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That headline is Philly Mad-Libs. Eagles draft prospect gets taken to Chickie’s and Pete’s during his pre-draft interview, hits on a girl, it gets back to Howie Roseman, and they take him off they’re draft board. I’d pay good money to hear the best pre-draft stories from a football guy whose been in the league for decades. This story though is straight from CJGJ’s mouth via Jimmy Kempski at PhillyVoice:
Both Gardner-Johnson and Blankenship were undervalued coming out of college. Gardner-Johnson was at one time considered a first- or second-round prospect, but he didn’t get picked until the third day of the draft.
“I dropped from the first to the fourth after my interviews,” Gardner-Johnson said.
He was one of the Eagles’ 30 official pre-draft visits, which included a trip to a well-known local restaurant chain.
“The Eagles didn’t draft me because I was trying to holler at a chick at Chickie’s and Pete’s,” Gardner-Johnson revealed while laughing. “That got back to Howie, and then my agent asked me, ‘You were trying to get some girl during your visit?'”
Amazing. Those Crabfries must be a natural aphrodisiac or CJGJ was sick of being grilled for hours about Cover 2 vs Cover 3 and psychology questions like how many tennis balls can fit in a Boeing 787, that he wanted to blow off some steam on his lunch break. I mean this guy is in his early-20s about to become a millionaire athlete. At that point he thought he was going in the first round. He had the world by the balls. You see a cute waitress at Chickie’s and Pete’s and you think this might be your home one day. What is he going to do not hit on her?
The guy is a wildcard! It’s the reason he’s so good. He’s gonna stick his head in a running back’s gut on 4th and 1 and might snatch a DB’s chain. You never know what you’re going to get when he’s on the mic, but you know it’s going to be great. His absence is one of the major reasons why we saw the defense crumble last year and then revert back to it’s 2022 dominance when he re-signed. He’s one of one and why you take the bad with the good. He’s nuts and we love it:
#SBLIX Opening Night with @CGJXXIII? Sign us up pic.twitter.com/ISMlzRkfgh
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) February 7, 2025
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