Comments on: Chris Johnson: “I wouldn’t say I’m the issue”

By: clinttaurus

clinttaurus — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:35:21 +0000

sterilizecromartie says:
I know his use of the English language isn’t the best, but when you quote him you should use “you” and not “u” when he is speaking. He doesn’t speak in Twitter language.

if you click the link you’ll see that’s a direct quote of a tweet from J. Wyatt from Chris Johnson…so yeah, PFT was technically correct in how they used the quote…I’d guess Wyatt was using “u” due to Twitter’s 140 character limit…

By: txndave

txndave — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:33:55 +0000

Here in Houston the local sports radio stations sideline reported said cj looked like he quit playing hard.

By: FinFan68

FinFan68 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:30:43 +0000

He’s turning into Reggie Bush as an inside runner. At least Reggie has a decent attitude. CJ is a turd

By: scudbot

scudbot — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:57:18 +0000

This is so unfair. How can you question the character of a guy who ruined his mouth, drives a Caprice on 30″ rims and screwed his team by holding out for more money until the season was underway?

By: Troy Larson

Troy Larson — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:30:02 +0000

What? I’m Chris Johnson! I’m faster than Adrian Peterson! Wait! You guys… don’t go!

Let’s talk some more about who’s better, me or Adrian Peterson! Wait! Don’t go….!

By: londonfletcher

londonfletcher — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:25:05 +0000

Rb’s need to have a clause in their contracts that says that they don’t get paid unless they average “x” amount of yards per carry. Simple as that. Earn it.

By: akulabug

akulabug — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:23:46 +0000

I’m sitting here wondering how much I could make in the NFL. I might be able to run for twenty yards a game just falling forward at the line a few times.

By: bangitfootball

bangitfootball — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:17:16 +0000

Maybe the gold in his mouth is weighing him down? When will these GMs learn RBs are a dime a dozen and have an extremely short shelf life? CJ can take his millions now that the Titans were stupid enough to overpay him and open a rap record label or tweet to his hearts content or polish his gold teeth or whatever. As a football players hes worthless.

By: z0inks

z0inks — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:11:35 +0000

In seasons past, CJ was deadly on quick pitch plays; he’d simply beat everyone to the corner, turn upfield, and nobody could catch him.

They ran the same play in yesterday’s game, and CJ couldn’t even outrun Texans’ OLB Connor Barwin. Barwin beat him to the edge, forced CJ to turn it back inside, and on a play that once produced 20-3o yard gains on a regular basis, CJ picked up a whopping three yards.

This was his longest run of the day.

Anyone who has watched him can see that he’s nowhere close to being the player he was a year ago.

Last year, Chris Johnson was perhaps the most feared runner in the NFL. Now there’s a very legitimate question as to whether he even belongs in the league.

By: bostonhasrealhockey

bostonhasrealhockey — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:20:29 +0000

No its not you…..its your paycheck

By: r8erswilldebacleyou

r8erswilldebacleyou — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:48:37 +0000

He’ll be a R8er next year!

By: cardmagnet

cardmagnet — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:02:26 +0000

Well he sure as heck isn’t an issue for opposing defenses.

By: Andre's Johnson

Andre's Johnson — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:07:33 +0000

Arian Foster’s going to get his big contract during this coming off-season. Something tells me he’ll see that contract as a reason to continue playing hard so that he’ll live up to the contract and truly earn the money.

As if I needed to point out the obvious differences between Arian Foster and Chris Johnson. Oh, and Foster is ten times the football player.

By: Derty Ernie

Derty Ernie — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:05:16 +0000

The only point Johnson may have is if the team is pathetic in the passing dept, then everything falls on the running game. Easier to stop the running game of even the best backs like Peterson, when you don’t have to respect the pass.

Don’t really know because here in the midwest we only get Norris teams and the NFL has decided that we need to watch Dallas every week also so I have not seen Oakland, Tennesse, Texans. They don’t put them on TYV.
I notice we all are getting a big dose of NY Jets though.

By: richm2256

richm2256 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:24:07 +0000

Stop cashing those checks, CJ, you haven’t been earning them.

Every running back with a contract running out is PISSED at you.

By: obie09

obie09 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:23:09 +0000

chobes68, he did, he bought them all rings when he ran for 2006 yards.

