Woody Johnson quote all over Twitter

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    Why? So he can eat up the entire payroll? We'll be a 6-10 team with an all-pro cornerback until his career is over.
     
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    And then he can hold out of training camp.
     
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    Did you really mean to post the entire payroll? I mean talk about overstatement...
     
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    Perfectly fine quote to me. It's the meetings in Arizona right, so he will be talking quite a bit
     
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    Yes! Very good, also known as an exaggeration or hyperbole, which "may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally."
     
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    Oh no, how dare Woody Johnson be optimistic about the team that he owns and the guy he hired!!1111!!!!

    Holy shit, some of you need to get some perspective.
     
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    the thing you found most notable about the quote was that Woody was optimistic bout the team?

    Gee, everybody else seems to have focused on the tepid mention of Revis.
     
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    #33 rico college, Mar 18, 2013
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    Unless there is a deal done in writing and a post to prove anything, I think its all about them putting up some lighting above the rest rooms.
     
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    Tool Talk---featuring Woody Johnson
     
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    Nobody's talking about firing Idzik, but neither does he get an assumption of wild success, either. Getting three starters from a single draft is not impossible, but neither can we assume it will happen. plus Idzik still has most of the scouts left over from the prior period. The point is it would be a mitsake to assume he will do a great job.
     

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