Updating a previous report, New England Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski (lower body) returned to the field in the second quarter of Super Bowl XLIII against the Los Angeles Rams and he did not miss a play. He reportedly didn’t receive any medical attention on the sidelines after a rough hit which forced him to limp off on the previous drive.

New England Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski is entering Super Bowl LIII on Sunday, Feb. 3, healthier than he’s been at almost any point this season, in which he’s battled a bulging disk in his back and Achilles tendinitis.

Los Angeles Rams QB Jared Goff has utilized play action on 34.6 percent of his dropbacks this season to pace all quarterbacks.

New England Patriots QB Tom Brady enters Super Bowl LIII on Sunday, Feb. 3, having played in more Super Bowls (eight) than the entire Los Angeles Rams roster combined (five).

Los Angeles Rams DT Aaron Donald is among seven starting first-round draft picks on the team’s defense. No other Super Bowl team has started that many in the Big Game, with the 2000 Baltimore Ravens currently holding the record with six.

Pittsburgh Steelers WR Antonio Brown continues to demand a trade, and has refused to return calls from team owner Art Rooney II, according to sources Sunday, Feb. 3.

Pittsburgh Steelers RB Le’Veon Bell could receive the transition tag from the Steelers, which would give the team the right to match any offer sheet the pending free agent receives from another team, a source said Sunday, Feb. 3. Pittsburgh’s decision depends on how much another team would value Bell and whether the Steelers would be willing to match the offer sheet.

New England Patriots RB Sony Michel is the first rookie and fourth running back overall to have back-to-back playoff games with at least 100 rushing yards and two touchdowns. The other three to do so — Terrell Davis, John Riggins and Larry Csonka — are in the Hall of Fame.

San Francisco 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo is working to recover from the ACL tear that cut his 2018 season short, and his progress has impressed head coach Kyle Shanahan. ‘He looks good, I’m not allowed to be working with him right now, but I was in the office a couple of days ago, I was stalking him while watching him out my window,’ Shanahan said Friday, Feb. 1, during an interview with San Francisco radio station KNBR. ‘He actually surprised me, he was running around, throwing, doing some stuff out of the pocket. I even had to call our trainer and ask ‘should he be moving that much?’ and he said he should be. It’s cool to see.’

Former New England Patriots WR Josh Gordon, who remains indefinitely suspended by the NFL for repeated violations of the substance abuse policy, will spend Super Bowl LIII in an in-patient treatment facility in Gainesville, Fla. There is no exit date yet for when Gordon will leave rehab, but the hope is that it’s relatively soon.