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Rob Gronkowski Explains How NFL Players “Prove” They’re Sick to Get a Day Off

Gronkowski revealed that calling in sick in the NFL isn’t as easy as it sounds. “You really, truly have to be sick in order to be sent home,” he told Julian Edelman on Dudes on Dudes. Gronk recalled once telling Patriots trainer Jim Whalen, “Come look in the toilet—I puked.” In the NFL, even sick days require proof.