With his cast off, Gronk can now go to the left hand when holding stuffed alligators. (Instagram.com)

Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski took some time off from his busy social life this week to get the cast on his broken left forearm removed. Gronkowski had been wearing the cast since undergoing surgery on Jan. 14.

"No cast," Gronkowski said when asked about his forearm in an interview with the team's official website. "Just in the rehab part of it, getting it better, getting it stronger, getting it totally healthy now. Taking it day-by-day with the rehab, week-by-week."  

Gronk recently told the Boston Herald that he expects the rehab time to last from 4-6 weeks. This will mark the second time in three months that Gronkowski has had to rehab a broken bone in his forearm. Gronkowski suffered a similar injury in the Patriots' Week 11 win over Indianapolis and missed five games before returning for New England's regular-season finale against Miami. 

Besides his forearm, Gronkowski also talked about his always interesting social life,which included a recent shirtless trip to Las Vegas. "I've just been living my life how I have been -- with my family, with my friends -- since I was a young kid," Gronkowski said. "I appreciate everyone's support of me. Just worrying about my arm, just making sure I'm 100 percent healthy, which I totally agree because I definitely want to be 100 percent healthy." 

Gronkowski then got philosophical, "To this day, I always wonder, without sports, where would I be? I just have to appreciate that and just watch out, totally be careful out there and get my forearm 100 percent and get my body healthy so when next season rolls around, I'm ready to go."  

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