Philadelphia Eagles safety CJ Gardner-Johnson woke up Wednesday and caused a stir with a tweet while listening to his former defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon explain how the team lost Super Bowl LVII to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Gannon, who is now the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, was at the NFL Scouting Combine on Tuesday and was asked what went wrong with the defense. Gannon said the team didn’t make the stops when necessary, instead taking responsibility for not making the right decisions.
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Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon warms up during the game between the Tennessee Titans and the Philadelphia Eagles on December 4, 2022 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Philadelphia Eagles safety CJ Gardner-Johnson, #23, reacts to the crowd in the second quarter during the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles on October 30, 2022 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. (Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Gardner-Johnson had her own assessment.
«They didn’t put us in position to make plays,» he wrote, quoting 94 WIP Eagles reporter Eliot Shorr-Parks on Twitter.
Patrick Mahomes, #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs, reacts after a play against CJ Gardner-Johnson, #23 of the Philadelphia Eagles, during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale , Arizona . (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
Gardner-Johnson would later delete the tweet and fire off another, saying «Going back to sleep.»
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Gannon expressed regret for not getting the job done as Philadelphia lost 38-35 to the Chiefs.
«Hard to swallow when you look back because it’s such a big stage and we didn’t do it for the city, for Mr. (Jeffrey) Lurie, for Howie (Roseman) and for the head coach,» he said. . «But I learned a lot from that and you have to give Kansas City credit. Obviously, they could have done a much better job than we were doing.»
New Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon, right, answers a question from the media as owner Michael Bidwill looks on during a news conference at Dignity Health Arizona Cardinals Training Center on February 16, 2023 in Tempe , Arizona. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
Gannon had the Eagles in the top 10 in key categories. The team was second in yards allowed and eighth in points allowed during the 2022 season. Philadelphia was the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs and won its first division title since 2019.
He took over the Cardinals’ coaching job shortly after the Super Bowl loss.
CJ Gardner-Johnson, number 23 of the Philadelphia Eagles, runs onto the field before the NFL NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers at Lincoln Financial Field on January 29, 2023 in Philadelphia. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)
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Gardner-Johnson, who joined the Eagles in the offseason before the start of the 2022 campaign, led the NFL with six interceptions in 12 games.