Chris Johnson, thy name is humility

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http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Chris-Johnson-has-a-new-nickname-for-himself-an?urn=nfl,172357

Apparently, being part of a duo with LenDale White no longer suits Chris Johnson of the Titans, at least when it comes to nicknames.

To paraphrase another pro football player with no concept of humility, he loves him some him. Pardon a moment of fanboyishness here, but the Titans' losing streak since stomping an imitation Terrible Towel just keeps on going. Imagine if they had messed with an authentic one? ;D
 
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Well, ****. I was going to wonder if you would have mentioned this if it wasn't a member of the Towel-stomping Titans, but you went ahead and acknowledged your bias.

****. You are making things very difficult for me this year, oop.
 
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Should have stuck with the pair and called themselves The Penetrating White Johnson.
 
Re: Chris Johnson, thy name is humilty

BYH said:
Well, ****. I was going to wonder if you would have mentioned this if it wasn't a member of the Towel-stomping Titans, but you went ahead and acknowledged your bias.

****. You are making things very difficult for me this year, oop.

Well, I do live to be difficult. :)

It's a fair question. Actually, I would have brought it up. I never really had an opinion regarding Johnson beyond his football skills until I read this. Now I think he is a Deion Sanders wannabe. Somebody needs to to explain to this kid that Neon Deion perfected the look-at-me schtick long ago and we really don't need anybody else following in his self-nicknaming footsteps.

It also seems like he is thumbing his nose at a teammate with this. Bear in mind that the teammate in question is LenDale White, who led the way with the towel stomping, so it kind of amuses me on that level. It still cracks me up that the lazy ******* didn't even bother to get an official Terrible Towel (from which part of the proceeds go to charity).
 
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Well, as a running back, Chris Johnson can handle contact. So any Deion comparisions are unfair.

And he is a ****in stud. I'd try to distance myself from plodding LenDale White, too, if I were Johnson.
 
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BYH said:
Well, as a running back, Chris Johnson can handle contact. So any Deion comparisions are unfair.

And he is a ****in stud. I'd try to distance myself from plodding LenDale White, too, if I were Johnson.

No argument at all. Unless the opponent was a 50-something broadcaster, Deion wanted no part of a physical confrontation. I've seen kickers who are tougher than Deion.

The comparison was in personality only, but that probably isn't fair, either. Sanders can actually put together a coherent sentence. Maybe I should've gone with Shannon Sharpe instead. :)

What did you think of the new nickname he bestowed upon himself, Every Coach's Dream?
 
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Re: Chris Johnson, thy name is humilty

Jesus. That "story" reads like a rejected script from Talladega Nights.
 
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outofplace said:
No argument at all. Unless the opponent was a 50-something broadcaster, Deion wanted no part of a physical confrontation. I've seen kickers who are tougher than Deion.

The comparison was in personality only, but that probably isn't fair, either. Sanders can actually put together a coherent sentence. Maybe I should've gone with Shannon Sharpe instead. :)

What did you think of the new nickname he bestowed upon himself, Every Coach's Dream?

Egads man. I just read that story (had heard about the nickname but hadn't read any more than that). He does sound like an idiot.

He's Every Coach's Dream, as long as his coach doesn't care about the English language.

I've always liked Jeff Fisher and I think the Titans are one of the better-run teams in football, but between the unsustainable luck they had last year, their 98-year-old quarterback who has patented the 12-25-132-0 TD-2 INT line and their out-of-control egos at running back, they're really starting to look like a 7-9 trainwreck.
 
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BYH said:
outofplace said:
No argument at all. Unless the opponent was a 50-something broadcaster, Deion wanted no part of a physical confrontation. I've seen kickers who are tougher than Deion.

The comparison was in personality only, but that probably isn't fair, either. Sanders can actually put together a coherent sentence. Maybe I should've gone with Shannon Sharpe instead. :)

What did you think of the new nickname he bestowed upon himself, Every Coach's Dream?

Egads man. I just read that story (had heard about the nickname but hadn't read any more than that). He does sound like an idiot.

He's Every Coach's Dream, as long as his coach doesn't care about the English language.

I've always liked Jeff Fisher and I think the Titans are one of the better-run teams in football, but between the unsustainable luck they had last year, their 98-year-old quarterback who has patented the 12-25-132-0 TD-2 INT line and their out-of-control egos at running back, they're really starting to look like a 7-9 trainwreck.

It's the Towel, man..they should never have ****ed with the Towel. :)
 
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Every Coach's Dream ... for a guy with one season in the league, that's hilarious.
 
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outofplace said:
It's the Towel, man..they should never have ****ed with the Towel. :)

Nah. As much as I wanted the Titans to beat your ******* Steelers last year, they were not built for January. They should have been, as a run-first team with a really good defense that was tested in close games. But something didn't feel right entering January.
 
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BYH said:
outofplace said:
It's the Towel, man..they should never have ****ed with the Towel. :)

Nah. As much as I wanted the Titans to beat your ******* Steelers last year, they were not built for January. They should have been, as a run-first team with a really good defense that was tested in close games. But something didn't feel right entering January.

Never underestimate the power of the Terrible Towel! hehe

Seriously, they just ran into a Ravens team that did the same things better and didn't make the big mistakes.
 
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Bubbler said:
Jesus. That "story" reads like a rejected script from Talladega Nights.

No ****, my head hurts after reading that thing.
 
Re: Chris Johnson, thy name is humilty

BYH said:
Well, as a running back, Chris Johnson can handle contact. So any Deion comparisions are unfair.

And he is a ****in stud. I'd try to distance myself from plodding LenDale White, too, if I were Johnson.

Especially if there's a cheeseburger involved.
 
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That poorly written piece has more than 1,500 comments. In June. About a running back's nickname. I guess people like them some NFL.
 
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outofplace said:
BYH said:
Well, as a running back, Chris Johnson can handle contact. So any Deion comparisions are unfair.

And he is a ****in stud. I'd try to distance myself from plodding LenDale White, too, if I were Johnson.

No argument at all. Unless the opponent was a 50-something broadcaster, Deion wanted no part of a physical confrontation. I've seen kickers who are tougher than Deion.

The comparison was in personality only, but that probably isn't fair, either. Sanders can actually put together a coherent sentence. Maybe I should've gone with Shannon Sharpe instead. :)

What did you think of the new nickname he bestowed upon himself, Every Coach's Dream?

You must be thinking of a different Deion than the one I've heard.

Oh, and while I seriously despise Deion Sanders on any number of levels, I will give him his due on the contact issue. On separate plays in the same game in 1996 or thereabouts, I saw Deion stand up Lamont Warren and Zack Crockett on outside runs and stop them in their tracks. And Crockett was a load -- a good 235-240 pounds.

Deion didn't go out of his way to hit people, but that doesn't mean he couldn't and wouldn't do it at times.
 
Re: Chris Johnson, thy name is humilty

BYH said:
outofplace said:
It's the Towel, man..they should never have ****ed with the Towel. :)

Nah. As much as I wanted the Titans to beat your ******* Steelers last year, they were not built for January. They should have been, as a run-first team with a really good defense that was tested in close games. But something didn't feel right entering January.

Maybe it was the QB who had been drinking beer legally for almost two decades.
 
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That's who is bylined in the link.
 

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