HOUSTON — While his Patriots teammates are dealing with the business of trying to win another Super Bowl, Rob Gronkowski is handling business of another sort.

The sidelined tight end produced and starred in an online TV series that basically is “Shark Tank For Jocks.” And while Gron- kowski can be an overwhelming force on the football field, he’s something of a novice at the television game.

Sure, he and his four brothers, three of whom have spent time in the NFL, worked in the family’s fitness business growing up. But football was their calling.

Now, Gronk is spreading his enterprising wings with the Wednesday night “MVP” series on Verizon’s Go90 mobile TV network . The program offers an inside look at how sports stars such as Antonio Brown, Kevin Durant and Pro Football Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk get connected with brands people see and use every day.

Gronkowski and the other athletes taped the shows in less than a week last summer. To him, it was an excellent chance to branch out and prepare for when football no longer is his livelihood.

“When the opportunity is right, when I’m in the offseason and have a whole day to myself, a week to myself, I’ll check out those business opportunities, and maybe some TV shows, and possibly hop on,” he says. “Football will not be around forever.”

Gronkowski still has a strong presence with the Patriots regardless of his availability to make catches, run over defenders and score touchdowns. Whether he’s offering some expertise to his replacement, Martellus Bennett – who has been superb for much of the season – or keeping things light with his antics, he very much wants to be considered a major part of the team.

“I see players all the time and it’s great being all around them,” Gronkowski says. “There’s a positive energy around the facility, and being part of it throughout the whole year, it’s been a great journey for sure.

“I wish nothing but the best for the team, they’ve been working so hard all year, they are warriors. Seeing the guys work so hard, you know that has motivated me just to do (rehab) hard, like they do it. It’s my job to be there for them and support them, and that’s what I’m doing.”