Johnson, an old third-round pick himself from back in the oughts, made the brief drive from the Dallas suburb of Highland Park to announce the Bengals’ two third-round picks last week as one of the club’s former NFL Man of the Year nominees.
Not Mike. He takes everything as seriously as getting ready for the Steelers at Heinz. He watched tape. He conjured up YouTube to see how other players handled announcing the picks and saw that he had a few moments to say something that could stick to the soul and not whistle through the ears.
That’s when he decided to urge anyone listening to use a platform if they had one.