Slumping Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson insisted that he wasn't the source of the team's anemic ground game after he was booed early and often by the home fans while being held to 18 yards on 10 carries in Tennessee's 41-7 loss to the Houston Texans Sunday. "I feel like I've been back," Johnson said, refuting reports from Titan Insider that he wasn't in good enough shape to start the season after a contract holdout. "I feel like my conditioning and me missing camp, I can't say that's the problem with the running game." Since signing a four-year, $53.5 million deal before the season started, Johnson has 93 carries for 268 yards, a 2.9-yards-per-carry average. Johnson said he was frustrated with the running struggles and that those who know football can tell what the problems are. "If u are watching the game and u can’t tell what's going on with the run game then I'd say u really don’t know football," he said, according to the Tennessean. "I'm very confident that I've been doing the things that I've been having to do," Johnson said. "It's a situation where I continue to say that I can't do anything but keep running hard and working hard and doing what I can for this team." Backup Javon Ringer had more yards (31) than Johnson on Sunday in just three carries, but coach Mike Munchak cautioned reporters not to read too much into that. "I think when you lose like that you should re-evaluate everything," Munchak said. "But there are only so many things you can do to change it. We like Ringer, but is that the answer? I don’t think so. I don’t think all of a sudden we’re going to block better because of that." Even Ringer agreed. "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," Ringer said. "I am not trying to deliberately point the finger at anyone, but we need to work better as a team." Source: NFL.com
We'll see if he can manage something against the Colts next week.. if not, then there may be some legit concern
You know. I wish the Titans could just sell this guy to a Siberian franchise or something. Or maybe even just send him to the Virginia Destroyers!! Piece of crap that can't rush worth a crap since he has nothing to rush for anymore. He got his money.
At least he got just enough yards yesterday so that DeMaco Murray didn't best his season production in one game.
