"Heat fans might call it blasphemous for Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez to refer to Rob Gronkowski as "LeBron" and Gronkowski say Hernandez fits the Dwyane Wade role.

Others might call it the modern NFL reality. A tight end tree with roots in John Mackey, and a trunk of former basketball player Tony Gonzalez now extends to big branches like Gronkowski and Hernandez that threatens to change strategies on both sides of the ball."