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Rob Gronkowski is not heading to training camp with the Patriots for the first time since 2009 and everyone knows that will mean some differences for the team.Special teams ace Matthew Slater said the team will miss Gronk’s “child-like joy that he brought each and every day” in addition to all that the tight end could do on the field Derek Rivers Jersey , but what that will mean for the team remains an unknown for safety Devin McCourty.“We don’t know. We’ll see,” McCourty said in a Wednesday press conference. “Obviously, a huge part of the organization for nine years. I got to come in here with him as a rookie and go through a lot together Womens Cordarrelle Patterson Jersey , but we’ll see how it goes. I think that’s the thing in football — the one thing that’s consistent is change. We all know it’s going to happen. I’m excited to go into this year. He looks like he’s having an awesome time on Instagram. I’m really happy for him being able to have a great career and leave the game on your own terms. We’ll see how it works out for us.”McCourty was asked if he thinks the team would welcome Gronkowski back if he changes his mind about retirement and he joked that they would because they welcomed his twin brother Jason with open arms last year even though Jason “struggled for nine years in the NFL.” The Patriots can’t bank on that return, of course, and how things play out for the Patriots offense will be closely watched as the 2019 season unfolds. The Patriots love bringing in tight ends http://www.patriotslockerroom.com/authentic-patrick-chung-jersey , and they’ve added another.Eric Saubert was traded from the Falcons to the Patriots today. The Falcons are getting only a conditional seventh-round pick, which likely means they were about to place Saubert on waivers, and the Patriots Stephen Gostkowski Jersey , who as Super Bowl champions are last in the NFL’s waiver order, were willing to give the Falcons something to get him before another team could.The Falcons took Saubert out of Drake in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL draft. He has been more a blocker than a receiver and has just five catches for 48 yards through two NFL seasons. But he’s been a valuable special teams contributor and was second on the Falcons in special teams snaps last year, appearing on 66 percent of special teams plays.In New England Saubert will compete for a roster spot in a tight end room that lost Rob Gronkowski and will be without Ben Watson while he serves a suspension in Weeks 1-4. Saubert may be able to make it on a team that likes to collect a lot of players at the position.