{"id":47992,"date":"2023-01-11T17:59:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T17:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/11\/former-nfl-rb-larry-johnson-offers-awful-damar-hamlin-take\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T17:59:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T17:59:19","slug":"former-nfl-rb-larry-johnson-presents-terrible-damar-hamlin-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/11\/former-nfl-rb-larry-johnson-presents-terrible-damar-hamlin-take\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL RB Larry Johnson presents terrible Damar Hamlin take"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 eLNveM align--bleed js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"4248\" data-height=\"2389\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"Larry Johnson\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 loxZOX has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:4248px\" data-alt=\"Larry Johnson\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"getty\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 dnhHtZ js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.2%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 lktKQM image-hydration-wrapper\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2.jpg 80w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2.jpg 140w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2.jpg 265w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2.jpg 340w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2.jpg 490w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2.jpg 645w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2.jpg 965w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2.jpg 1465w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 25em) calc(100vw - 32px),(max-width: 37.31em) calc(100vw - 32px),(min-width: 37.37em) and (max-width: 49.94em) calc(100vw - 32px),(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 63.69em) 800px,(min-width: 63.75em) and (max-width: 85.19em) calc(66.5vw - 32px),800px\" alt=\"Larry Johnson\" draggable=\"auto\" data-chomp-id=\"9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"Larry Johnson\" data-anim-src=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 hxeMec caption\">Larry Johnson<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 ikKPtM has-caption\">Image<!-- -->: <!-- -->Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/9ac520fe208ce7921627c4d5f5fff3c2\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"4248\" data-height=\"2389\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"Larry Johnson\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">It\u2019s troublesome to out-blowhard<!-- --> Skip Bayless. The web troll come to life had a <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/skip-bayless-damar-hamlin-tasteless-nfl-tweet-1849943597&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/skip-bayless-damar-hamlin-tasteless-nfl-tweet-1849943597\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">searing Damar Hamlin take<\/a><\/span> the evening of the younger Buffalo Bills\u2019 cardiac arrest, however as is the case within the on-line age, it didn\u2019t take lengthy for somebody handy Bayless their beer to carry. Enter Larry Johnson, the previous Chiefs working again with a penchant for controversy, who asserted that Buffalo\u2019s storybook<!-- --> kick return for a TD within the common season finale was scripted.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"non-flex-video\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=instagram-CnKjgiypAKR&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"instagram-CnKjgiypAKR\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"598\" height=\"676\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Technically, he\u2019s proper. Every play within the NFL is scripted, as in drawn up. Yet, if it was really easy to return a kick for a TD, there\u2019d be no level in<!-- --> offenses or defenses. Every recreation would actually be a monitor meet. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">If the NFL actually orchestrated the Hamlin life-threatening injury-return TD story for scores, it\u2019d be a scandal that Will Smith would instantly inexperienced gentle. And the tears streaming down the faces of Hamlin\u2019s teammates that evening in Cincinnati could be worthy of an Oscar. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sc-1bwb26k-1 fvPqJk\" id=\"h130555\">So whose take was hotter: Skip\u2019s or Larry\u2019s?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">It\u2019s LJ, and it\u2019s probably not shut. And the previous Penn State Nittany Lion\u2019s model of batshit loopy rhetoric extends past this one occasion. Johnson has been spouting conspiracy theories for years, and none of his opinions would make the air even on <em>Undisputed<\/em>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-15 BiRlJ\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-0 sc-1atgi65-1 bdNdA-D js_commerce-inset-permalink\" data-inset-url=\"https:\/\/howl.me\/ciTugGI5Ez0\" data-inset-category=\"CommerceInsetMobile\">\n<p>G\/O Media could get a fee<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-3 hMBKyp creative-type-A\"><a category=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-1atgi65-4 dxZfFS js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;CommerceInsetMobile&quot;,&quot;Click&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/larry-johnson-damar-hamlin-skip-bayless-buffalo-bills-1849975099&quot;],[&quot;ns:unique&quot;,&quot;CommerceInsetMobile&quot;,&quot;Click&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/larry-johnson-damar-hamlin-skip-bayless-buffalo-bills-1849975099&quot;],[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;CommerceInsetMobile&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/howl.me\/ciTugGI5Ez0&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/howl.me\/ciTugGI5Ez0\" data-linktype=\"[t|mod-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-6 gLSKws\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-10 hherpH js_lazy-image\">\n<div><picture class=\"lazy-picture\"><source media=\"all\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_center,h_180,q_80,w_320\/b93d83ebe455c4c4f0fc2640a6b1ec76.