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This Andre Johnson appreciation post really put a smile on my face. Bro could’ve demanded a trade, been a cancer… he went out and played elite football. Deserves his gold jacket.
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What happened to Andre Johnson? Andre Johnson is number 11 all-time when it comes to career receiving yards. But there’s something that separates him from every other player in the top 10. Unlike every other player that’s on this list, Dre’s the only one who never played with a single QB who made the Hall of Fame, won an MVP, or at least got a single first-team All-Pro. It’s hard to be an elite wide receiver without an elite QB or an elite scheme. Some guys are asked to go out there with neither. And while they might do well for a while. Almost none will ever feel the warmth of a Hall of Fame jacket. Almost none...
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I keep trying to remind y'all Andre Johnson was one of the best WRs to ever play this game I got him ahead of Megatron and Antonio Brown
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What happened to Andre Johnson? Andre Johnson is number 11 all-time when it comes to career receiving yards. But there’s something that separates him from every other player in the top 10. Unlike every other player that’s on this list, Dre’s the only one who never played with a single QB who made the Hall of Fame, won an MVP, or at least got a single first-team All-Pro. It’s hard to be an elite wide receiver without an elite QB or an elite scheme. Some guys are asked to go out there with neither. And while they might do well for a while. Almost none will ever feel the warmth of a Hall of Fame jacket. Almost none...
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@KingRaven07 Just the name of the series (what happened to?) which ironically -- is all about giving flowers.
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@FlemLoRaps I don’t like the question of what happened like he was trash. Andre was a Beast, give that man his flowers
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What happened to Andre Johnson?
Andre Johnson is number 11 all-time when it comes to career receiving yards. But there’s something that separates him from every other player in the top 10.
Unlike every other player that’s on this list, Dre’s the only one who never played with a single QB who made the Hall of Fame, won an MVP, or at least got a single first-team All-Pro.
It’s hard to be an elite wide receiver without an elite QB or an elite scheme. Some guys are asked to go out there with neither.
And while they might do well for a while. Almost none will ever feel the warmth of a Hall of Fame jacket. Almost none...
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Probably my favorite receiver all time outside of every starting Saints receiver from the 09 year.
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What happened to Andre Johnson? Andre Johnson is number 11 all-time when it comes to career receiving yards. But there’s something that separates him from every other player in the top 10. Unlike every other player that’s on this list, Dre’s the only one who never played with a single QB who made the Hall of Fame, won an MVP, or at least got a single first-team All-Pro. It’s hard to be an elite wide receiver without an elite QB or an elite scheme. Some guys are asked to go out there with neither. And while they might do well for a while. Almost none will ever feel the warmth of a Hall of Fame jacket. Almost none...
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Recently, the football world received some devastating news. Chris Johnson — the man we all know as CJ2K — has been diagnosed with ALS.
Before we dive into that, let’s retrace our steps a little bit.
In March of 2015, a vehicle occupied by Chris Johnson stopped at a red light. A 2nd vehicle rolled up beside them and opened fire, filling Chris's vehicle with holes. The driver was killed in the shooting, while Chris was hit in the arm.
But the shot was more serious than a typical flesh wound. There was severe nerve damage. It was so bad that Chris thought his career might be over.
“I was contemplating retirement,” he said. “Knowing if I can't use this hand, I can’t play football no more.
“So much pain. My hand was so f----d up. I couldn’t touch nothing. I couldn’t use nothing.”
Chris eventually regained use of his hand and rushed for 814 yards in just 11 games. He’d play a few more seasons after this, and then he'd retire after a total of 10 seasons in the NFL.
During that time, he made an All-Pro, 3 Pro Bowls, and led the NFL in rushing yards with his legendary 2000-yard season. He broke and still holds the yards-from-scrimmage record, and he also had 500 rec yards that year.
In retirement Chris was enjoying his family, his kids, and his wife. Lifting up his daughter to blow out candles on her birthday cake, and working out and staying in solid dad shape.
And after a lifetime of watching film, he’d taken an interest in scouting.
