Bernard Pollard takes out yet another Patriot

Bernard Pollard continues to be a oneman wrecking crew when he plays the New England Patriots.
The Baltimore safety's tackle on Rob Gronkowski in the final seconds of the third quarter sent the tight end limping off the field and on to the locker room.
It's the third time Pollard has knocked a key Patriot out of a game, and the other two were as damaging to New England as any injury that Patriots have suffered in recent years.
In 2008, Pollard's hit on Tom Brady in the seasonopener tore MCL and ACL ligaments and ended the quarterback's season. Pollard was playing for Kansas City then.
The same damage was inflicted on www.buccaneersofficialnflshop.com/Authentic-Doug-Martin-Jersey receiver Wes Welker from a Pollard tackle late in the 2009 season, when Pollard was with Houston.
On the tackle on Gronkowski, Pollard hit him above the waist, but as the two fell to the ground Pollard's weight forced the receiver's lower left leg inward, apparently twisting his knee.
"My gosh, it's Pollard again," said CBS' Jim Nantz.
Nantz went on to recount Pollard's history against the Patriots, and Phil Simms then interjected that: "Saying all that, we're not insinuating, by no means."
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