Anthony Johnson

Chicagoland Constitutionalist and Proud to be an American. God, Family and 2nd Amendment

[Anthony Johnson @AJohnson1655]

@TheMarcJohnNFL @MHolder95 Love the TDL. Question for you both.
As a 54 yr raider fan and I get overhyped w/ 0 ability To contain my excitement unrealistic hope and expectations. Watching Mendoza IU highlights - I would love to see Charlie Becker get drafted by the Raiders. What do you think about that?

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

Fernando Mendoza is the starting quarterback of the Las Vegas Raiders as of today, and when they drafted him he said he was not sure he had earned the number on his back.

The number is 15.

It belonged to Tom Flores, and Tom Flores is 89 years old.

Flores was born in Sanger, California in 1937. His father had come up to the Central Valley from Mexico at twelve years old with his own family, and they worked the farms of the San Joaquin Valley.

"Our first house had dirt floors and no indoor plumbing."

He played at Fresno City College and then at the College of the Pacific. In 1958 nobody drafted him. Calgary cut him. He played semi pro ball in Bakersfield for a team called the Spoilers. Washington gave him a tryout in 1959 and that did not take either.

Then in 1960 a brand new league started up, and a brand new team in Oakland needed somebody to play quarterback.

He got the job, and that made him the first Hispanic starting quarterback in professional football.

He wore 15.

He won a ring as a player in Kansas City. He won another one as an assistant under John Madden. Then he took over the Raiders himself and won Super Bowl XV and Super Bowl XVIII as the head coach, and nobody from a minority background had ever won one before him.

There is about a minute left in Super Bowl XV and the Raiders are up by 17, and one of his assistants, a Central Valley kid named Sam Boghosian, has worked out what the two of them are about to have done.

"Not bad for a couple of grape pickers."

"Sam, not bad at all for a couple of grape pickers."

He became eligible for the Hall of Fame in 1999. They put him in in 2021. That is 22 years, and about 20 times being passed over.

"It bothered me quietly."

In April, one day after the Raiders made him the first pick in the draft, Mendoza was being shown around the building, and he said he did not know whether he had earned 15.

Paul Gutierrez, who covers the Raiders for the team's own site, picked up a phone and called Tom Flores about it.

"He deserves my blessing. If he's not the real deal, I don't know what the hell I'm doing."

"It's a privilege to have him wear my number."

"He's a good-looking kid. Like me."

Gutierrez took that back to Mendoza, who is 22, and whose four grandparents left Cuba in 1960, the same year Flores got the Oakland job.

"He's more handsome than me."

"Once a Raider, always a Raider."

He called the permission an eternal blessing.

On Sunday against Seattle, a rookie quarterback with 48 career passing yards starts a game wearing the 15 that Tom Flores wore first.

[Anthony Johnson @AJohnson1655]

@81TimBrown Thank you Mr. Raider! Really appreciate it.
My life verse is 1Cor:9. It's easier to be Christian when life is good. But when battling demons and basically broke that's when the people you have evangelised to watch - to see if you really believe. JC and Raiders til I die!

[Mike, Mike, Mike @Gulicio1]

This is the best explanation between left and right I have heard in a long time! #RepublicanValues #democraticvalues

[TONY™ @TONYxTWO]

Anyone who wants socialism should watch this

Absolutely incredible

[Anthony Johnson @AJohnson1655]

@Sanjit__T he stuck by his comments. And he didn't let that morph into an anti-Fernando commentary. Time will tell how Simpson and Fernando work out. But now he's giving a fair breakdown of his play which I think is great.

[Telemundo Deportes @TelemundoSports]

¡QUE GOLAZO!

Con un potente derechazo de tiro libre, Tillman venció a Vasilj y amplía la ventaja de USMNT.

[Tara LaRosa @TaraLaRosa]

Greatest new song to come out of the World Cup! ⚽️❤️🇺🇸 Welcome To The Land Of The Free!🇺🇸❤️⚽️

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

LEGENDARY: On January 19, 2003, Metallica delivered an unannounced free pop-up concert at the Oakland Coliseum parking lot right before the AFC Championship Game.

Metallica was dressed in full Oakland #Raiders gear, and the crowd went absolutely crazy. https://t.co/TIFwY4WsOd

[Anthony Johnson @AJohnson1655]

@TheMarcJohnNFL I've said it on other posts. Orlovsky doesn't actually believe this. He laughs about it with other people bragging about all his clicks. He actually thinks Mendoza is a far better quarterback. Some getting fed up and will be exposing him as a click bait fraud.

[Anthony Johnson @AJohnson1655]

@danorlovsky7 click bait douchebag. inside known fact behind the scenes Dan doesn't believe any of this. Other people are getting annoyed - starting to leak. Dan actually believes Mendoza is a far better prospect. It is my understanding videos will emerge exposing this douchebag as a fraud.

[Anthony Johnson @AJohnson1655]

@HondoCarpenter question - what is the over/under of games JPJ will be ejected because some defensive player attempted a cheap hit or messed with Fernando and he ain't having it...I say 2.

I believe JPJ will be unleashed and have amazing year in Kubiak blocking scheme.

[Anthony Johnson @AJohnson1655]

@E5Nasty @GentlemanClassd Totally agree!
question - what is the over/under of games JPJ will be ejected because some defensive player attempted a cheap hit or messed with Fernando and he ain't having it...I say 2.

I believe JPJ will be unleashed and have amazing year in Kubiak blocking scheme.

[Anthony Johnson @AJohnson1655]

@HomeGrownTweet fun question - what is the over/under of games JPJ will be ejected because some def player att. a cheap hit or messed with Fernando and he ain't having it...I say 2.

I believe JPJ will be unleashed and have amazing year in Kubiak blocking scheme.
@derekcarrqb @DCarr8

[Anthony Johnson @AJohnson1655]

@MoeMoton question - what is the over/under of games JPJ will be ejected because some defensive player attempted a cheap hit on or messed with Fernando and he ain't having it...I say 2.

I believe JPJ will be unleashed and have amazing year in Kubiak blocking scheme.

[GorillaScience @WatchGorillaSci]

3 Cheers For CO₂! The Climate Scam is built on lies, and the demonisation of CO₂ is the Daddy of them all.
@Martin_Durkin @TomANelson

[Anthony Johnson @AJohnson1655]

@RaiderJamesX @TheMarcJohnNFL Appreciate it and all good. Agree with your clarification.

The only reason I commented is because your original post was accurate and I didn't want to see it discounted because of the broad assumption.

[Anthony Johnson @AJohnson1655]

@RaiderJamesX @TheMarcJohnNFL when ome makes such broad statements about a group of people It rarely is applicable. It can undermines your credibility and can cause input to be dismissed.

Over 50yr Raider fan. been talking about AOC And wanting him to get the opportunity to fully develop since rookie yr