Rob Gronkowski says he would be accepting if he had a gay teammate on the New England Patriots.

"I got this question before, about a year ago, and I basically will say the same answer that I did a year ago," the tight end said. "You've got to accept the player. Everyone has their own ways to live their life and as long as he's respecting me, keeping distance, respecting myself, I'll respect him back.

"If he's being a great teammate and he's a guy on the field doing a great job, well then you've got nothing to complain about. He's another teammate and another friend."