After grinding through an absurd amount of injuries and earning a first-round bye in the NFL playoffs, the New England Patriots deserved a little rest and relaxation.

Instead of suffering through the cold and gloomy weather in New England, tight end Rob Gronkowski took a nice mini vacation to sunny Florida.

My cousin just met Gronk pic.twitter.com/OWYQc8sYeg — dowd99 (@dowd_billy) January 9, 2016

Gronk is in Florida enjoying the Patriots #NFLPlayoffs bye this weekend. (via @Dowd_Billy) pic.twitter.com/QJyH8ySFUw — Only In Boston (@OnlyInBOS) January 9, 2016

Gronk just boarded a @JetBlue flight in Fort Myers & is heading back to Boston. #GronkIsMyCoPilot pic.twitter.com/BIOOKVjciL — Only In Boston (@OnlyInBOS) January 10, 2016

So Rob Gronkowski was just on my flight home from Florida…. ? — Carden Maloney (@cardenmaloney14) January 10, 2016

When ur son calls from the airport in Florida and says he bumped into GRONK!!! Omg #zach #newenglandpatriots #florida #gronkowski #gronknation Thank you GRONK for making his / our day lol A photo posted by Kerry (Rogers)Oates (@koates73) on Jan 10, 2016 at 11:54am PST

Now that Gronk and his teammates are rested up, it’s on to Kansas City.