteran tight end \u2013 Kyle Rudolph.  The deal, reported by ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter, provides quarterback Tom Brady with another sure-handed option on offense.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants released Rudolph in March after he caught just 26 passes for 257 yards and a touchdown in his only season with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, Rudolph, 32, spent the first decade of his NFL career with the Vikings.<\/p>\n<p>Rudolph has 479 catches for 4,745 yards and 49 touchdowns in his NFL career.  He was also a two-time Pro Bowl selection, in 2012 and 2017.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Kyle Rudolph spent last season with the Giants before being released.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Baus\/Cal Sport Media\/Sip<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Buccaneers-Training-Camp-Capsule-Football.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tom Brady will have a new tight end in Tampa after Rob Gronkowski retired.\" class=\"wp-image-23140556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Buccaneers-Training-Camp-Capsule-Football.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Buccaneers-Training-Camp-Capsule-Football.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Buccaneers-Training-Camp-Capsule-Football.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Tom Brady will have a new tight end to throw to in Tampa after Rob Gronkowski retired.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He also gives Brady a veteran tight end, along with Cameron Brate.  The only other tight end on the roster with experience is Codey McElroy, who has played in just one game.  Tampa Bay also drafted two tight ends, Cade Otton in the fourth round and Ko Kieft in the sixth, in April&#8217;s NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Gronkowski said during his retirement from the Bucs that he wouldn&#8217;t be returning for a 12th NFL season, even if Brady called him and asked him to come back.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Buccaneers have filled the sizable hole that Rob Gronkowski left, or so they hope. One month after the 33-year-old tight end hung up his cleats for a second time, Tampa Bay has agreed to a one-year contract with a different veteran tight end \u2013 Kyle Rudolph. The deal, reported by ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter, provides &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kyle-rudolph-signs-with-buccaneers-fills-rob-gronkowski-void\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kyle Rudolph signs with Buccaneers, fills Rob Gronkowski void<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[9741,423,9742,307,4967],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21270,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kyle-rudolph-signing-1-year-deal-with-tampa-bay-buccaneers\/","url_meta":{"origin":21083,"position":0},"title":"Kyle Rudolph signing 1-year deal with Tampa Bay Buccaneers","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Veteran Kyle Rudolph is signing a one-year contact with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Wednesday, giving Tom Brady a new tight end target in the wake of Rob Gronkowski's retirement.Rudolph gives Brady and the Buccaneers an experienced tight end to pair with Cam Brate.The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20914,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/buccaneers-signing-former-vikings-giants-te-kyle-rudolph-to-one-year-deal\/","url_meta":{"origin":21083,"position":1},"title":"Buccaneers signing former Vikings, Giants TE Kyle Rudolph to one-year deal","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a new tight end in Tampa Bay.The Buccaneers are signing former Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants tight end Kyle Rudolph to a one-year deal, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported Wednesday night.The signing comes roughly a month after former Bucs TE Rob Gronkowski announced his retirement. 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