By: rushmatic

rushmatic — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:05:02 +0000

If ever the dichotomy became clear between teams “paying the man” and players needing to get as much money as they can when they can, this is it.

By: axespray

axespray — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:26:16 +0000

CJ should just quit and send all his cash to Matt Forte.

By: crise40g

crise40g — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:15:49 +0000

“O-line, bus. Bus, o-line.”
-CJ

By: whitemike55

whitemike55 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:11:20 +0000

Try not having big birthday bashes at clubs Friday night BEFORE the game!

By: chobes68

chobes68 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:07:56 +0000

I’m sure that when he ran for all those yards, he gave much credit to the line *sarcasm*

By: eagleswin

eagleswin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:06:57 +0000

One of the problems is that the offensive line get’s no credit when things go well (it’s all the back) and all the blame when things go wrong (i’d run for 2000 yards again if they just opened holes for me).

Johnson is very good in the open field because of his speed but isn’t an elite back (ie. he can’t create his own holes). Great backs can make something out of nothing. A decent back with a great oline can post elite numbers (ie. Chris johnson in the past). The Titan’s front office greatly miscalculated what Johnson mean’s to the franchise. Johnson doesn’t need to gain another 1st down or TD in his life. The Titans are tied to him for the next several years no matter how he performs.

By: philtration

philtration — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:01:09 +0000

Johnson has proved a lot of the posters on this site were right after all.

Matt Forte is not in the same league as this turd.

By: dlmcc1010

dlmcc1010 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:56:37 +0000

This reject has been holding back the Titans and my fantasy team all year. He got his money and now he is coasting. Its obvious

By: cluelessdufus

cluelessdufus — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:54:06 +0000

if your not the issue than who is C.J

By: dixon29

dixon29 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:48:29 +0000

He’s right. Tennessee is the “issue” because they were dumb enough to pay him what they did. In today’s NFL running backs aren’t worth elite money. Quarterbacks, O-lineman, D-lineman, Cornerbacks, and Wide Receivers are, not running backs. Okay, Adrian Peterson is worth it.

By: luccabrazzi

luccabrazzi — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:45:05 +0000

The Texans are a very good football team. They look like they finally put it together. Foster is a top ten back in the league, not in the same category as A.P. or Ray Rice, but a helluva player none the less. As for C.J. maybe the fans and the media will lay to rest the ” Chris Johnson is a better RB than Adrian Peterson” argument. The guy had a phenomenal year behind an Excellent O-line, and everybody annoited him king, meanwhile A.P. has ran behind a below average offensive line (even the year they were in the NFC championship game) his entire career and still manages to put up consistent numbers week in and week out. Sorry to hi jack a thread about the accomplishments of the Texans and turn it into a rant about the A.P. vs C.J. I just got tired of hearing the ridiculous comparisons. All Praise to the Texans, great win and continued success. LPF…Live Pure Forever

By: obie09

obie09 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:33:17 +0000

He’s obviously part of the problem, but Munchak, the o-line, and now Ringer are all saying CJ isn’t a big problem. Most of you just love to bash a dude relentlessly when you really don’t know anything and don’t actually watch the games.

“Of course I want the ball,” said Ringer, a third-year pro. “I feel I have my qualities that I feel make me just as good as C.J., but clearly I am just not as fast. But no disrespect to the fans, but what people in the stands don’t understand is no matter who you have in the backfield, if things aren’t working right up front, nothing is going to work right.

“Even if I’m in there and things aren’t working right up front, we’re not going to have success. I’ll get hit around and smacked around like he has been.”

Ringer said he doesn’t think Johnson is the problem: “People in the stands look at C.J. and they think, ‘OK, outrun this guy, break tackles.’ But you can’t if there’s no room there. I am not trying to deliberately point the finger at anyone, but we need to work better as a team.”

By: birds1986

birds1986 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:32:45 +0000

How do you explain being such an elite back without a quarterback to throw the ball and then when they actually get a passing game, he sucks?

Are they missing Jeff Fisher?

Offensive line is that bad?

CJ is just loafing around after receiving his payday?

All of the above.

By: burlyisatruefan

burlyisatruefan — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:30:54 +0000

CJnoway is the start of the Titans problems.