December 14, 2012
Star receiver is playful on the outside, a fierce competitor on the inside

Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson is known for his playful personality, but gets dead serious when it comes to failure. (DOUG BENZ/Reuters file photo)

Behind Stevie Johnson's well-known buoyant, impish personality is a competitor.

The Buffalo Bills' star wide receiver hates to fail, in any way, and he doesn't want the world to know he's so fiery about it.

In fact, only one teammate knows sometimes when he's seething.

"He's definitely a 'personality' to you guys in the outside world," fellow wide receiver Donald Jones said in an interview Friday before a stop at a downtown Toronto apparel store to promote Sunday's Bills-in-Toronto game against the Seattle Seahawks.