Tom Brady 'definitely did rig the system to get into the playoffs,' Rob Gronkowski jokes

Rob Gronkowski was back with Tom Brady on Monday – but this time it was for an episode of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback’s "Let’s Go!" podcast.

The retired NFL tight end, who spent several years with Brady on the Buccaneers and the New England Patriots, joked with the star quarterback on the show ahead of Tampa Bay’s playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys tonight. Gronkowski chided Brady for limping into the playoffs this season.

"Under .500, that’s pretty impressive, you know, making the playoffs under .500," Gronkowski joked on the podcast. "He definitely did rig the system to get in the playoffs."

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Brady responded, "Whatever it would’ve taken, we would’ve finished above whatever we needed to get into the playoffs. I wasn’t worried about that. We’re here, it doesn’t matter anyway."

Gronkowski said he missed bantering in the locker room with his teammates the most since he retired. He also said he missed being in the Buccaneers’ locker room the most because of guys like Scotty Miller and Cameron Brate, who would tease each other all the time.

Brady said he understood why Gronkowski would miss that part of the game and that "we all miss him" being there as well.

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Sportscaster Jim Gray asked Gronkowski what he would tell the current Buccaneers team going into their game against the Cowboys.

"I mean, just go out there and do what you do. I mean, basically every player on that roster has been in a playoff game situation. I mean, yeah, there's a couple rookies and a couple new guys that may have not, but you just got to go out there, and you just got to play your game," he said. 

"You don't have to overthink at all. And just make sure you execute every play. Just step it up a notch as well. I mean, when that 3rd down needs to be made, someone has to pick it up, someone has to break two tackles, reach the ball over the line, whatever it takes to make that extra play and to get that momentum going. And that's what's huge in the playoffs."

He added he would be cheering for Brady and the Buccaneers and advised the quarterback to "launch the ball."

"I love it," Brady said. "You know, you don't sound like that football's out of you at all. So, I feel like he's got a lot left in there. He's itching, you know, to get back next year. I could see it."

'Happy Days' star Henry Winkler talks reboot rumors and if he would return

Henry Winkler revealed he has "no idea" if fans will ever get a "Happy Days" reboot in which he could reprise his role as "The Fonz."

However, the 77-year-old actor did reveal some possible requirements if the popular show were to make a comeback.

"I wouldn't want to do it without Ron [Howard], without Don [Most], without Anson [Williams] and without Marion {Ross]," Winkler expressed to Fox News Digital at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday.

He also said he wouldn't want to do the show without Garry Marshall, who created and produced "Happy Days." Marshall died in 2016.

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Winkler portrayed Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli for eleven seasons on the hit sitcom, spanning from 1974 to 1984.

When asked if a "Happy Days" reunion was a possibility, Winkler admitted, "That's a good question. I don't know. I have no idea."

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Winkler has worked with some of Hollywood's greatest, including Jason Bateman in "Arrested Development," Michael Keaton in "Night Shift" and several films with Adam Sandler.

He revealed there are many more actors he'd like to work with, number one being Jeff Bridges.

"How magnificent is he in '[The] Old Man?' Oh my god!"

"Julia Garner from "Ozark," he added. "Oh my god. And it goes on and on, I get so excited to see everybody," he said of attending the awards show.

Winkler, who won the Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in HBO's "Barry," said he was just happy "to celebrate the enormous talent in that room," ahead of his win.

In terms of what he is working on in the future, Winkler shared "I have things in the fire, but if they are not real, I never talk about them. If they are not like, ‘Oh we're doing it.' But I'm very excited."