Rob Gronkowski said during a media event on Saturday that he's had the Tampa Bay Buccaneers playbook for four weeks, predating the trade that sent him from the New England Patriots last week.

He walked those comments back on Wednesday night.

"This is seriously a story?" Gronkowski said on Twitter. "Lol! I was just joking around with Sage [Steele] as I was pretty much the whole time that time when I was co-hosting the show [with Barstool Big Cat]. Wowsers, my co-hosting skills on point!! Lol!! I actually just received my team-issued Surface today from the Bucs and it's still in the package, and hoping it is all pictures and drawings. I'm pumped to open it one day hopefully soon and follow the arrows to learn where to run too. Gronk run Gronk catch ball. No playbook needed. Hehe."

The tight end made his original comments during the Bud Light Seltzer "Drafterparty."

After Steele pointed out that Joe Burrow has been studying the Cincinnati Bengals' playbook for weeks, Gronk said he's had the Buccaneers playbook for four weeks.