Exclusive Interview With Matt Johnson

[visionary]

I've never once said you are wrong about everything or that you don't occasionally look on the brighter side. It's just not very common for you to do so.

exactly
this team has been a consistent contender in the last 10-15 years, going deep into the playoffs several times, with a few conference championship appearances, and even won a SB or 2

despite this, fans are just negative and never see the bright side

not sure why their expectations are so unrealistic
theyre just spoiled
no one can win the SB every year

 

[visionary]

Maybe. Though that completely misses the point of the post you quoted.

i know
i am making my own point, using your post, not yours

i am glad my point got across to you, so clearly, i was able to make it

 

[CyberB0b]

the little time i got to see him in preseason before he pulled up injured was he has a fluid like movement ..

a nose for the football player and very agile.

read and react skills are definitely there.

He played like 10 snaps in the preseason. Give me break.

 

[TheDude]

And not a single one of those fans ever mentioned him prior to that draft.

He became a small school steal the moment the Cowboys drafted him. I have no respect for that.

No one has a personal Axe to grind with matt johnson...its the fans who knew nothing of the guy but look at a YouTube highlights and argue how he really is Sean Lee of safeties.

I saw him in Oxnard and coaches film preseason. He had super stiff hips and is a st player at best.

We get the same thing from drake Nevis, heath, beriault, etc.

He will get a lot of rope especially if other 2012 picks continue to flame out or underachieve

 

[visionary]

No one has a personal Axe to grind with matt johnson...its the fans who knew nothing of the guy but look at a YouTube highlights and argue how he really is Sean Lee of safeties.

I saw him in Oxnard and coaches film preseason. He had super stiff hips and is a st player at best.

We get the same thing from drake Nevis, heath, beriault, etc.

He will get a lot of rope especially if other 2012 picks continue to flame out or underachieve

OK, OK, he has no talent, was way over-drafted, should have been cut, and would not be on a true NFL roster

BUT he is a good guy

Gosh darn it, that should count for something

Signed

Stuart Smiley (SNL)

 

[17yearsandcounting]

Only reason Matt Johnson went to a small school was because that was the only school his brother got a scholarship to, and he wanted to play with his brother. He got offers from Oregon and other programs.

Johnson had a DB PRODUCTION RATIO = (INTERCEPTIONS + PASS BREAKUPS + FORCED FUMBLES) / NUMBER OF GAMES PLAYED of 0.91. Compared to that year's draft class, that is the third best value for a safety, right behind Mark Barron with 0.95 and Markelle Martin with 1.11.

His 4.54 40 yrd dash time is also plenty good. Tested well in all drills scouts look at for safeties, above average. Read more here:


http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2012...afety-matt-johnson-will-turn-heads-in-the-nfl

LOL at his production ratio for eastern middle of no where state. No one cares.

Equal LOL at his idolizing Darren Woodson. Dude was born in 1990.

 

[Rockport]

That's not all there was to that story?

I'm talking impatience.

I'm honestly asking because I thought I had read that there was some disagreement and Jimmy won an arbitration ruling against Jerry which pretty much sealed his fate.

Not quite impatience. Sounds more like retaliation for a bruised ego.

Sounds like another Jerry gaffe.

 

[Don Corleone]

Who is Matt Johnson?

 

[jobberone]

I'm better at evaluating talent than most for one reason. I can separate my own rooting interests when evaluating a player. I don't let that cloud my vision. The fact that Matt Johnson is a Cowboy or grew up idolizing Darren Woodson means absolutely nothing to me. Neither is relevant to what kind of player he is.

You're not better than most. You only think you are. You were wrong about Mack and Free and that's just a mere seconds thought.

 

[jobberone]

You stated my case for me. Praise from the coach has zero predictive value as well. With that being said, there is nothing that proves the guy was anything more than a bad gamble in another bad draft by the Cowboys. If he actually had played in a game or two and made a few plays, I would have a little hope myself.

The entire point is NO one KNOWS. He has more than a little hope and a whole lot less than a lot otherwise he wouldn't still be around. So there is something they see otherwise they would have offered an injury settlement and sent him to the next hopeful team. And the coaches and some players liked what they saw on the practice field. That also means more than a little and less than a lot.

So no I didn't make any point for you or anyone else. We know very little about the player. That's all that can be said with any degree of finality.

The odds of a 4th rounder becoming a starter is not 50%. You can find those stats somewhere on the World Wide Web*.

 

[jobberone]

exactly
this team has been a consistent contender in the last 10-15 years, going deep into the playoffs several times, with a few conference championship appearances, and even won a SB or 2

despite this, fans are just negative and never see the bright side

not sure why their expectations are so unrealistic
theyre just spoiled
no one can win the SB every year

Oh, it's you. And that conversation has what to do with the current state of affairs with one 'Matt Johnson'.

Let me answer for you if I may be so bold. ***NOTHING*** (played to the theme Rocky with flashing lites, sirens, a F16 flyover, and background singing of the entire Mormon Tabernacle Choir with the Texas National Guard at parade rest in the far background).

 

[Idgit]

i know
i am making my own point, using your post, not yours

i am glad my point got across to you, so clearly, i was able to make it

It was completely lost on me. It sounds like you're saying you misinterpreted something on purpose, and you're happy about it for some reason. That's cool, I guess.

 

[Idgit]

Reality is hard to grasp for some people. RIsen and me tend to think for ourselves and we don't buy into everything being great in Dallas because Jerry says so. There are players on this team that I like, but there are many more that needs to go. I have no emotional attachment to any of them. The Cowboys have become more of a circus than a pro football team. I take no pleasure in "victory laps" as you call them. As a fan for over 40 years, I expect much more from the organization. It is sad to see this team follow the Raiders in an ugly, decline.

