Former Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson may have played for a team that made the Super Bowl last season, but he’s already prepared to say that his new team—the Lions—has more talent on the roster.
Speaking in his opening press conference after agreeing to a one-year deal with the Lions over the weekend, Gardner-Johnson made the eye-popping suggestion that the talent he’s set to line up with in Detroit actually has an edge on the group that he played with in Philadelphia last season.
“To be honest with you, it's a little better,” he said, per NFL Media. “But that's just on me, I mean everybody can look from the outside looking in. But this team is talented. This team, we can win the division, like possibly win the division. Everybody should feel that way. But when I look at a team coming from where I came from, the teams I played on, won multiple divisions, been in playoff games, been to the Super Bowl, this team has what it takes to be a divisional (champion). You know what I'm saying, get there, win the division, get to the playoffs.”
