Rob Gronkowski left confused as 'FOX NFL Sunday' crew pulls off hilarious prank: 'Whoa!'

NFL legendary choky end Rob Gronkowski was the taxable of a "FOX NFL Sunday" prank that near him flabbergasted successful a hilarious scene. 

Whenever it comes to breaking down choky ends, the star-studded unit is going to crook to Gronkowski, the four-time Super Bowl champion who should beryllium wearing a golden overgarment 1 time aft being 1 of the champion choky ends successful NFL history. 

But his Fox colleagues decided to propulsion a accelerated 1 connected him during a fake conception that everyone but "Gronk" knew wasn’t real. 

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Rob Gronkowski (Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports)

"He thought we were going unrecorded with an other segment," Fox NFL Insider Jay Glazer said successful a clip recap of the prank. "… The premise was, I was going to ‘break news’ that the Cowboys were activating this large Pro Bowl choky extremity who doesn’t beryllium and Gronkowski has to spell connected what helium thinks is unrecorded TV to speech astir this choky end."

Gronkowski’s colleague, Hall of Famer Michael Strahan, suggested successful the adjacent clip that the squad should speech astir Russo. Thus, the prank begins. 

Glazer past started to speech astir Russo being activated by the Dallas Cowboys, but Gronkowski was being precise quiescent arsenic the fake subordinate was being discussed. Then Strahan stepped in.

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"That’s large due to the fact that Russo is simply a implicit game-changer, takes truthful overmuch unit disconnected [Cowboys quarterback] Dak [Prescott], takes truthful overmuch unit disconnected the tally game, large blocker, large receiver," Strahan said. 

After that explanation, big Kurt Menefee looked to Gronkowski for his input connected Russo, and contempt being confused, helium simply winged it. 

"Uh, he’s been retired for a small spot truthful helium mightiness beryllium a small rusty coming back, but I deliberation they’re going to springiness him the opportunities, that’s for sure, but besides they got [Jake] Ferguson arsenic well, truthful they’re going to beryllium a 1-2 combo," Gronkowski said. 

Gronkowski tried to displacement the speech to Ferguson, the existent starting choky extremity of the Cowboys. However, different Hall of Famer successful Terry Bradshaw went close backmost to Russo, and that’s erstwhile things got truly wacky.

Rob Gronkowski (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

"He’s the lone feline successful the league that has 2 fingers missing connected his close hand, that’s wherefore he’s been out, and he’s backmost now," Bradshaw said.

"So, is that going to impact him erstwhile he’s catching a pass?" Gronkowski questioned Bradshaw. 

The unit was trying their hardest to support the spot going, but aft they couldn’t clasp a consecutive look immoderate longer, Menefee fto Gronkowski in.

"Whoa! I was wondering," Gronkowski said successful a shocked manner. "I was going to accidental close erstwhile it was done, ‘Guys, I’ve ne'er heard of Rich Russo successful my life.’"

When the amusement was really unrecorded this Sunday, Gronkowski fto his squad cognize that they had his "head spinning" arsenic helium tried to fig retired however to look knowledgeable astir Russo. 

Rob Gronkowski (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

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But if there’s thing Gronkowski learned astir that moment, it was "that I americium ever ready."

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