Philadelphia Eagles safety Rodney McLeod will play in his first Super Bowl on Sunday against a New England Patriots team that Las Vegas has predicted the Eagles to be a 5.5 underdog against.

So how does one actually stop Tom Brady? “It’s knowing that he’s going to sort through, pick out, you know, your flaws and try to expose you,” Rodney McLeod told me on Scoop B Radio.

“And so, you know, we have to make sure we have all those things corrected that has worked against us. He’s a guy that looks at matchups, we got to obviously disrupt him and make him uncomfortable. I think that’s the biggest thing, make him uncomfortable early, kind of get him on his heels a little bit and be able to match up well in the back end.”

Ahead of Super Bowl LII, Philadelphia Eagles safety Rodney McLeod checked in with Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson and Scoop B Radio. Photo Credit: Fan Rag Sports

The Eagles secondary that features McLeod and Malcolm Jenkins also includes Ronald Darby, Jalen Mills and Patrick Robinson. They have the task of facing one of the deepest receiving corps in the NFL.

An NFC division lifer in his sixth season in the NFL McLeod has never played against Brady and the Patriots in the regular season. 

However, McLeod believes that Green Bay Packers quarterback, Aaron Rodgers’ game is comparable to Brady’s.

But why?

“A guy who can put the ball in places that not too many can, maybe only Tom Brady,” said McLeod.

“His experience in this league, his, you know, ability to have so much poise. Being in a situation where he’s never out of it either. He can be down fourteen and hop back into the game just like that. Knowledge of the game is excellent and he’s just an ultimate competitor man. And so, one person I have gone against, that I think I could compare him to would be Aaron Rodgers, in comparison to Tom Brady.”

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Hate him or love him, Tom Brady is legitimately the ultimate winner. The New England Patriots’ star quarterback has won two NFL MVP awards, four Super Bowl MVP awards and a record five Super Bowls wins.

He’ll go for his sixth ring on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl LII.

Las Vegas has perched the Eagles as a 5.5 point underdog against the Patriots despite blowing out the Minnesota Vikings 38-7 in the NFC Championship game and outshing the NFC with a 13-3 record and losing their star quarterback Carson Wentz with an ACL injury.

But I digress.

The Philadelphia Eagles’ defense has the arduous task of stop a Tom Brady-led offense who turned the tables on the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship Game. The Pats wiped out a Jags 10-point lead in the fourth quarter and won 24-20 to advance to Sunday’s big game.

So does the 5.5 underdog thing bother the birds?

“I don’t really pay too much attention to it,” Philadelphia Eagles Rodney McLeod told me on Monday evenings episode of Scoop B Radio.

“That’s been like that all playoffs for us. You know obviously, people come with these predictions. But all that matter is facts and at the end of the day we go out there on Sunday and do our jobs, then we’ll handle business. And the facts will be that the Eagles came out with the win.”

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Photo Credit: USA Today

The Eagles and the Patriots couldn’t be more opposite. The Patriots are legitimately the most dominant, successful franchise in 21st century American sports. And the Eagles? Well, they’re a team that has gone 57 seasons without a championship.

The Eagles secondary that includes McLeod also features Malcolm Jenkins, along with Ronald Darby, Jalen Mills and Patrick Robinson has the task of facing one of the deepest receiving corps in the NFL.

They’re not enemies and both team have been quite respectful of the other.

So, I’m curious: What does McLeod and his secondary actually respect about the Patriots?

“Their attention to detail,” he said.

“I think that’s their biggest strengths, they don’t beat themselves up about something and they play 60 minutes of ball. Whether they’re up or whether they’re down, they play 60 minutes of ball. And that’s what you got to do, you gotta bring it each and every quarter. They’re a team that makes great adjustments and we have to do the same.”

McLeod believes that the winner of Sunday’s game will win by managing the clock and by doing things the right way. “It’s going to come down to penalties,” he said.

“Who’s able to make adjustments throughout the game and then who’s able to put four quarters of work together.”  

An undrafted free agent and six year NFL veteran, this is McLeod’s first Super Bowl and he’s uber excited. The ultimate dream for any safety would be to get that golden opportunity to get an interception on the game’s best quarterback.

So is an INT in your future?

“Man, honestly, I’m hoping to get one, at least one off Tom Brady,” Rodney McLeod told me. “But, at the end of the day I’m not going to go out there and try to make these, you know, legendary plays.”

McLeod plans to play like he always does. “Just be myself, make the plays that come to me and if it’s my chance to get that interception, I’m going to make the most of it,” he said.

“But I’m planning on hopefully getting that Tom Brady ball this my first time going against him. So, what better way than the Super Bowl to get an interception versus the Hall of Famer, Tom Brady.”

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New England Patriots’ Tom Brady and New York Giants’ Odell Beckham, Jr. are usually bug gamers in fantasy football. Photo Courtesy of YouTube

DraftKings is on the move. Bost Biz Journal’s Kelly J. O’Brien detailed that 2017 has been kind to the company as they’ve creating relationships and partnerships through radio, TV and live sporting events and they’re primed and ready to make moves exceeding just fantasy sports.

Back in fall 2015,  DraftKings took some heat when the New York Times reported that an employee admitted he accidentally released early data which provided information to cheat the system and win $350,000 on a rival website, FanDuel. People who take part in this high-stake game now question whether or not this self-regulating industry is a safe or fair bet.

Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson discussing DraftKings and Fan Duel On CBS This Morning. Photo Courtesy of DJ Manny EL

RESPECT Magazine’s Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson chatted with CBS This Morning’s Jeff Glor on the allegations that rocked the multi-billion-dollar industry. Press Play Below to view.

Two years later, DraftKings has mortgaged itself to be in good position for the foreseeable future.

DraftKings has made serious moves in 2017. Photo Credit: DraftKings

On Wednesday, the private fantasy sports site made waves when it hired former CBS Corp. executive Ezra Kucharz as chief business officer. Kucharz was instrumental in strongly building the digital infrastructure of CBS Radio’s play.it through CBS local.

Some of DraftKings’ partnership agreements include Major League Baseball’s investment stake in the company, ESPN’s exclusive $250 million advertising contract and 21st Century Fox’s $250M non-exclusive advertising deal.

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Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry and U.S. President Donald Trump. Photo Credit: ABC7

During the Golden State Warriors’ media day Warriors point guard Steph Curry was asked whether he and his team would visit the White House to celebrate winning their 2017 NBA Championship with current U.S. President Donald Trump.

Curry was adamant in expressing his disinterest in visiting the White House:

“I don’t want to go,” said Curry . “That’s kind of the nucleus of my belief…(But) it’s not just me going to the White House. If it was, this would be a pretty short conversation.”

When pressed further the Warriors All Star stated:

“We don’t stand for basically what our President has – the things that he’s said and the things that he hasn’t said in the right times, that we won’t stand for it,” Curry said. “And by acting and not going, hopefully that will inspire some change when it comes to what we tolerate in this country and what is accepted and what we turn a blind eye to. It’s not just the act of not going there. There are things you have to do on the back end to actually push that message into motion.”

Well, this morning President Trump let Curry know via Twitter that he wasn’t invited:

 “Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!”

Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2017

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James ran to Curry’s aide stating: ‘U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain’t going! So therefore ain’t no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!’

LeBron James responds to President Donald Trump’s tweets about Steph Curry

ESPN Sports Center anchor Jemele Hill who recently faced ridicule for her stance via social media on the President weighed in herself in a series of tweets.

ESPN anchor Jemele Hill weighs in on Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Retired NBA player Craig Hodges weighed in on the Warriors’ decision on Scoop B Radio. Hodges was blackballed by the NBA after he handed a letter to former U.S. President George H.W. Bush during the Bulls’ championship visit to the White House. The contents of the letter, according to Hodges made President Bush aware of  the mistreatment of poor people and people of color in the United States.

“When I look at what the Warriors have decided to do, I guess not to go and because of Trump, I am somewhat dismayed,”  Craig Hodges told me on Scoop B Radio.     

“I feel like every American should get a chance to go to the White House. Because this is what you pay taxes for. You know, so you get a chance to see it and at the same time, I feel like it is a chance for you to go and air your grievances with the top man.”

Check out Craig Hodges Chat With Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson On The Warriors, Colin Kaepernick and more on Scoop B Radio.

 

Added Hodges:

“So I think there is a couple ways to be handling and you know, everyone has to do it their own personal way, but I feel like it is not an opportunity for every citizen of this country to get to do it and as a champion, it is something special to do. But at the same time I can understand the political slam as far as not going.”

Steph Curry is hardly the first member of the Warriors to voice his displeasure with President Trump and his administration. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has been vocal as is Curry’s teammate Kevin Durant. When asked whether he’d visit the White House, Durant stated his claim also.   “I don’t respect who’s in office right now,” Durant told the press over the summer.

“I don’t agree with what he agrees with, so my voice is going to be heard by not doing that. That’s just me personally, but if I know my guys well enough, they’ll all agree with me.”

Curry nor Durant are the first athletes to elect not to visit the White House.

Former New England Patriot Martellus Bennett and even Tom Brady were noticeably missing in D.C. when the Patriots stopped by the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl win.

In the past, NBA Hall of Famer and current Charlotte Hornets owner, Michael Jordan skipped the ritual in 1991 when George H.W. Bush was president. It’s been said that after the Chicago Bulls won their first championship, Jordan said: ‘F*** Bush I didn’t vote for him.’

Craig Hodges and Michael Jordan. Photo Courtesy of The Odyssey Online

“See that’s the part that MJ understood,” said Craig Hodges, Jordan’s former teammate in Chicago.

“You know, MJ is not publicly political but he can handle his affairs where he can make a political statement and when he didn’t come to the White House, it was a statement. But once again, there was no push back from any of his sponsors or any of that because he is who he is and he is the golden goose for a lot of marketers and endorsement companies. So it’s not a surprise that it didn’t come back. But I understood where he was coming from and that Bush wasn’t his homie but when Clinton was in office he hung out with Clinton and golfed with him so that let them know.”

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and retired NFL quarterback Peyton Manning. Photo Courtesy of CBS Sports

Barry Bondz is at it again. This time the lyricist has added flavor to the pot with his new visual to his song, ‘Check Down.’

If you’re tardy to the party, in football, a checkdown pass is when the quarterback attempts to complete a short, accurate pass to a running back or tight end as a last option when the wide receivers are covered.

Bondz initates that play on words in his new visual

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Barry Bondz. Photo Courtesy of Genco Media

“To me, ‘Check Down means being verified in this world that we live in,” Barry Bondz told RESPECT Magazine by phone.”Similar to the verification check you get on social media. I’m just putting it down.”

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