Comments on: Chris Johnson is your AFC offensive player of the week

By: shaggeez

shaggeez — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:06:32 +0000

the fact that he’s only on pace for 1100 is not exactly his fault. For one thing, he is only getting about 16 carries per game (in comparison to Arian Foster’s 24 carries per game). He is averaging 4.5 ypc, which I’ll concede is skewed heavily by having the monster game against the bills. Arian Foster is below 4 ypc btw. The offensive line is finally starting to figure some things out in their run blocking, and if it continues, expect more of these types of games from johnson. while he had 195 against the bills, he also had around 140 against the texans defense, which most people would agree is a decent unit.

in addition, i’m not sure if this is coincidence or not, but the last two games oc chris palmer has been calling plays from the booth, and both of those games were wins.

By: schmitty2

schmitty2 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:49:21 +0000

Isn’t it amazing the success a rb can have when there are open holes and he runs straight forward and instead of making unecessary cuts?

By: billsfan1

billsfan1 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:36:27 +0000

That’s what an 83 yard run will do for you… Now he is ck2? Please , he did it against an epically bad defense

By: seahawks4alltime

seahawks4alltime — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:17:33 +0000

Not all running backs need wide open lanes to make an impact. For example, Justin Forsett was a great, speedy runner for the Seahawks but he really need wide open lanes to get going downhill. Fast forward to this year and Marshawn Lynch rarely has lanes, wide open or otherwise, and yet he gets positive yardage.

In 2009 Chris Johnson didn’t always have lanes to run through.

All I am saying is that great running backs can get their yardage even when the openings aren’t necessarily there.

By: orangebluedonkey

orangebluedonkey — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:05:59 +0000

Johnson is now averaging 4.5 yards a carry this year and is on pace to gain 1,134 yards, which would top his output for 2011.

Give me a break.

By: wikipediasaidso

wikipediasaidso — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:52:24 +0000

Considering what they’re paying him, I don’t understand why they hired an offensive coordinator whose philosophy is so different from the offensive approach that earned Johnson his big money.

Even when the run blocking is good (which it definitely wasn’t early in the year, can only hope they can keep improving) and Johnson is picking up yards, they’re still a pass-centric team.

It’s a strange match, but if Johnson only gets 15 carries, his blockers do their job up front, and he ends up with 75 yards, I won’t blame CJ for not living up to his contract.

By: trollhammer20

trollhammer20 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:43:16 +0000

He keeps this up, and maybe they’ll start calling him CJ2K again instead of CJ2YPC.

By: skeebo80

skeebo80 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:22:13 +0000

EVERYBODY goes off on the Bills defense. Just ask Alex Smith.

By: f00sballfan

f00sballfan — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:19:11 +0000

That consistency you talk about is helped when, in addition to his making better decisions with the ball, the offensive line actually starts opening up running lanes for him to run through.

Just a thought…