{"id":16169,"date":"2025-01-01T03:21:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T03:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=16169"},"modified":"2025-01-01T03:21:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T03:21:28","slug":"diontae-johnson-takes-a-comical-shot-at-the-ravens-after-his-recent-release-and-signing-with-the-texans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=16169","title":{"rendered":"Diontae Johnson takes a comical shot at the Ravens after his recent release and signing with the Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-content-type-metadata mm-content-type-metadata--below-header\">\n<div class=\"m-content-type-metadata--inner\">\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/baltimore\/\">B<\/a>altimore Ravens\u00a0are flying high after a Christmas Day win last week. Meanwhile, Diontae Johnson is looking to make an impact for a\u00a0Houston Texan<a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/houston\">s<\/a>\u00a0teams desperately looking for receiver help.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Johnson seemed to take a shot at the way the Ravens do things when asked about his experience in Houston so far since he was added.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"more-diontae-johnson-drama\">More Diontae Johnson drama<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"m-blockquote l-inline\"><p>\u201cTeam first. Everybody is about the team, I\u2019m about the team too. 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