In which five-year-old Rob Gronkowski destroys a piñata on video

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Sam Laird
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New England Patriots tight Rob Gronkowski is a beast. He's always been a beast.

Just ask that piñata he whomped on 20 years ago.

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On Thursday night, when New England waltzed to a 36-7 win over the Miami Dolphins, the NFL on CBS shared this grainy old footage of young Gronk getting beastly. Behold the makings of a future star.

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Is Gronk really just five there? Because he looks pretty big. But hey, that was his post-game analysis of the play: "Five years old. Beast."

No, really, that's what he said:

Gronk's never been more pleased with himself than he was breaking down his piñata game film. "5 years old, BEAST!" pic.twitter.com/s1yPyZaB7W— Feitelberg (@FeitsBarstool) October 30, 2015

Some things never change.

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