CJ: "I'm a decoration" (1 Viewer)

[bostonfred]

b-fred: First of all, he DOES back it up on the field.Soncd of all, that's the entire POINT of the quotation. He is NOT whoofing this year b/c he has nothing to whoof ABOUT.

If he DOES back it up on the field, wouldn't he have something to whoof about? The only difference between T.O. and CJ is that one has shown an ability to perform at a high level for an extended period of time and the other has show the ability to more eloquently slam his QB, OC, and HC. I'll give this to Chad - he's very well-spoken.

 

[ceo3west]

He sure has been..

Nice avatar, Al.

I'd give you a good Swerengin quote right now, but I'd probably get kicked off the board for it.

 

[Navin R Johnson]

If TO made the same comments.....

He'd be the same kind of meathead he is now - the reason he can't make those kind of comments is that he does NOT MAKE these kind of comments:

"Stuff is not going the same way it did last year, to where I can come out and be bold," he said. "We're not playing bold. We're not playing aggressive. So I can't be aggressive. I've got to feel it.

"I can't come up and say, 'Man, we're going to go out and torch these guys,' and we go 75 plays in the game and have one explosive play. We're just not the aggressor right now."

The bolded words are words that never come out of TO's mouth. Nor does he get humble when "we" aren't playing well.

This will not turn into a TO thread, but just keep in mind how RADICALLY DIFFERENT these two players approach the game and the media.

Note:

Johnson suggested for the first time Wednesday that play-calling is part of the problem. Johnson, who led the AFC in catches and yards last season, thinks the Bengals have allowed defenses to take away what they do best.

"We have to call it and they have to trust us as receivers," Johnson said. "The quarterback has to trust his receivers to make the plays for him, regardless of what they line up in. We can't allow teams to dictate what we can do. We need to start dictating what we want to do."

Even when he complains about the playcalling, he doesn't call anyone out, he doesn't toss his QB under the bus, and he continues to talk in terms of "we."

Finally, to be fair, he did not say "I'm a decoration" with the complaint of give me the ball. Here is the quote - in full so you can assess for yourself what CJ is saying.

"I can't be the aggressor with this right here," he said, pointing to his mouth, "when my approach and my play out there on Sunday is not aggressive at all. I can't. It's not matching up.

"Last year, I could be aggressive because I knew when I got up on Sunday, we were going to be the aggressive opponent. But right now, I can't take an aggressive approach with you guys, and then go out there and be a sitting duck and a decoration."

Now do you understand why "if TO said it . . "Yeah - if TO said it it'd be "give me the ball, what am I, a decoration?"

CJ's comment was NOTHING CLOSE TO that kind of complaint.

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Outside of their mouths off the field, they are not even remotely similar. EVERY ONE of CJ's coaches comments on how AWESOME and COACHABLE CJ is - and how great his attitude is both on and off the field.

Ever once hear a coach praise TO's attitude?

Like I said above, from here on out, I'm going to let the CJ detractors dig their own holes.

 

[Sabertooth]

He is a decoration. He doesn't help his team win. He is a me-me-me player first and foremost and now he wants to act like he really just wants to win. He's full of it. You reap what you sow buddy.

 

[Navin R Johnson]

He is a decoration. He doesn't help his team win. He is a me-me-me player first and foremost and now he wants to act like he really just wants to win. He's full of it. You reap what you sow buddy.

Well, this is a shocking development for the anti-T.O.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

I think he's the second best WR on that team.

from way back when.

 

[Dope]

I think he's the second best WR on that team.

from way back when.

The idea that CJ is the 2nd best WR on the Bengals is false.Teams are taking away 85 and daring Housh to beat them.Housh doesn't have the skills to do that...hence the Bengals record regressing in games/seasons that Housh gets more targets than 85.I don't have the stats in front of me...but I know this to be true.Johnson is mad for good reason. He was a big part of his team winning (finally).I bet he feels frustrated that his team isn't winning. That he KNOWS he could help them win and that the coaches or the QB are just not helping him help the team win.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

I think he's the second best WR on that team.

from way back when.

I think you mean 2nd best fantasy WR. which isnt all that true either

 

[Ice Cream Man]

The idea that CJ is the 2nd best WR on the Bengals is false.Teams are taking away 85 and daring Housh to beat them.Housh doesn't have the skills to do that...hence the Bengals record regressing in games/seasons that Housh gets more targets than 85.

It's like some people don't even watch the football games anymore...

 

[Das Boot]

I think that if Cinn. continues to struggle, and especially if CJ continues to not get his normal numbers, things will get frostier between CJ and the Bengals and you'll see a growing number of "TO-like" comments from CJ.