Andre Johnson

I realize that.

But is he the greatest or most talented wide receiver ever to play for the University of Miami? And if your answer to that is no, not yet, because he has to accomplish X, X, and X, then what is it? What is it that he has to accomplish? Because I know I didn't watch Playmaker, and I caught the end of Reggie Wayne and Andre Johnson, so I realize I'm younger, but...

Don't

forget about Randall Thrillhill.

So I think that it's hard to compare.

but I think even right now you've got to put him in the same sentence of those guys.

I mean, you know, your prototypical guy, who do I like to throw to? Somebody at 6'3", like an Andre Johnson or a Michael Irvin, Lamar Thomas, like guys that have size.

It just makes it a little bit easier on the quarterback, but no, he's been phenomenal.

I'm going to say Kyle Shanahan is a different animal.

You look through the history, whether it's Josh Gordon in Cleveland, you talk about Andre Johnson, Julio Jones.

He's been so many places where if he has a legitimate number one X wide receiver, that offense is top five, almost guaranteed.

And it's almost like, dude, I look at this and I'm like, well, maybe I would give up two first.

those ones that Debo used to catch over the middle and take off and get big-time yardage sometimes to the house.

So it really opens up this offense.

And when Kyle's offense really takes off, and you see it with Andre Johnson, Julio especially, is when they can run those deep comebackers too, those 18-yard in-breakers that he can get the ball out.

And so there's a lot of things they do with these ex-receivers Kyle's had like one legitimate X receiver in San Francisco, and that was Brandon Ayuk.

That is the one spot in the wide receiver room that makes the Shanahan offense flow.

And you can go back to Washington, Houston, Texas with Andre Johnson, Julio in Atlanta, Josh Gordon in Cleveland.

Whenever you have that premier dominant X outside number one wide receiver in the Shanahan offense, everything goes smooth.

Everything does.

I'm going to say Kyle Shanahan is a different animal.

You look through the history, whether it's Josh Gordon in Cleveland, you talk about Andre Johnson, Julio Jones.

He's been so many places where if he has a legitimate number one X wide receiver, that offense is top five, almost guaranteed.

And it's almost like, dude, I look at this and I'm like, well, maybe I would give up two first.

Those ones that Debo used to catch over the middle and take off, you know, and get big time yardage sometimes to the house.

So it really opens up this offense.

And when Kyle's offense really takes off and you see it with Andre Johnson, Julio especially, is when they can run those deep comebackers to those 18 yard break in breakers that he can get the ball out.

And so there's a lot of things they do with these X receivers.

That is the one spot in the wide receiver room That makes the Shanahan offense flow.

And you can go back to Washington, Houston, Texas with Andre Johnson, Julio in Atlanta, Josh Gordon in Cleveland.

Whenever you have that premier dominant X outside number one wide receiver in the Shanahan offense, everything goes smooth.

Everything does.

I don't recall any of them being as good and as dominant and as productive since game one.

And because someone says, Steve, you'll never be better than Andre Johnson.

And I say, you know what? Physically, maybe you're correct.

Because I've never seen an athletically gifted guy quite like Andre in our program.

Danny, Andre Johnson did not become a primetime player until year three.

Right.

Michael Irvin actually redshirted.

Probably not going to happen, but I was just in Miami yesterday, Last week for the pick game our 2001 hurricanes national championship team, it was our 25th anniversary, so all of us were all together in it got a chance to kind of hang around everyone and we were.

Andre Johnson and I got into a conversation.

He was my suite mate in college.

So it was me, Kenny Dorsey, who was my roommate.

And it was a guy named Mo Sykes and Andre Johnson who were, we were joined by a bathroom.

And so we, we always have fun conversations and we were, he was asking me who I thought was better.

Who would I take Santana Moss or, or Malachi Tony? And Santana is my boy, man.

So all of us were all together and it got a chance to kind of hang around everyone.

And we were, Andre Johnson and I got into a conversation.

He was my suite mate in college.

So it was me, Kenny Dorsey, who was my roommate.

And it was a guy named Mo Sykes and Andre Johnson who were, we were joined by a bathroom.

And so we, we always have fun conversations and we were, he was asking me who I thought was better.

Who would I take Santana Moss or, or Malachi Tony? And Santana is my boy, man.

So shout out.

And also, yeah, the fight with Andre Johnson.

Well, Charlie, maybe football Friday will be better to you than tighten up Thursday.

It literally can't be worse.