Rob Gronkowski took a late, cheap shot at Bills CB Tre'Davious White

Gronk is probably looking at a suspension after this.

Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski will likely be hearing from the league office this week after this play against the Buffalo Bills.

Tre’Davious White intercepted a Tom Brady pass while covering Gronkowski. After the play, Gronkowski came in late, and dropped an elbow on White:

White would be walked to the locker room to be evaluated for a head injury after the hit.

Four penalties were assessed on the play:

• Unnecessary roughness against Gronkowski
• Unnecessary roughness on Bills S Micah Hyde
• Unnecessary roughness against Patriots WR Danny Amendola
• Unsportsmanlike conduct on Bills DE Jerry Hughes

The Patriots were up 23-3 at the time, with less than five minutes to go in the game when the cheap shot happened.

After the game, Bills coach Sean McDermott voiced his displeasure for the hit:

White was a first-round, 27th overall selection by the Bills in the 2017 NFL draft out of LSU — and he’s held his own.

“I can’t recall a rookie being asked to do some of the things we’ve asked him to do this season,” Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier said earlier this week. “As you know, we’ve had to match him up on some top receivers during the course of the season and you don’t usually ask a rookie to do that.”

White’s injury is the second major one for the Bills Sunday afternoon, after losing quarteback Tyrod Taylor to an injured knee.

After the game, Gronk apologized for the hit in the locker room.

"Just wanna apologize to Tre'Davious White. I don't really believe in type of shots like that," Gronk said after the game.

White was doing plenty of clutching and grabbing on him before the pick, but that won’t justify his action if the league decides to hand out additional punishment for the incident.

Bill Belichick was asked about it after the game too, but deferred in his response.

"I didn't really see what happened. That was something the officials handled today and not something we really had any control over,” Belichick said.

As for the Bills, they didn’t hold back when asked about it. Safety Micah Hyde called it a “dirty play” and no apology was going to cover up that fact.

Bills head coach Sean McDermott weighed in too.

“I just don’t think there’s any place in the game for that...I know he (Gronkowski) is a better player than that,” he said.

Bills safety Jordan Poyer said that "there’s not any room in the league for that type of crap” and added that anyone else would have been ejected for that.

Poyer was also asked if this might come up the next time the Bills see Gronk and the Patriots. “Of course. Yeah. For sure. Yes.”

We’ll see how the NFL decides to handle Gronk’s cheap shot during the week. As for the Bills, they’ll probably have something more to say about it no matter what the league does when they play again in Week 16.