So 2 years ago Chris had it all going for his post-football career. Taking care of the family and even looking into a second career. But then something changed.
In 2025, Chris had a flashback. But not of his time on the field.
"I first noticed weakness in my right hand," he said. "At first, it was little things like my grip didn't feel right and I wasn't as strong as I've always been."
After a series of tests, a doctor told Chris that medication may extend his life but just by a few months. Then he gave advice that no one ever wants to hear from a doctor.
He told Chris that he and his wife should get their affairs in order.
ALS is a degenerative neurological disorder that shuts your body down piece by piece, eventually leading to complete paralysis, and as of now no cure has been found.
In a cruel twist of fate, the fastest running back to ever play the position has developed one of the fastest-moving cases of ALS, as it typically takes 2-5 years to spread, but has left Chris almost completely paralyzed just one year after he noticed his first symptom.
"It's continued to progress much faster than I ever imagined. I want people to understand just how quickly ALS can attack your body," he said. "Just over a year ago, I was picking up my 7-year-old daughter so she'd make a wish with her birthday cake. Today, I couldn't do that."
"I can't even hold a cup if I try, and that's despite being diagnosed relatively early and doing everything we can, including participating in multiple experimental treatments," Chris Johnson said.
Chris was once the most free man on any football field. Now he’ll likely be restricted inside his own body for the rest of his life, and that's gotta be so hard.
Still, he's making these appearances and wanting to help others now and in the future of this disease.
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In the 1982 NFL draft, Art Schlitcher was drafted 4th overall. Just like that, he was up by $500,000 overnight.
Just 1 year later, he was writing bad checks, scamming friends, and stealing from his own dad. A man who’d once been given everything just couldn't stop taking, til nothing was left.
His problems stemmed from a gambling habit. But we're talking something well beyond a few bad nights in Vegas. He gambled with his coach in college. With dangerous bookies. And eventually with other inmates in prison.
He played quarterback the same way he lived his life. Every pass was more about the risk than it ever was the reward. He took a lot of chances, and he threw a lot of picks. But when he put it all together, man…the dude had talent.
Some say there was a kind side to Art. And as desperately as I wanna believe that, his kindest acts always seemed to lead to his most evil ones…
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Aldon Smith passed away this weekend. Most people are talking about his incredible ability, potential, and performance as a football player.
Even though that is all true. He was so much more than that. He was a great friend and his kindness changed my life forever.
I met Aldon our freshman year at Mizzou. He was redshirted and relatively unknown as an athlete. His giveaway was the biggest hands you'll ever see and his ability to dunk at 250lbs, but his size in many ways didn't match his personality. He was relatively quiet and in most scenarios would try to shrink into the room vs stand out in it.
Over the course of the next year, we became close. We were very different people, from different places, but we both connected on the feeling of being a bit lost in the beginnings of adulthood. That year, I never really thought about him as a football player. He was just this gentle giant who loved to play video games and talk about life.
His sophmore year he broke the single season sack record at Mizzou, became an All American, and his life changed forever.
He became a celebrity on campus. He became a household name in Missouri. He became a top NFL draft prospect.
I remember how crazy his life became, and how quickly. ESPN doing interviews. Fancy cars being "loaned" to him. And people everywhere inserting themselves into his life.
Despite the craziness, my friend was always a text away.
My junior of college, I decided to take my first stab at entrepreneurship. I wanted to launch a chapter of Camp Kesem.
Kesem is a summer camp for children whose parents have been affected by cancer. The camp would be totally free and be a chance for a kid to experience the magic of being a kid again. As a son of a breast cancer survivor the idea of being able to create this camp in Missouri meant the world to me.
The Livestrong Foundation was hosting a nation wide contest to win $10,000 as seed capital to get started. To win, you had to have the most votes.
I tried really freaking hard to win that competition. I was going up against some really influential people at huge schools. As a somewhat awkward kid in Columbia, MO I had no chance.
So I asked my friend Aldon for a favor. I asked him if he would help me out and promote the link to vote.
