After just one season with the Detroit Lions, veteran safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson decided to leave the team to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles. And as he leaves, he had some parting words for his teammates on social media, calling them out for being afraid to go out in Detroit.
In a series of since-deleted posts, C.J. Gardner-Johnson complained that fans had turned on him after he decided to sign with the Eagles, which he lamented because he claimed he was a “city legend” who hung out on both the east and west side of the city.
“Lions fans quick to turn! But ima hush,” Gardner-Johnson posted at 7:59 a.m. on Wednesday according to MLive.
“City legend though, definitely can ask any East side or west side resident! So quick (quit) playing on my name ‘fans,’” Gardner-Johnson said in a follow-up post.
Gardner-Johnson quickly deleted the posts on X/Twitter, but reposted the second post as a screenshot on his Instagram story, adding some text that called out his teammates for being “scared to go outside to kick it with the city.”
“Tired of these Detroit fans,” Gardner-Johnson posted. “Let’s set the record straight. ONLY ME & @bigsgjamo (Jameson Williams’ Instagram handle) had the streets of Detroit behind us. All the other guys on the team was scared to go outside to kick it with the city.”
It’s certainly a pretty brutal claim about his former teammates.
