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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield responded to a shot from Detroit Lions safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson.
Veteran safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson worked furiously in his rehab process to return for a Detroit Lions playoff run. But he may not have studied a lot of game film during his rehab.
At least that’s what Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield argued when he responded to Gardner-Johnson’s dig.
“I don’t think he’s really watched film because he mentioned Russell Gage,” Mayfield told reporters, via FOX Sports’ Greg Auman. “We love Russell, but Russell hasn’t played a snap all year for us.
“[Gardner-Johnson] must be going off the preseason stuff the media was talking about but, he didn’t play in our first game, so I’m excited to see him. I think he’s a really good player. He has been for a while. He’s been an impactful guy on every team he’s been on so he’s a good player but he’s got to do a little bit more film study.”
Mayfield’s message to Gardner-Johnson to study more film was in response to the safety’s original comment about the Tampa Bay passing game.
“If you give that Tampa group a good quarterback, that’s a great group,” Gardner-Johnson told reporters, via The Detroit Free Press’ Dave Birkett. “Evans, Godwin, (Russell) Gage, that’s a great group. I played against them for real.”
Dave Holcomb is a sports reporter covering the Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions for Heavy.com. Originally from Pittsburgh, Holcomb has covered college and professional sports for outlets including Fansided, Rotowire and Yardbarker. More about Dave Holcomb