He did more than just posting about Kesem on Facebook, skyrocketing us into the top place in the country. He kept supporting me the next 3 years while I was working on building Kesem.
He showed up to have fun with the kids. He helped me fundraise. He helped me get Kesem to become an official organization sponsored by the NFLPA so he could publicly endorse us as as a player.
Since then Torry Holt, Larry Fitzegerald, and many others have supported Kesem. But Aldon was the first.
Kesem led me to move to Austin to work for the Livestrong Foundation. Kesem is how I met my wife. Kesem gave me the confidence to start Workweek and continue the path of building something from scratch.
But in reality, Aldon enabled all those things.
Throughout the years we had many amazing memories together. Having my wife and I vacation to his house in San Jose. Going to New Orleans for the Super Bowl and seeing his entire family make the trip. Meeting his son and watching him be a dad. The hilarious night we met Derek Jeter. Having the most intellectual conversations about life while playing Call of Duty.
I also saw him struggle. There's no doubt he was a complicated person. Truthfully, I don't know if he ever really figured out who he wanted to be. I know just because your'e 6'4, 250lbs, and get 5.5 sacks in a single NFL game doesn't necessarily mean you want to be a football player. No matter the reasons, he made many bad decisions in his life. Some of those mistakes made it hard for me to stay as close as we'd once been.
One day, not too long ago, I just decided to text him. It had been years since we really chatted. I just wanted to say thank you for all that he had done for me and that I was sorry I wasn't there for him more through his struggles. We FaceTimed after that, and it was like the old days all over again.
Aldon was more than the headlines, the mistakes. He was a generous, gentle soul, a kid at heart, someone who was endlessly curious about life... all in the body of a world class NFL player, bearing the weight of professional pressure and personal circumstances that most of us can't even imagine.
People are complex. People who make bad decisions can also do great things. A person can be hated by almost everyone and, yet, there are people in that person's life who still love them deeply.
I learned many of these lesson due to Aldon, and I'll carry them with me forever.
Rest in peace, Aldon. You won't be forgotten.
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For much of his life, Aldon Smith was a troubled soul. He sought help, did rehab, recovery homes, and even tried to help others once he got into a better space. His final act was giving pizza to homeless men and women who didn’t know where their next meal was coming from. He was likely the answer to a prayer for a hungry family. I really hope and pray that he sent up a few of those for himself and found a relationship with God. This life is hard bro... Not all of us have the same difficulties — but we all have them. You’re not better than the next person because you have a different set of struggles. When we accept that, it gets a little easier to empathize with others. How much money a person earns in their lifetime, or how much of a specific type of talent they display, doesn't exempt them from the troubles of this world. I’m saddened by Aldon’s passing, man. Condolences to his loved ones. Rest in Peace bro
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Man was fighting something inside him his whole life.
@FlemLoRaps just did a fantastic job covering Aldon Smith recently.
I recommend folks check it out. 🙏
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Aldon Smith said this not even a week before his death 💔 🎥 TeeDaBarber on YT
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@FlemLoRaps Damn Flemo you just did a video on him two weeks ago. I hate he lost his fight may God rest his soul and may he be at peace now 🙏🏿🕊️🕊️🕊️
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The year is 2018, and former NFL All-Pro Aldon Smith has had a really long day. So the 6'5", 280-pound man climbs under a car and falls asleep.
A few years prior, he became the fastest player in league history to get 30 quarterback sacks.
At this point, getting double-digit sacks was all but expected, but double-digit arrests…not so much.
But when he steps onto that field, he casually records 11 tackles and a sack. This was after an alcohol filled five year hiatus.
Aldon Smith has always been legitimately great on a football field. He's just never seemed to believe he was worth much off it.
But he’s always believed the lie that he wasn’t worth much off it.
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@FlemLoRaps u just did a video on him 🤦🏾♂️🙏🏾🙏🏾 RIP 🕊️
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Breaking: Former San Francisco 49ers LB Aldon Smith has died, the team announced Saturday.
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