Earlier this week, Rob Gronkowski produced kind of a fake out when he tweeted, “I’m kinda bored.”

It turned out he was doing that to promote the fact that he was making a TV appearance. But there may have been a little more to Gronkowski actually being bored.

According to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times,  Gronkowski and the Buccaneers had “several conversations” about the tight end returning to the franchise around Thanksgiving.

Stroud reports that Gronkowski and the Buccaneers talked about different options for his return, including Gronkowski possibly joining the practice squad to get back into football shape. But, the Bucs were also willing to add Gronkowski to the 53-man roster.

Still, Gronkowski decided to stay retired.