anderson says the player who targeted him was the oilers' walter johnson. two eventually became teammates two years later, that johnson confirmed there was a bounty on anderson in the 1987 game. >> one of the first things i asked walter was, hey, why did you do that, man? he said, you know, i was told to do it. i said, what do you mean? he said, they gave me $1,000 and they told me to do it. i feared for my job. >> reporter: walter johnson wouldn't talk to cnn. but he did talk to his hometown sports reporter, joey martin, and denied he was ever paid for the vicious hit on anderson. >> as far as getting paid, he was vehemently denied that. he said, no, there's no way i got money from that. >> reporter: when you first asked walter about that hit, what did he say? >> you could tell he was a little bit remorseful about it. i mean, he didn't want to hurt morton. but if he had to do it again, hey, it's football. it's physical. and it's my job. >> reporter: what did he tell you that coach glanville told him to do in that game? >> just take out the kicker. take out