The Official Chris Johnson Holdout Thread

I highly doubt Tennessee is going to let CJ go anywhere. I see them paying the man big big money.

CJ is a great player that makes us a million times better on offense, and he'll make matt and lockers job a lot easier.

 

Past time for Titans to send CJ an offer

Our Chris Johnson update:

• The Titans are willing to make him the highest-paid running back in the league, but we don’t know the context of that and it can be framed many different ways. Is it about guarantees? Is it about average?
• Johnson wants to be one of the highest paid non-quarterbacks in the league.

Early on, from the way the Jaguars and Marcedes Lewis, I proposed a negotiating compromise where Johnson would join the team but not practice while a deal was worked out. Recently the Titans publicly proposed the same.

But Jason Cole has swayed me on this and I now see why Johnson wouldn’t go for it.

Holding out from the start is one thing, but once you are in and around the guys, things change.

Leaving then if things break down feels like abandonment of the team and is perceived differently. See the reaction to Cortland Finnegan’s recent, one-day departure. Recall what happened when Samari Rolle briefly left in a similar situation years ago.

The unnamed agent Cole spoke to spells that out nicely.

Moving onward, I believe the Titans should start to let go of the idea that Johnson will come in to kick start negotiations. Instead they should go ahead and send Joel Segal their initial offer, and ask for his counter.

As for the other big piece of Cole's column, I don’t agree with him on Cortland Finnegan.

The idea that Finnegan was mistreated by the Titans after his contract demands and walkout is silly to me -- it’s more than offset by the fact that he simply hasn’t played very well the last two seasons.

Want to be treated like royalty? Play like royalty.

That they won’t give him $9 million a year is not being cheap or short-sighted. It’s being prudent.

Finnegan is not the Titans’ second-best player to Johnson. Michael Roos sits atop the list of candidates for that title.

 

True statement!

 

Come on Reinfeldt, don't screw this up!

 

let CJ sit and fine him everyday he misses camp..screw him

 

Clearly Cj opens up the offense and let me remind you all we never had a passing game to help him or the OLine part because of play calling and part because of the QBs.

CJ=4 to 5 more wins we all know that.

And this ''I want to be pay as a top playmaker'' is just the agent playing with the titans I'm suretop RB money will be enough to get Cj into camp.

 

WTF is going on? costa making sense.... WOW!

 

Yea that will help us . Half our plays are designed around the RB, and not just any RB, but the most explosive one ever! C.J. makes everyone better, and with better passers now, 8 in the box is a good thing. It turns everything into cover 1 or man, both Hasselbeck and Locker can exploit that.

I once felt the same way you do now, but this is now in the Titans court, and they're doing NOTHING! Be pissed with their sluggish BS.

 

yeah it will help us. Denver did it for 12 yrs with different RB's who got 1000 yds each yr. All you need is a solid/good offensive line. I posted that in one of the threads

 

Lets CJ sit. Trade him. Don't care either way. RBs don't win championships..