Rob Gronkowski is nearing a return

Rob Gronkowski is inching back to full strength day by day as he likes to say. On Sunday he was almost ready to go but was kept out once again. The NFL network reported that its his arm that is holding him back and not actually his back.

From #GameDay First: Rob Gronkowski is unlikely to play today. It's his forearm holding him back, not his back. Needs to be full strength
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 22, 2013

While it is troublesome that the forearm is still bothering Gronk four surgeries later, the good news is that the back is healthy and in the grand scheme of things that is the more worrisome injury.  With another week to get better day by day and improve that arm to full strength, Rob Gronkowski could make his season debut next Sunday in Atlanta.