The talk from last weekend’s NFL action was the interview Keyshawn Johnson did with Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson for ESPN’s “NFL Countdown”. Keyshawn is taking some heat for being overly critical of Chad’s elaborate touchdown celebrations.
You be the judge of if Keyshawn was unfair during the interview:
While he was a bit over the top at times (the dreaded theme music in the background was a nice touch, ESPN), Keyshawn was just doing his job as a reporter. The problem, however, is that Keyshawn was way worse during his playing days than Chad has ever been.
Chad dances and draws attention to himself. Keyshawn drew attention to himself, but by berating teammates. So, while the interview itself was rather fair, the choice for interviewer wasn’t. Chad may be a distraction at times, but so is T.J. Houshmanzadeh when he’s complaining on the sidelines about the Bengals offense not clicking. Chad has never been malicious in his actions – the same cannot be said for Keyshawn. If ESPN had another interviewer ask similar questions, it’s highly doubtful the segment would have received this much attention.
They went at it pretty good …………… good stuff.
I’ve never been a big Chad Johnson fan – he’s a big mouth and a showboat, and that always bothered me. But there is a clownish and funning affect to him that makes it all somewhat less offensive than some others including Keyshawn who could improve the state of football by choking on a tree frog once in a while.
All in all, I’d sure enjoy seeing ole Chad lining up opposite Donald Driver.
For the record, in the year Johnson was drafted, the legendary Ron Wolf picked Jamal Reynolds and Robert Furgeson in rounds one and two filling out with Bill Ferrario, David Martin, Bhawoh Jue, and Torrence Marshall. Not one of his better draft years.