Daily News | Eagles’ C.J. Gardner-Johnson gets Malcolm Jenkins’ seal of approval
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Jenkins said he saw a talent worth taking under his wing, especially when they started practicing alongside each other at slot cornerback. “He didn’t say nothing to me the whole first half. We get in the locker room, I go up to him and I’m like, ‘... I’m better than you,’ ” Gardner-Johnson said. “The way we were playing, we were feeding off each other. You always have guys on the other side challenging you, but I had never had a teammate say that to me.Maddox knows the feeling. He, too, adopted some of Jenkins’ routines, and said he noticed that Gardner-Johnson took similar notes during one of their first meetings together.
Jenkins acknowledged that Gardner-Johnson’s cocksure attitude may have overshadowed his ability or aptitude, but that anyone who underestimated his football IQ suffered the consequences. For Jenkins, who has knowledge of both teams, even if coaches, schemes and players have changed some, Gardner-Johnson’s switch to safety made perfect sense.
“And he’s more than capable of playing deep, although I think that’s probably one of his weakest positions.”
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