Comments on: Titans likely won't be seeing much of Chris Johnson

By: PhillyBen

PhillyBen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:02:18 +0000

to the idiots saying a contract means nothing if both parties aren’t going to follow through with it i have two words for you: GUARANTEED MONEY.
thats the only thing that matters in a contract b/c teams routinely don’t follow through on contracts on their parts by cutting players in the middle of their contract so how are you going to say that players shouldnt have some kind of leverage against the obvious power that the teams hold?

By: Bious

Bious — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:01:53 +0000

Chris Johnson is that entire team and is the best RB in the NFL.
He will continue getting a LOT of carries and thus wants to get paid before he hits that wall
I get it and so should the Titans. If they don’t pay the man, he will not re-sign with them.
The Titans know what a special player they have in him

By: Airjunior23

Airjunior23 — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:02:29 +0000

Anyone saying this cat shouldn’t get money must be a GM or a white republican. It would be different if he didn’t ball every week. He was the only hope on that team period. Some dummy on here said he wouldn’t have got these yards without VY. Come on man. Vince young played ten games, maybe twelve. If anything VY balled because they respected the ability of CJ. Pay the man

By: SPORTS1969

SPORTS1969 — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:12:18 +0000

They can cut you whenever they want so you should be able to ask for money whenever you want,doesnt mean you have to pay the player,but he can ask for whatever he wants.PLUS FOOTBALL CONTRACTS ARE WORTHLESS,see Alan Faneca,Flo Adams these guys still have good years left there teams cut them it was a business decision

By: The Curse of Bobby Layne Part 2

The Curse of Bobby Layne Part 2 — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:25:17 +0000

Doesn’t anyone understand that HE SIGNED A CONTRACT?
Nobody forced him to sign the contract he currently has! He should play out what he agreed to and be a MAN with some INTEGRITY!
Tennessee should tell him to take a hike.
People don’t want these primadonna a$$holes on their team anymore!

By: TheOne

TheOne — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:11:02 +0000

Pfff Chris will not even hit 2,000 yards this season, that was a 1 time deal. Just like LT, he only has been in the top 5 rushers 2 times in his career. Now if we want to talk about good RB’s look at Clinton Portis, he has missed the top 5 rusher spot only 3 times in his career. All 3 of those times was because he was hurt.

By: Chiefs2010

Chiefs2010 — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:04:46 +0000

Can you blame him?
The NFL pay scale is ridiciulous.
The rookie scale is a joke.
This guy should be making top 5 in the league..

By: burntorangehorn

burntorangehorn — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:53:56 +0000

jbuzz–how would this be stiffing him? The Titans have in no way hinted that they want to “stiff him,” which in this case would mean not paying him the first-round contract money he’s due.

By: jbuzz31

jbuzz31 — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:26:04 +0000

After 1200 yards his rookie year splitting time, and going for 2,000 PLUS another 500 receiving your gonna stiff him? In the words of the great Deion Sanders………..PAY DA MAN!
I love the Titans but sometimes the front office makes me scratch my head. Buncha cheap bastards.

By: WarrenMoonGOAT

WarrenMoonGOAT — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:19:03 +0000

pay the man!

By: burntorangehorn

burntorangehorn — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:41:55 +0000

@Florio: “Since Johnson received a small signing bonus as a rookie in 2008, he faces only a small repayment obligation if he boycotts any mandatory offseason activities.”
Small signing bonus? He was a first-round pick, and last year was only his second season in the league. I really liked Chris Johnson until this. It’s beyond stupid that players think it’s appropriate to hold out only two years into a lucrative contract. And it’s convenient that people who point out his 2010 and 2011 salary figures forget to point out the bonus money that elevates his contract value to $12 million over its first five years.
Next thing you know, a guy’s going to start a holdout three games into a contract.
So which is it: rookie salary cap, or free-for-all on holdouts after two seasons or less?

By: Jack in the Jack

Jack in the Jack — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:37:57 +0000

Go ahead and pay him…He will disappear afterwards. He can’t be paid more than the elite quarterbacks who generate 4000 yds a year. Two years in and wants a new contract!? Selfish, just plain selfish!

By: boysandnoles

boysandnoles — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:22:00 +0000

@italian army guy, as for stats i STAND corrected. But he opened lanes for VY it wasnt because VY was put in. HE did the same thing last year w/o VY.
@borisbulldog one hit wonder. 2500 tot yds this year. over 1600 tot yds 10+ tds both years. one helluva one hit wonder.
@adam please go play with your sister because obviously you arent big enough to come of the porch. “struggle for 1k” and you probably think the Lions are going to super bowl and the Pirates to the world series.
and for all you who say play out your contract tell that to the team that cuts you the moment you don’t produce. pay attention to the game. if he produce you pay, when he doesnt he gets cut stop with that he is not a team player shit. the team only cares if you can produce so you should get paid accordingly to what you produce

By: 1mge

1mge — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:13:25 +0000

Base goes up only 30% but the upfront guaranteed money doesn’t count. If they raise him 30% for 5 year contract thats I believe only about $500k base a year so they would have to pay him about $40 – $50 mil upfront money to make his 5 year avg top rb money and stay within the 30% increase rule.
Sad but they’ll give that to the #1 draft pick but not a proven player.

