In a recent tweet by fellow ex-Bengal and great American Willie Anderson, he shed some light on the Jeremi Johnson situation this offseason:
Yeah Right! Mike Brown won't let them cut Jeremy Johnson. He made the coaches go find him in Kentucky this offseason.
This is the same Jeremi Johnson that has come to camp overweight and unprepared almost every offseason. The same one who hasn't contributed since his flurry of fake handoff touchdown receptions in 2005. The only reason Mikey keeps bringing him back is because Mikey is such a good guy! He just finds a softspot in his heart for certain worthless/troubled players, and has to enrich them with NFL salaries.
The opportunity cost of this of course is the possibility of signing a fullback with real talent, and one that would contribute in taking us to the next level. But there is no "next level" with Mike Brown. He is quite alright being "competitive", and taking care of his guys in the process.
Dude, you should follow some of his other tweets @ people after that. If you look at their messages and his, it is really revealing. Like check this one out:
@TomHarnisch. They were pissed! He was like that's what he wanted.
@WillAnderson79 is it me or did the coaches look really mad when mike brown suggested Chris harrington play te? They were rolling their eyes
** of course I am also assuming "he" is MB
Posted by: Danno | August 13, 2009 at 09:41 AM
Mike Brown is an ass clown! That rymes
Posted by: Rk | August 13, 2009 at 10:43 AM