Sat 12/27/14 12:52 PM

With the Patriots having clinched the top playoff seed in the AFC, Gronkowski is a candidate to see limited work in Sunday's game against the Bills, ESPN.com's Mike Reiss reports. The report suggests a potential scenario in which the Patriots attempt to develop some momentum on offense out of the gate Sunday, and if that arrives, Gronkowski would be a candidate to take a seat. For his part, Ben Volin of the Boston Globe believes that the team may even elect to rest Gronkowski altogether, given his injury history. In any case, given that it's unclear how long the Patriots' key cogs on offense will be on the field in Sunday's game, which is meaningless from a playoff seeding perspective, Gronkowski looks like a risky fantasy roll in Week 17.