By: Caldon

Caldon — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:00:09 +0000

Pay the man….
Here is the thing, all these people that complain about these guys not playing out their contracts are also the same who whine about the money that unproven rookies get and that the money should go to a player who has proven himself.
This is a perfect example of a player who has outperformed his contract signed and has proven himself, thus he deserves to get paid.
You can’t have it both ways, saying don’t pay rookies and players who outperform their contract should play it out.
I side with a rookie wage scale and paying vets who deserve it.

By: pt8106

pt8106 — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:34:50 +0000

While he may have outplayed his contract, the bottome line is that he signed a contract and should honor it. If he was confident he was going to be this good then he should have made sure there were incentives or escalators build into the contract. He happily signed the contract when he was drafted and should honor it. The most the Titans should even consider doing is the 30% raised that is allowed.

By: Krow

Krow — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:29:15 +0000

Move along. Once it goes bitter it’s over.

By: smithopher

smithopher — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:25:57 +0000

The kids been in the league, what 2 or 3 years? I don’t feel bad if he doesn’t get a raise until next season. He had a great season and I’m not denying that but how many flashes in the pan have we seen? Let him prove he does it on a regular basis and rack up like 1,800+ yards this season, then give him the contract he deserves. It wouldn’t be fair to give him a contract paying him the most of all RB’s and then have him turn around and put out 1,100 yards or something. Sure, that’d be productive, but not the superstar status he had last season. I say next year, give him a 3 or 4 year extension with a nice signing bonus and loaded up with incentives. If the Titans really feel so inclined, they could offer him the 30% increase for now, because I know his rookie contract is probably garbage, and that’s probably the biggest reason he wants SOMETHING new to be done with his pay.

By: JAJ

JAJ — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:50:48 +0000

Pay the kid. Period.

By: last starfighter

last starfighter — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:17:22 +0000

Brett Favre must be his inspiration

By: SirSuperSouthern

SirSuperSouthern — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:16:41 +0000

Every Coaches Dream indeed…

By: Rogue

Rogue — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:11:33 +0000

It is not mostly Chris it is his agent he feeds him BS that he can get more for being an uncapped year. This way the agent can get a bigger cut.
Agents are mostly the greedy ones who prey on the players just like Rosenthal

By: Dolphinfanuk

Dolphinfanuk — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:22:23 +0000

“The team’s obvious first line of defense will come from the application of the 30 percent rule, which makes it difficult to renegotiate an existing deal in an uncapped year
I think he may just ask how did the Dolphins manage to give Marshall such a huge new contract then?

By: BorisBulldog

BorisBulldog — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:05:15 +0000

sorry titt-ans fans, johnson will be a 1 hit wonder- baleedat!

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:42:25 +0000

he sucks. he didn’t care about winning games, just his “2k”. screw that guy. Watch, he’ll struggle to get 1k this year.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:25:08 +0000

Shit, they were still 500 last year

By: insanity23mike

insanity23mike — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:20:55 +0000

I kind a feel bad for Jamarcus Russell. I mean he never really had good help at WRs and/or Oline. He kept getting new QB coaches, head coaches and offensive coordinators.. McFadden never helped him as expected so teams would stack the box. His fumbles were due to part of bad Oline pass protection and nobody open in 3sec.(thanks to K.Harris)
BUT!!!!!
When he doesnt show up for meetings, skips trainings, doesnt study film as he should(if he even does), doesnt do anything to get in shape and goes clubbing hrs after loss, then I say he got what he asked for..
He got alot of people fired because he never produced to Davis standards and almost got Cable fired too.. Its time to part ways and move on.. If he pans out somewhere else(NE, since they take all of our players we cut)then good for him.. but atleast we will all be relief he’s not stuck with us.. He will never pan out for us because he isnt mentally strong and careless.
I rather have $50 well spend then have $100 wasted on idk what..
NOW CUT HIS ASS!!

By: McDanielsOwns

McDanielsOwns — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:15:24 +0000

play out the contract YOU signed…sure he deserves top money but what did his performance do for his team? playoffs? can no one honor their contracts anymore or at least try to be a TEAM player

By: smergaman

smergaman — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:01:21 +0000

Pay him!
Avg. running back life span in the NFL is 2.5 yrs. This guy proved he’s a elite player and he deserves to be payed as one.
If you turned the place you worked at into a top business wouldn’t you want a raise?

By: patpatriotagain

patpatriotagain — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:00:28 +0000

had a “good year”? only two people in history have had as good a year as he did in rushing yardage , and all purpose yards he is #1 in nfl history. Pay Him like it.