Goodyear Card
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Former All-Pro running back, who had a 20 TD season in 2016, retires after eight NFL seasons
Johnson rose to stardom during his early years with the Cardinals
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The injury snatched the most amazing second gear I had ever seen in an NFL running back.This has always been hard to track. A solid player gets a seemingly curable injury that should leave them 100%, but somehow they never fully recover. I have to think it has a major psychological component. Some players just lose that sense of invincibility.
Occam’s razor - he got paid, he valued his family and future over football.I am suspicious of his fall off.
That said--- one of the most explosive players ive ever watched. Enjoy retirement DJ31
Occam’s razor - he got paid, he valued his family and future over football.
That’s always been my thought. Could he have been on PEDs and decided to get off them? Maybe. But I never heard any noise about that from him, I think Harry raised a good point about the feeling of invincibility being lost. We all remember how weird it was to lose a guy for the entire season to a wrist injury right? It doesn’t really work like that, and he just never came back that year, and then in 2018 and beyond was just not himself.
This has always been hard to track. A solid player gets a seemingly curable injury that should leave them 100%, but somehow they never fully recover. I have to think it has a major psychological component. Some players just lose that sense of invincibility.
I think he was just scared to get injured again and didn't trust his body. Seeing the long term injuries that some of these players deal with, I can understand it though.Beyond bizarre what happened here. He was an incredible combo of speed, power and wiggle… all gone after what was reported to just be a sprained knee at the end of the season when he’d have all offseason to rehab.
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Wish him the best. Seems like a great guy.
I saw him on TV once, I think it was on the Food Network. He and his wife were there for some event representing their foundation - The Johnson Family’s Mission 31 Foundation. The organization seeks to “provide opportunities, support, and resources to seriously ill children and their families by offering daily support and life-changing experiences”.Just saw him on Cards media, but for sure.
hahaToo funny. When I Googled him just now.
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