LenDale White and Chris Johnson are the running back duo for the Tennessee Titans known as “Smash and Dash”, even though the Panthers’ Johnathan Stewart and Deanglo Williams tried to jack the title. It looks like they might be able to claim the name after all because Chris Johnson IS changing HIS nickname to “Every Coach’s Dream.”
ECD explains his need for a new moniker.
From the Tennessean via Pro Football Talk:
“Smash and Dash have had a divorce — that’s official,’’ Johnson said. “I have to be my own guy, so no more Smash and Dash, that was last year. Every Coach’s Dream, that’s me. Because they say every team has its own identity. I feel for me, I can’t be noticed as a group any more. I am my own guy.’’
Johnson said he didn’t tell White he’s making a name for himself, and he doesn’t care what he’ll think of the change.
“It doesn’t matter what he says about that. I don’t know what he’ll think,’’ Johnson said with a smile. “You know how it is when you come home and your wife has everything packed up by the door — you’ve got to go? It is kind of like that situation. We’re going on separate ways.’’
Sharing the rock and a nickname in an NFL backfield is like being married? If so, LenDale’s not ready to let Johnson or Smash-n-Dash go.
“You know the little brother who always falls off his bike, and the big brother comes in and shows you how to ride it? Eventually the little brother learns how to ride it, but that one time they slip up and bust their head and they forget what big brother taught him,’’ White said. “We’re going to have to go back in the lab and figure things out and then we’ll definitely be hearing an apology out of my younger brother. … But I guess it’s now ‘Smash and I’m Going to Whoop His … ’ We’ll talk.’’
Chris Johnson is gonna have to file a restraining order to keep LenDale White away from his nicknames. They’ll probably end up back together because that’s what these type of couples do, but this won’t be the last time the two bicker in the media.
Johnson trades in ‘Dash’ for ‘Dream’ [The Tennessean]
