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SAN FRANCISCO – Days after it was reported that Bill Belichick was not voted into the Hall of Fame, it was revealed that another pillar of the New England Patriots dynasty will also miss out.
Robert Kraft reportedly did not receive enough votes to be enshrined in Canton despite six Super Bowl titles and, including this year, 11 appearances.
Asked by Pakinomist Digital on the radio row in San Francisco ahead of Super Bowl LX if anyone from the Patriots dynasty days will come in, Rob Gronkowski, who won three with New England, joked, “I don’t think so.”
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Rob Gronkowski sits on the bench during an NFL game. (Jim Rogash/Getty Images)
“I think Tom Brady is now going to be a fourth-ballot Hall of Famer,” he continued.
“RKK, I mean, how has he not been in yet? I mean, this is his 10th Super Bowl (it’s his 11th). He’s in the Super Bowl again this year. He was in Super Bowls before even the Belichick-Brady era. I mean, the guy is the best owner in the league.”
Gronkowski also praised Kraft’s ability to cultivate the game off the field.
“Not just his resume with the New England Patriots, but his resume for the game of football just dealing with the television rights contracts, with the NFL and the NFLPA and with all the owners. This guy has a voice for the NFL. He’s helped grow the game.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft speaks to the crowd Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, during a Patriots NFL football Send Off rally in Foxborough, Mass., for Super Bowl LX. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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“RKK, you know, with just his resume alone with the New England Patriots and what he’s done as a whole for the NFL, I think he should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He will be, but he already should have been.”
In a separate interview with Pakinomist Digital last week, Gronk said Belichick’s snub was “insane.”
“Not only does this guy have a great resume, but he’s touched so many lives in the game of football in a very positive way. From players to coaches, he gave so many people opportunities and fair opportunities to succeed in life. And that’s what he’s definitely done. And it’s just unbelievable that he wasn’t elected. He’s obviously supposed to be a pro hall, but it was pro football first and foremost. Ballot.”
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and Patriots owner Robert Kraft watch the field during warmups before a game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Gillette Stadium. (Eric Canha/USA TODAY Sports)
Belichick and Kraft have combined for 14 Lombardi Trophy wins, but it has been widely speculated that Belichick is serving a de facto punishment for Spygate and Deflategate. Perhaps Kraft will now receive the same treatment.
