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Watch Tom Brady And Rob Gronkowski Horse Around While It’s Still Preseason

If Week 3 of the NFL preseason is the biggest cocktease in all of sports, that might make Week 4 a case of blue balls bluer than the cobalt of the New York Giants’ uniforms. After 30 minutes or so of daylight from first-teamers a week prior, this week brings us undoubtedly the worst warm-up games of them all, chock full of backups and players who will be absent of a roster spot in a few days’ time. At this point, it’s a slow crawl until September 5th.

However, here’s a fun scene you might only get because it’s the NFL preseason. Watch a pads-less Tom Terrific and Gronk fool around in the Giants end zone like it’s some alternate reality of Super Bowl XLVI.

You could say that the fourth exhibition game is cherished most by scrubs on the roster bubble, looking to seize one final opportunity to secure a roster spot. But I don’t think anyone appreciates the fourth exhibition game as much as these guys. They’re about to enter 17 weeks of inglorious hell, and as much as they’ll tell you they love the game and just itch to play it, I’ll bet they’re speaking in closer regard to the scene above, and not about whatever it must feel like to get hit by an NFL linebacker.

They’re just a bunch of schoolyard boys, cherishing their last few precious days of summer before classes start with the droll Mr. Belichick.

[Video via CJ Fogler]

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