C.J. Gardner-Johnson initially said there was “no bad blood” with the Eagles after Philadelphia traded the defensive back to the Texans in March.
However, it seems things have changed since then, as the safety clapped back at a comment Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio made Tuesday about the team’s decision to trade him to Houston.
“That was a salary cap type thing. … I was fine with it,” Fangio said when asked about the trade at Eagles OTAs.
Gardner-Johnson — who signed a three-year, $27 million deal with Philadelphia last March — re-shared a graphic of Fangio’s quote to his Instagram Story on Wednesday, and wrote, “Just don’t do them young guys like y’all did me.”
He also included a 100 emoji and a flexed bicep emoji. 4
“I was a test dummy for them,” Gardner-Johnson, 27