Who are Rob Gronkowski and Tom Brady rooting for when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face the New England Patriots in Week 10? It’s the question on everyone’s mind. And when FOX’s Curt Menefee finally asked, ‘Gronk’ didn’t miss a beat; he was backing the Patriots, and he had a good reason. The former tight end is signing a one-day contract with the New England team!

“I am signing a one-day contract with the Patriots this week, coming up to retire as a Patriot for life, just like all of you out here,” he said on Sunday. “So, I’m going with the Patriots.

“But I know Tom is still bitter. The Patriots let him go for his final three seasons in the NFL. So, he is secretly rooting for the Buccaneers.”

Well, Brady denied rooting for the other side but didn’t forget to mention that the Patriots built him a statue and unveiled it during the preseason. And with that, the team only expedited the process of having him inducted into their Hall of Fame.

And the playful back-and-forth between Brady and ‘Gronk’ is no surprise. After all, the two spent over a decade side by side with the Patriots and later the Bucs. Though ‘Gronk’ ended his professional football career in Tampa Bay, he always wanted to retire a Patriot for life. In fact, back in August, he teased about signing a one-day contract with New England shortly after the Pats unveiled Brady’s statue outside of Gillette Stadium.

“Come back for a day, a weekend, whatever it is. So we’ll make it happen, and it’ll be a really, really cool moment,” the Patriots’ legend told the reporters in August. “It’s going to happen. We just don’t know when.”

Plus, the one-day contract move isn’t that rare. In the past, several NFL stars have done the same to retire with the team they spent the most time one. Think about San Francisco 49ers’ Jerry Rice, San Diego Chargers’ LaDainian Tomlinson, and Dallas Cowboys’ Emmitt Smith.

That said, Rob Gronkowski is happy to retire as a Patriot this week, and so is CEO Robert Kraft.

When Robert Kraft gave a thumbs-up on Rob Gronkowski’s one-day contract

Rob Gronkowski spent nine unforgettable years in New England, racking up 521 catches for 7,861 yards and 80 touchdowns in 115 games, plus three Super Bowl rings to steal his legacy. And in August, he was back in Boston to celebrate something far from the gridiron: the grand opening of the ‘Gronk Playground’ on the Esplanade.

However, that celebration evolved into something even more significant. Susan Hurley, the CharityTeams founder, who helped bring the playground to life, ended up sparking a different kind of conversation; one about Gronk’s future with the Patriots.

During the event, Hurley reportedly approached Patriots chairman Robert Kraft with an idea close to every New England fan’s heart: a one-day contract so Gronkowski could officially retire as a Patriot. And as it turns out, Kraft was all in. It was almost as if he was waiting for someone to bring it up.

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What about Brady? Well, after the quarterback had announced his retirement, Kraft told CNN that he hoped Brady would be open to signing a one-day contract with the team. And in a few different interviews, Kraft revealed that they had been talking about it. While there are no recent reports about it, there is a chance it might happen in the future. Just like how Gronkowski got one.