Every championship team has one. The trash-talker, rabble-rouser, and instigator! For the New Orleans Saints, Chauncey Gardner-Johnson fits and breaks the mold.
By Kyle.T. Moseley | SI
You call them trash-talkers, rabble-rousers, 'pebbles in your shoes,' 'splinters in your fingers,' or 'thorns in your sides.'
For the New Orleans Saints, we call him The Instigator. Mr. Chauncey Gardner-Johnson. Or, alter ego, Ceedy Duce.
In two-years, he has made a name for himself as one of the league's more accomplished trash-talkers in the game. His tenacity and ability to affect a player's focus have become a well-documented fact. Gardner-Johnson draws the ire of receivers, tight ends, running backs, and even his very own teammate. A point in case is Michael Thomas.
Thomas punched CJGJ during practice. As a result, the All-Pro wideout was disciplined by Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints. In Gardner-Johnson's rookie campaign, he teased Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen about his height. Cohen is 5-6 and Gardner-Johnson's 5-11. Not a huge difference, right? ...
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