Jul 24, 2026 · 56 min · 10 segments
In this episode, Eli and Mike delve into high-profile athlete incidents, personal growth, and the importance of knowing when to let go in life and relationships. They share insights on handling fame…
If you don't know who Chris Johnson is, he was an NFL running back with the Tennessee Titans.
The only running back right now to rush for 2,500 yards in one season.
Still at the top of the leaderboard for that.
But recently he was diagnosed, well, he came out that he had been diagnosed for almost a year now with ALS.
If you don't know what ALS is, it's a neurological disorder, or so I'm going to say a disease.
It just attacks your nervous system, shuts down from speech, excuse me, physical ability to walk, move your hands, all that.
You're just kind of deteriorating, like you're dying from the inside out, basically.
Yeah.
But it's just, it's crazy.
Man's only, what, 39, 49? Somewhere around there.
Got kids and everything.
And I think last year, or the year before last, he was just helping at the Reese's Senior Game.
But that's just something that I wanted to touch on before we really, like, get into the thicker things.
Because, again, man...
I grew up watching CJ2K, as they call him.
You know what I'm saying? I know Mike.
I know you grew up watching him.
So it's just one of those things.
If you're a football player, if you're an athlete, especially in the football realm, or just a person that got a heart in general, you don't want to see nobody go through something like that.
Especially as he was giving back.
You know what I'm saying? I don't know him personally.
Don't know what he did in his spare time.
But I do know he gave back a lot to his community.
If you don't know who Chris Johnson is, he was an NFL running back with the Tennessee Titans.
The only running back right now to rush for 2,500 yards in one season.
Still at the top of the leaderboard for that.
But recently he was diagnosed, well, he came out that he had been diagnosed for almost a year now with ALS.
If you don't know what ALS is, it's a neurological disorder, or so I'm going to say a disease.
It just attacks your nervous system, shuts down from speech, excuse me, physical ability to walk, move your hands, all that.
You're just kind of deteriorating, like you're dying from the inside out, basically.
Yeah.
But it's just, it's crazy.
Man's only, what, 39, 49? Somewhere around there.
Got kids and everything.
And I think last year, or the year before last, he was just helping at the Reese's Senior Game.
But that's just something that I wanted to touch on before we really, like, get into the thicker things.
Because, again, man...
I grew up watching CJ2K, as they call him.
You know what I'm saying? I know Mike.
I know you grew up watching him.
So it's just one of those things.
If you're a football player, if you're an athlete, especially in the football realm, or just a person that got a heart in general, you don't want to see nobody go through something like that.
Especially as he was giving back.
You know what I'm saying? I don't know him personally.
Don't know what he did in his spare time.
But I do know he gave back a lot to his community.
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