Rob Gronkowski rates Tom Brady's trash-talking skills

Published: Sep 14, 2018 at 07:53 AM

Nick Toney

Editor, The Checkdown

The Checkdown's daily collection of football culture stories for September 14, 2018. This is The Extra Point.

1. Tom Brady's trash-talking skills aren't so great.

1 out of 10: Rob Gronkowski rated Tom Brady’s trash-talking skills https://t.co/qYi0D4PEwK pic.twitter.com/HSPWBtMTnz
— Boston.com Sports (@BDCSports) September 14, 2018

The G.O.A.T squares off against league swagger king Jalen Ramsey on Sunday. Rob Gronkowski thinks one of them has the clear smack-talking advantage.

2. Get a look inside Odell Beckham Jr.'s offseason. The first episode of Odell Beckham's Facebook Watch series 'I AM MORE: OBJ' drops tonight. It chronicles the star receiver's journey back from injury.

My new @uninterrupted series I AM MORE: OBJ launches on Facebook Watch today. Check it out, follow the page, episode 1 tonight. #IAMMOREOBJ --> https://t.co/2Cfzgkqx6m pic.twitter.com/f2FEfwEuF7
— Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) September 14, 2018

3. Myles Garrett is a touch arachnophobic.

Wanna know how to block me? Place a spider about the same size as the one that fell on me as I left my house tonight , right in front of the qb. I felt like Frodo in Lord of the Rings.
— Myles "Flash" Garrett ⚡️ (@MylesLGarrett) September 14, 2018

Guessing the Browns' star pass-rusher wasn't a fan of the film 'Eight-Legged Freaks.'

4. Larry Fitzgerald's $5 million Arizona mansion is on the market. It includes a 12-car garage, two pools, a batting cage, a putting green, a movie theater, and a 1,200-bottle wine room.

Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald has put his Paradise Valley home on the market for $5 million.https://t.co/E6yZ1VHTJ0
— KTAR News 92.3 (@KTAR923) September 14, 2018

5. Sam Darnold pretty much predicted his NFL debut.

Remember how Monday night started?

Sam called it...two months ago 😱

One Jets Drive: The Season debuts tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/lG1w4c0d6Z
— New York Jets (@nyjets) September 13, 2018

Jets fans hope he has much more in common with Joe Namath than just his predictive powers.

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