Juggernaut Gardner-Johnson on Bills’ Defensive Lame-duck Tagging: Reality Check for NFL

In his introductory press conference, he addressed one of the biggest issues hovering around him — a reputation for being a not-ideal teammate. Gardner-Johnson said he's not concerned about perceptions. "I look at it like this," Gardner-Johnson said, "if — and I don't throw shade.

I don't throw — because locker rooms that I've been in, we’ve won . But the situation I got traded to, like, it's hard to go into something where you're not really familiar. Like, it's like spurts.

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That's like going to McDonald's. You can eat McDonald's, but you don't know how to make the fries. So, it's like, I'm not saying you didn't know how to play football, it's just like, you have to gather that relationship while trying to get better while trying — and the season comes quick and all.