If you were concerned about the position of running back Chris Johnson but were going to make a wager at the sports books on the Tennessee Titans, you are able to relax.



The NFL’s leading rusher will be in camp as the Titans and Johnson arrived at an agreement that will take care of his contract for this year. Johnson led the NFL a year ago in rushing and he is a player that makes a major difference vs the sportsbook NFL probabilities.

Sportsbook probabilities on Tennessee show them as 28-1 dark horse prospects to take the Super Bowl. Those probabilities would be 40-1 or higher devoid of Johnson. He is one of the greatest players in the league and the Titans might not afford to be lacking him. The Titans are going to boost Johnson’s wage for this season without redoing his contract. According to his original contract, Johnson would have made only about $500,000 this year but with the new arrangement he’ll get about $2 million. Johnson was considering holding out if anything was not done with his deal and the Titans didn’t have much choice but to do something. Sports book stats showed that Johnson set an NFL single-season record last year for most yards obtained from scrimmage.

Johnson is still intending to get a new contract worked out with the Titans but for now this compromise was enough to get him to camp. The alteration in Johnson’s current contract is in fact very simple as the squad is paying him $1.5 million in terms of incentive bonuses in 2010 as opposed to in 2012. Johnson is not concerned about 2012 though since he expects to have a new deal in place long before then.

Johnson was picked to the Pro Bowl as a starter in each of the years that he has performed with the NFL and has become one 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 in total draft pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. He was named the NFL’s 2009 Offensive Player of the Year.

Tennessee was an great squad in the football action only two years ago vs sports books probabilities but a year ago they started 0-6. They turned things around though and went 8-2 the rest of the way but still did not make the playoffs. Vince Young performed well at quarterback and Johnson ripped through opposing defenses. With Johnson set to go with a contract for this year, optimism in Tennessee is high again. Whether or not Young can keep his head screwed on straight is always an issue however the Titans can at least rest assured that Johnson will be carrying the offensive load in 2010. Tennessee may be worth a look in preseason probabilities at the sports books now that the situation regarding Johnson has been sorted.


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