Rodney Harrison is paid to give his opinion on NBC so when he said he believes Julio Jones was better than Josh Norman, you know that the Panthers corner, who was selected in the 5th round and is playing with a chip on his shoulder, wouldn’t take it lightly. Rodney Harrison said that Julio Jones doesn’t have a quality quarterback that is the reason he didn’t perform well against Norman. That didn’t sit well with Norman who fired back at the NBC analyst on twitter by saying he is horrible at his job and he wasn’t done making his point during a phone interview with the local paper.
“You can insult my intelligence if you like,” Norman said in our separate phone interview. “You can even insult my little puppy. But please whatever you do, don’t insult my talent level. That is one thing I will not let you do. … Who has gone up against Julio and has put him at pedestrian numbers like that? Who has done that? And if that’s not a talent, then what is?”
Rodney Harrison, who acknowledged that Norman is playing like the best corner in the game right now, added that he understands the way the corner is reacting to his comments because he was once a fifth round pick who played with something to prove but he needs to listen to everything he said and not pick and choose what he wants to hear.
“What I said (on TV a week ago) was he had not met a receiver on the level of Julio Jones. But at the same time I said, he’s playing like he’s the best corner in the league. Before he (Norman) sits there and he rips me and says I’m horrible at my job, which is very disrespectful, he needs to shut up and make sure he reads the entire quote. That’s what he needs to do. That’s being professional.”
At this point Norman was already in full beef mode and it was too late for him to sit down and read an entire quote from someone he said was a bitter old guy. He even took it to twitter and had fun retweeting messages poking fun at Rodney Harrison including one from Terrell Owens.
Preach! RT @terrellowens: I could less about Rodney Harrison! Anybody tht using steroids, yes STEROIDS … https://t.co/TvsJ1kmkbh
— *Joshua R. Norman (@J_No24) December 15, 2015
?☕️?RT @RashadWilkins11: @J_No24 We know he wasn't shutdown ??! pic.twitter.com/6VQuavxdAF
— *Joshua R. Norman (@J_No24) December 15, 2015
??Stop it..RT @TommyFromNC: "I think he's a bitter old man." @J_No24 on @Rodney_Harrison ?????? pic.twitter.com/fcLru0RPk0
— *Joshua R. Norman (@J_No24) December 15, 2015