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Samsung Reserve\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_264,pg_1,q_80,w_470\/b93d83ebe455c4c4f0fc2640a6b1ec76.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-15 jrXWJC\">\n<p>Up to $100 credit<\/p>\n<p>Samsung Reserve<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-12 dRyRwx\">\n<p class=\"sc-1atgi65-13 iFlqWg\"><strong>Reserve the next gen Samsung device<\/strong><br \/><span>All you need to do is sign up with your email and boom: credit for your preorder on a new Samsung device.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">In 2019, Johnson critiqued the NFL and NBA for <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/larry-johnson-claims-nfl-nba-having-effeminate-agenda-bizarre-series-tweets-1456904&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/larry-johnson-claims-nfl-nba-having-effeminate-agenda-bizarre-series-tweets-1456904\" goal=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an effeminate agenda<\/a><\/span>, saying the leagues have been displaying solidarity with the LGBTQ+ group due to their shopping for energy, and never, y\u2019know, human decency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">In 2020, he <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/sports\/2020\/08\/former-penn-state-nfl-rb-larry-johnson-freely-tweeting-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theories-report.html&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/sports\/2020\/08\/former-penn-state-nfl-rb-larry-johnson-freely-tweeting-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theories-report.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared quite a lot of antisemitic conspiracies<\/a><\/span> that might make <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/how-has-kyrie-irving-not-been-suspended-1849728560&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/how-has-kyrie-irving-not-been-suspended-1849728560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyrie Irving uncomfortable<\/a><\/span>. (Not, Ye, although. He\u2019s in all probability making an attempt to rent LJ for his subsequent <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/any-aspiring-hoops-star-should-aspire-to-avoid-donda-ac-1849711640&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/any-aspiring-hoops-star-should-aspire-to-avoid-donda-ac-1849711640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed Donda Academy<\/a><\/span>.) There are<!-- --> additionally <!-- -->many incidents of <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/police\/larry-johnson-strangled-girlfriend\/157103#:~:text=Larry%20Johnson%20allegedly%20strangled%20his%20ex%2Dgirlfriend%20until%20she%20passed%20out&amp;text=This%20Larry%20Johnson%20character%20is,hotel%20room%20in%20Las%20Vegas.&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/police\/larry-johnson-strangled-girlfriend\/157103#:~:text=Larry%20Johnson%20allegedly%20strangled%20his%20ex%2Dgirlfriend%20until%20she%20passed%20out&amp;text=This%20Larry%20Johnson%20character%20is,hotel%20room%20in%20Las%20Vegas.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnson\u2019s alleged <!-- -->violence towards girls<\/a><\/span> that might\u2019ve led to jail time if not for the luxuries afforded to well-off NFL gamers. (<span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/crime\/courts\/former-chiefs-running-back-pleads-guilty-to-domestic-violence\/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/crime\/courts\/former-chiefs-running-back-pleads-guilty-to-domestic-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He <!-- -->pleaded no contest to home violence costs<\/a><\/span>.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">This is to not say that Bayless nonetheless deserves to be on TV 5 days per week. The world would one hundred pc be higher off if <em>Undisputed<\/em> was canceled tomorrow, and lord is aware of <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/shannon-sharpe-skip-bayless-undisputed-hamlin-tweet-1849944940&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/shannon-sharpe-skip-bayless-undisputed-hamlin-tweet-1849944940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shannon Sharpe is on the lookout for a method out of that contract<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Shit, perhaps Bayless and Johnson ought to debate each other, and see who can shove their foot farther down their throats. I\u2019m positive Truth Social is on the lookout for a option to increase publicity, and Donald Trump\u2019s platform would gladly commerce the shitty press for a number of extra customers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">For now, although, we\u2019ll have to attend for the discharge of January\u2019s Idiot of the Month record to see which certifiable asshole \u2014 Skip or Larry \u2014 is the largest jackass.<!-- -->\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Larry JohnsonImage: Getty Images It\u2019s troublesome to out-blowhard Skip Bayless. The web troll come to life had a searing Damar Hamlin take the evening of the younger Buffalo Bills\u2019 cardiac arrest, however as is the case within the on-line age, it didn\u2019t take lengthy for somebody handy Bayless their beer to carry. Enter Larry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-47992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}