Rob Gronkowski is back for FanDuel’s Kick of Destiny 2

As the New York Post identified final week, the second coming of the Kick of Destiny would not require customers to purchase into the promotion like they did earlier than. Last 12 months, followers have been instructed that their $5 guess on the Super Bowl would flip into sharing $10,000,000 in bonus bets with all the opposite customers who opted into the Kick of Destiny promo. In the top, FanDuel ended up paying customers $5-$10 back in the long run though Gronkowski missed the 25-yard discipline purpose.

This 12 months, FanDuel customers are solely requested to submit a “Make or Miss” prediction for the Kick of Destiny. On one hand, this implies the payout might be even much less this 12 months as a result of entry into the promo is free. But may the general outcome nonetheless be higher for customers this 12 months — even when Gronkowski misses the massive kick but once more?

Gronkowski sounds fairly assured that he will not miss the Kick of Destiny a second 12 months in a row. The four-time Super Bowl champ stated on the Fox broadcast following the NFC Championship recreation, by way of the Post, that he has been “practicing three times a week” and has “made about 90%” of these follow kicks.

In addition to adjusting how followers can play alongside, FanDuel is additionally modifying its advert marketing campaign centered across the Kick of Destiny. Early promotional content material featured Gronkowski in search of redemption, alongside former NFL linebacker turned-actor Carl Weathers. FanDuel introduced in a press release final that they might be modifying the advertisements after the “Rocky” actor handed away final week on the age of 76.

“FanDuel was fortunate to have had an opportunity to work with him during our Super Bowl campaign,” FanDuel stated Friday in a press release. “We are adjusting our campaign accordingly out of respect for the family during their time of grief.”