Rob Gronkowski is so dominant he doesn't study his opponents and has Tom Brady to do it for him

• Rob Gronkowski says he doesn't watch film.
• Instead, he relies on Tom Brady to tell him what he needs to know before game day.
• The system they have is clearly working.

Rob Gronkowski is one of the most dominant offensive weapons of the past decade of the NFL.

Playing alongside Tom Brady, Gronkowski has scored 104 touchdowns during his career and is off to a blistering start to the 2021 season, leading the league with four touchdowns through two games.

His greatness becomes all the more impressive when you consider that he does not watch film of his opponents to prepare for games.

Appearing as a guest on ESPN2's "Manning Cast" of Monday night's game, Gronkowski said that his preparation doesn't involve extensive film study.

"My teammate Cam Brate just asked me the other day, he goes, 'Rob, I have a serious question: Do you ever watch film?'" Gronkowski told the Manning brothers. "And I said, 'No, I don't. I just run by guys, if I'm feeling good, I'm feeling good.' So I don't watch film. I do watch film when the team is showing it. And every once in a while, I watch games, like right now."

Now playing in his 11th NFL season, it's safe to say that "just run by guys" has proven an effective strategy for Gronk, even without doing homework in the film room.

Thankfully, Gronkowski has the greatest quarterback of all time to fall back on if he needs to cram for a test just before kickoff.

"I do go up to Tom, because I know Tom watches like I don't know, 40 hours of film a week, and go, 'Tom, who is covering me, and what type of coverages are they doing?'" Gronkowski said.

Whatever system Gronkowski and Brady have in place, there's no reason to mess with it.

The duo has teamed up for 104 touchdowns in their careers together in New England and Tampa Bay, good for third on the all-time list of quarterback-receiver scoring tandems. Pretty soon, they'll have a shot at catching Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison for the all-time mark.

Until then, Brady will have to keep studying his film, and Gronk can just keep running by guys.