GM: In NFL, LeBron James Would Have Been ‘Rob Gronkowski Before Rob Gronkowski’

June 3, 2016   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

The general manager doesn't mince words: "LeBron James would have been the best tight end of all time. He would have been Rob Gronkowski before Rob Gronkowski. No one would be able to cover him. He would have set records every season." 
This is not a crazy concept. Mark Murphy, who played safety for the Green Bay Packers for more than a decade, told ESPN.com's Tim Graham in 2009, "I tell people that I rate my top receivers—coaching, playing or watching—as James Lofton, Jerry Rice, Steve Largent and LeBron James."
Murphy was the defensive coordinator at James' high school in Akron, Ohio, and he watched as James became an all-state receiver his sophomore and junior years.
"People laugh at me, but it's true," he said when elaborating on putting James in the same sentence as three of the best wideouts of all time. "The kid had everything you could want. I felt like that was one kid that could have gone from high school to the NFL and played."
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