LA Rams: Keyshawn Johnson ‘I don’t know that the Rams are there yet.’

Former players do not good prophets make

Of course, he played for the New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, and Carolina Panthers over the course of 11 NFL seasons from 1996 to 2006. Over that span, he was chosen for three NFL Pro Bowls, racked up a total of 10,571 receiving yards in catching 814 of 1,426 passes (for a 57.1 percent career completion rate) and 64 touchdowns.

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His career-best had to be his 1999 season when he was 89 of 124 passes for 1170 yards and eight touchdowns and a completion rate of 71.8 percent.

He was the NFL pundit that ignited social media by stating that LA Rams Jared Goff was better than Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray. Whether or not he believed the statement is one thing. But the timing of that statement was such that it ignited NFL headlines over the debate. Mission accomplished?  It appears so. But that was not his only ringing endorsement of the LA Rams in 2020.

After the LA Rams defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020 to improve their record to 7-3, Johnson claimed that the Rams could claim the number one seed in the NFC. You see, the Rams defeated the Buccaneers on the road, a team that many had predicted would become the Super Bowl Champion that year.

It seems that the role of NFL sports pundits is less about the deliberate effort to weigh in on an opinion given the current evidence, and more about the role of making bold broad claims that will attract a host of opposing opinions. At the time of his quarterback comparison, many expected Arizona QB Kyler Murray to lead the Cardinals into the NFL Playoffs. At the time that he claimed that the Rams could end the 2020 season as the top seed in the NFC, many still believed that the Buccaneers were the team to beat.  Like many talking heads, statements are made based on the volatility of the claim.