Valenti on C. J. Gardner-Johnson: "I Wouldn't be Suprised if [the Lions] Moved On"
The Valenti Show
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🗓️ 29 January 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Mike and Rico react to the theatrics from C.J. Gardner-Johnson in the first half of Lions-49ers and what they expect his future to be with Detroit.
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| 0:00.0 | All right so Rico alluded to this let me give you two notes and and I'll start with |
| 0:06.2 | CJ Gardner Johnson and then there's one other thing no one's talking about and I |
| 0:10.9 | Would like to add it to the list of reasons you lost. But the Gardner Johnson thing, |
| 0:17.1 | look, I like him as a player, but it's just gotten a little too much for me and this team is built on culture, right? |
| 0:26.7 | This team is built on grit and hard work and being all in. |
| 0:31.8 | I don't know how many of you paid attention but I mean last |
| 0:35.1 | week C.J. Gardner Johnson should have got popped for a for a personal file |
| 0:39.2 | taunting got very lucky after he tossed the ball back at Baker. |
| 0:43.7 | All we can lead up to this game. |
| 0:46.1 | He's out here calling Debo Samuel little boy and doing all this other weird stuff. |
| 0:50.8 | Then they get in the game. He takes a cheap shot on Debo. All right, selfish. |
| 0:56.2 | He's waving goodbye to the crowd one problem. It's the second quarter. |
| 1:02.1 | So you start to look at it and you go, all right, this is why the |
| 1:06.7 | Saints didn't keep them. This is why the Eagles didn't pay him. This is how you got |
| 1:12.4 | him on a one-year prove it deal. Now I'm not |
| 1:17.1 | angry if they bring him back, but I'm just saying I don't have to have him back. Melifonwoe resurrected his career. Kirby |
| 1:27.7 | Joseph's a good player. And you drafted Brian Branch. |
| 1:32.8 | He's a luxury, not a need. |
| 1:34.6 | Wouldn't be surprised if they moved on. |
| 1:36.7 | Here's the other one. |
| 1:38.2 | Do you know the only Lions player who played on defense |
| 1:42.4 | to not register a single stack last night. |
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