You're taking some credit for winning an argument absolutely nobody is actually making.

But if you're happy taking credit for predicting doom when things go bad and ignoring reality when they do not, I seriously doubt anything I have to say will change your perspective one way or another. So keep running laps, I guess.

 

[visionary]

Oh, it's you. And that conversation has what to do with the current state of affairs with one 'Matt Johnson'.

Let me answer for you if I may be so bold. ***NOTHING*** (played to the theme Rocky with flashing lites, sirens, a F16 flyover, and background singing of the entire Mormon Tabernacle Choir with the Texas National Guard at parade rest in the far background).

here is your post that i quoted:

"I've never once said you are wrong about everything or that you don't occasionally look on the brighter side. It's just not very common for you to do so."

does not seem to me you are talking specifically about Matt Johnson alone, seems to me you are making a general point about how some fans perceive and react to the general state of the team

hence my comment:

"exactly
this team has been a consistent contender in the last 10-15 years, going deep into the playoffs several times, with a few conference championship appearances, and even won a SB or 2

despite this, fans are just negative and never see the bright side

not sure why their expectations are so unrealistic
theyre just spoiled
no one can win the SB every year "

perhaps you should heed your own advice and stick to talking about "one Matt Johnson" and not harp incessantly about things that have nothing to do with the topic at hand....... you know........ "one Matt Johnson"?

 

[Risen Star]

You're not better than most. You only think you are. You were wrong about Mack and Free and that's just a mere seconds thought.

I was wrong on Free? I said when he signed that abortion of a contract that it was grossly overspending on a mediocre at best player. At a time when the geniuses of the fan base we're anointing him a top talent.

You were wrong on Free, would be more accurate. He is what he is. A run of the mill player.

Bernadeau? When he proves himself a quality starting player I'll be wrong on him. Not when he fills in for a stretch of games in absence of his replacement. A guy the team felt the need to bring out of retirement on account of how talented Bernadeau is.

 

[visionary]

It was completely lost on me. It sounds like you're saying you misinterpreted something on purpose, and you're happy about it for some reason. That's cool, I guess.

your post in response to mine:

"Maybe. Though that completely misses the point of the post you quoted."

seems to me you quite clearly understood my point, so i guess it was not "completely lost" on you

 

[Idgit]

I was wrong on Free? I said when he signed that abortion of a contract that it was grossly overspending on a mediocre at best player. At a time when the geniuses of the fan base we're anointing him a top talent.

You were wrong on Free, would be more accurate. He is what he is. A run of the mill player.

Bernadeau? When he proves himself a quality starting player I'll be wrong on him. Not when he fills in for a stretch of games in absence of his replacement. A guy the team felt the need to bring out of retirement on account of how talented Bernadeau is.

You were dead wrong, on both players.

 

[TheDude]

The entire point is NO one KNOWs

The odds of a 4th rounder becoming a starter is not 50%. You can find those stats somewhere on the World Wide Web*.

Fair. The odds are with people who think he will fall into the law of large numbers and flame out..

So would you say the odds and probability of afans to project him as a starter, have B+ level talent, fluid and agile in his 2 preseason tackles, is the Sean Lee of DB in instincts, etc. Might be betting on 0 or 00 to come up 3x on the roulette wheel?

The safety position is atrocious. I can only think that Washington maybe fielded 2 worse combined safeties last year.

The best hope for the safety position is Wilcox. Church can't cover OK in run support good tackler. Wilcox is promising and taken at good value. Johnson was a reach.

It is my only opinion he will be out of the NFL in a year, johnson may turn out to be a vacarro, chancellor, etc. - unlikely though

Safties are very important. Fielding at best average at worst garbage since 2005, the safety posiotion needs to be taken seriously.

I heard the same praise from coaches on Watkins, butt-shot davis, Lynn Scott, etc.

Johnson will get his turn again this year. The odds are he won't pan out...not as much of a stretch that he will even be Reid doughty.

 

[Idgit]

your post in response to mine:

"Maybe. Though that completely misses the point of the post you quoted."

seems to me you quite clearly understood my point, so i guess it was not "completely lost" on you

Completely lost on me why you'd make a comment that had zero to do with the post you quoted. The misguided and off topic point you were trying to make was not lost on me. I'm confused as to why you'd distract yourself on purpose and then seem pleased with the result.

 

[Idgit]

Fair. The odds are with people who think he will fall into the law of large numbers and flame out..

So would you say the odds and probability of afans to project him as a starter, have B+ level talent, fluid and agile in his 2 preseason tackles, is the Sean Lee of DB in instincts, etc. Might be betting on 0 or 00 to come up 3x on the roulette wheel?

The safety position is atrocious. I can only think that Washington maybe fielded 2 worse combined safeties last year.

The best hope for the safety position is Wilcox. Church can't cover OK in run support good tackler. Wilcox is promising and taken at good value. Johnson was a reach.

It is my only opinion he will be out of the NFL in a year, johnson may turn out to be a vacarro, chancellor, etc. - unlikely though

Safties are very important. Fielding at best average at worst garbage, the safety posiotion needs to be taken seriously.

I heard the same praise from coaches on Watkins, butt-shot davis, Lynn Scott, etc.

Johnson will get his turn again this year. The odds are he won't pan out...not as much of a stretch that he will even be Reid doughty.

For the record, I agree with just about all of this. And I'd be just fine with a Reid Doughty, though I'm sure many here would not.