That crazy dude to the rescue

... and by "crazy dude," we of course mean "Rob Gronkowski."

I mean, who better to rescue Sportsball World from another day of best-of lists, athletes playing video games and the 1978 NBA Western Conference semi-finals on the History Channel?

Gronk had been filling his "retirement" by futzing around in the WWE, but obviously he hated the scripts. And so ... he's baaack!

And with his old sidekick Tom Brady in Tampa Bay, no less!

Yes, that's right, Gronk is coming out of retirement to play for the Buccaneers, because the Patriots, who still owned his rights, traded him to the Bucs for a fourth-round pick. Florida in November and December versus New England in November and December? Hells yeah, man!

This immediately makes Tampa Bay, a 7-9 "meh"-fest last year, even more of a Super Bowl favorite than it already was according to the experts. And just think if the Bucs sign, I don't know, Todd Gurley? Or Antonio Brown when he gets out of jail/counseling/his own way?

But that's just crazy talk.

The crazy dude, however, actually gave starving sportswriters real actual news to report on. And it happened in a week when the NFL Draft will give them even more actual news to report on, despite the fact the NFL Draft drags on and on for eternity -- or at least until the last left-footed kicker from Northern Alabama College of Musical Knowledge is drafted.

By the Buccaneers, no doubt. It's their year, after all.