If you were going to make a bet at the sports books on the Tennessee Titans but were worried about the position of running back Chris Johnson, you can relax. 
Since the Tennessee Titans and Johnson arrived at an agreement that will take care of his deal for this year, the NFL’s top rusher will be in camp. Johnson headed the NFL last year in rushing and he’s a player that makes a major difference versus the sports book NFL probabilities.
Sports Books probabilities on Tennessee list them as 28-1 dark horse prospects to win the Super Bowl. Without Johnson those probabilities would be 40-1 or higher. The Tennessee Titans could not afford to be lacking him since he’s 1 of the top players in the league. The Tennessee Titans are planning to raise Johnson’s wage for this season without redoing his deal. Johnson would have made only about $500,000 this year according to his original deal, but with the new arrangement he’ll get about $2 million. Johnson was thinking about holding out if something wasn’t done with his deal and the Tennessee Titans did not have much choice but to do something. Sports book stats showed that Johnson set an NFL single-season record last year for most yards gained from scrimmage.
Johnson is still hoping to get a new deal worked out with the Tennessee Titans but in the meantime this compromise was sufficient to get him to camp. The modification in Johnson’s current deal is actually very simple as the team is paying him $1.5 million in terms of incentive bonuses in 2010 as opposed to in 2012. Johnson is not worried about 2012 though because he can expect to have a new offer in place long before then.
Johnson was chosen to the Pro Bowl as a starter in each of the seasons that he has played with the league and has become 1 of the NFL’s leading players. In his 2nd year with the NFL, he shattered Marshall Faulk’s record of total yards from scrimmage and became the sixth running back in NFL history to rush over 2,000 yards. After he recorded the 2nd fastest ever record for a running back at the NFL Scouting Combine, he was a 24th total draft pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. In 2009, he was named the NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year.
Tennessee was an outstanding team in the football action only 2 years ago versus sports books probabilities but last year they started out 0-6. They turned things around however and went 8-2 the rest of the way but still did not make the playoffs. Vince Young played well at quarterback and Johnson tore through opposing defenses. With Johnson set to go with a deal for this year, optimism in Tennessee is high again. The Tennessee Titans can at least rest assured that Johnson will be taking the offensive load in 2010, though whether or not Young can keep his head screwed on straight is always an issue. Tennessee may be worth a glance in preseason probabilities at the sports books now that the predicament regarding Johnson has been settled.
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