{"id":119820,"date":"2025-06-10T22:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T22:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/119820\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T22:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T22:47:11","slug":"texans-c-j-gardner-johnson-doesnt-hold-back-on-eagles-trade-ahead-of-minicamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/119820\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans C.J. Gardner-Johnson Doesn\u2019t Hold Back on Eagles Trade Ahead of Minicamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texans C.J. Gardner-Johnson Doesn\u2019t Hold Back on Eagles Trade Ahead of Minicamp<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over offseason after their Super Bowl LIX win, the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> shocked the NFL <\/a>world with the trade of a key safety that helped hold off the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Eagles traded C.J. Gardner-Johnson<\/a> to the Houston Texans<\/a> in exchange for former first-round pick Kenyon Green<\/a> and\u00a0a 2026 fifth-round selection, even after Gardner-Johnson posted six interceptions last season.<\/p>\n

Months after the trade, Gardner-Johnson has talked about the trade and even took to social media recently to seemingly respond to comments made by defensive coordinator Vic Fangio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At a workout and interview with Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2<\/a>, Gardner-Johnson talked about being “disrespected” by the offseason buzz.<\/p>\n

“I feel highly disrespected, but it\u2019s a business,\u201d Gardner-Johnson said. \u201cNever was an All-Pro or Pro Bowl! Never! Led the league in interceptions. What more do you want?<\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople say, \u2018He\u2019s a hazard, he\u2019s this, he\u2019s that.\u2019 I never been no hazard, bro. They got no real issues on me. That black ball ain\u2019t going to work on me, because I got me a ring. I got me one. I got three more championships in me. I\u2019m probably going to win the next three. I\u2019m going to get me another Super Bowl this year. Just watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gardner-Johnson, 27, has set his sights on Super Bowl LX\u00a0with the Texans. Houston is a franchise with a talented roster, especially its stacked defense, but they’ve never reached the AFC title game before with six losses in the divisional round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

\"Philadelphia<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson before Super Bowl LIX.Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Regardless, Gardner-Johnson is eager to join head coach DeMeco Ryans’ squad and make an immediate impact.<\/p>\n

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“I can\u2019t speak for everybody, but I know that we\u2019re gonna get in there and be at the top at the end of the year and have a chance to compete for a championship,” Gardner-Johnson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s why I\u2019m here. I\u2019m proud to be a Texan. I want to make coach Ryans proud. Coming together and trying to win one together, it would be kind of amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Related: C.J. Stroud Puts Injury Concerns to Rest<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 10, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texans C.J. Gardner-Johnson Doesn\u2019t Hold Back on Eagles Trade Ahead of Minicamp originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[3258,1172,3607,25,7,9518,253,110,8295,6,242,109,2476,505,425,7960],"class_list":{"0":"post-119820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-aaron-wilson","9":"tag-c-j-gardner-johnson","10":"tag-demeco-ryans","11":"tag-eagles","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-gardner-johnson","14":"tag-houston-texans","15":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","16":"tag-kenyon-green","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-philadelphia","19":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","20":"tag-philadelphiaeagles","21":"tag-super-bowl","22":"tag-the-eagles","23":"tag-vic-fangio"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114661506662048463","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}