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Originally Posted by Halfcan
Chiefs ILB Derrick Johnson (Achilles') still expects to be ready for training camp.
The 34-year-old ruptured his left Achilles' in December. Johnson optimistically said he will be ready for camp in April, and he is not backing down a month later. "I'm on track, just like last time," Johnson said. "I never want to put a date on when I'm going to be 100 percent. But will I be at camp? I can say that, yeah." Even if he is "ready," Johnson will likely take it easy early in camp, but there does not appear to be any concern about his Week 1 status.
Check the thread title. That is the Whole point of this thread- DJ says he will be at camp.
Immediately, it was posted he was full of shit. That is the WHOLE point of my response.
Now you want to take if a step further and act like he was a scrub before he got hurt and now should just retire. You can post all the odds you want wrapped up in your negativity- but the fact is - DJ HAS come back from this before. Will he be an ALL Pro again- time will tell- but my guess he will Still be the best we have and will be racking up tackles like he always did.
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Or you can read my response and who I was speaking directly to. You're the one that directly addressed me, champ. You might want to speak to what I was actually saying.
I couldn't give a large rats ass about who posted what before me - I spoke to a direct point made in the thread; a couple of them in fact. You, because you're asshurt over some park equipment, are just randomly spewing drivel at anyone who dares question the kind-hearted soul that is Derrick Johnson.
FFS, he's my goddamn screen name. The guy that has his season tickets in front of us lived across the street from him (and down the street from Bowe) and says he's the honest to god nicest person you'd ever meet. I. Don't. Care.
Being nice doesn't stop the goddamn aging process. It doesn't stop injuries from being even harder on guys when they've gotten older. You've made this oddly personal and in so doing you're ignoring a SHITLOAD of history from players that were every bit as committed and dedicated to their crafts and still couldn't bounce back at the ages we're talking about here.
I have no doubt that Derrick Johnson will work hard to come back. I have no doubt that Derrick Johnson THINKS he'll be as good as new and that he may well attend training camp. I also know that time remains unbeaten and untied and generally speaking, athletes don't slowly fade away - they just hit a damn wall. And that's especially true of athletes that suffer major injuries to their lower half.
This is just the harsh reality of it.