CJ Is The REAL MVP

Chris Johnson was selected as the Associated Press Offensive Player of the  Year, but I’m sorry that’s not good enough!  How did Chris Johnson not get a single vote for league MVP?  That is outrageous to this fan.  And of course some jackass voted for Brett Favre.  It’s a sham!  CJ is quoted as saying, “I didn’t even get one vote at all (for MVP).  Like the season I had, it seemed like, ‘What more do they want me to do?’”  I have to agree!  Let’s take a look at some of the CJ’s accomplishments in just 2 years in the NFL:

Most yards from scrimmage in a season (2,509).  Yes the most yards in a season by ANY player at ANY position on ANY NFL team EVER!

1st NFL player EVER with at least 2,000 yds rushing and 500 yds receiving in a season

1st NFL player EVER to run for 3 touchdowns of 85 yards or more in a season

Ran for 800 yards in November, which is the best month EVER in NFL history

Tied NFL record of 6 consecutive games with at least 125 yds rushing

6th NFL player ever to reach 2000 yards rushing in a season

Currently has 11 consecutive 100-yard games and will start next season pursuing Barry Sanders’ record of 14

Rushed for 1,228 yards and 9 TDs as a rookie last year, while splitting carries.

Fastest 40-yard-dash EVER recorded at the NFL combine

No NFL player has ever rushed for 2,000 yards in a season twice.  Barring injury, I expect to see that record fall in 2010.   Move over Adrian Peterson.  The first pick of every fantasy football draft next year should be Chris Johnson.  The list of records broken in 2009 goes on and on.  If I missed any please let me know!

Vote Chris Johnson as Fedex Ground Player of the Year

I don’t see how he could need your vote to win, but you can vote for Chris Johnson to be the Fedex Ground Player of the Year.  CJ had more yards from scrimmage this season than any NFL player has ever had in any season in the history of the NFL.  That’s pretty amazing, and yet he didn’t get a single vote as the league MVP?  Even Favre got a vote.  I don’t get it.  Let’s avoid another travesty and make sure CJ wins Fedex Ground Player of the Year. 

To vote, click the following link:

http://www.nfl.com/partner?partnerType=players-air-and-ground

You can also view a short video about CJ’s record-breaking season by clicking the following link:

http://www.titansonline.com/media-center/videos/2000-Yard-Club/bd4d61ac-7293-4639-aafd-835e8e6b0e92

Vote for YOUR favorite CJ

It’s a tough decision.  Vote for YOUR favorite CJ:

A)  1984 Custom CJ-7 Jeep:

B) Baywatch’s own “CJ Parker”:

C) The NFL single-season yards from scrimmage all-time record holder, and 6th ever 2,000 yard rusher, Chris Johnson:

Welcome to Club 2K

Today the Tennessee Titans’ Chris Johnson became only the 6th player in NFL history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a single season. CJ rushed for 134 yards and 2 TDs vs the Seattle Seahawks as the Titans won 17-13, and finished the season 8-8. The exclusive Club 2K’s membership now includes Eric Dickerson, OJ Simpson, Barry Sanders, Terrell Davis, Jamal Lewis, and Chris Johnson. A costly holding penalty in today’s game negated a 62 yard touchdown scamper from CJ that would have given him a shot at Dickerson’s single-season rushing record (2,105 yards). Johnson did manage to break Marshall Faulk’s single-season yards from scrimmage record set in 1999.

Titans fans are left wondering what could have been in 2009 if Vince Young had started the season. Would they still have started 0-6? One more win and maybe they’re in the playoffs. Two more wins and they’re definitely in. We’ll never know, but at least the season was not a total loss. Vince Young has solidified his starting role and Chris Johnson has established himself as the NFL’s premier running back. Who is YOUR #1 overall pick in next year’s fantasy draft?

$20,000 Fine For Coach’s Verbal Abuse Of Game Official?!

Since when can a coach not verbally abuse a game official? Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator Chuck Cecil was fined $20K by the NFL on Thursday for sideline comments following a roughing the passer penalty during the Titans’ 42-17 loss to the San Diego Chargers on Christmas night. Every coach verbally abuses the game offcials at one point or another.

Jeff Fisher defended his first-year coordinator saying the official overheard Cecil talking to another coach on his headset. It has not been made public what Cecil said, but give me a break. It’s one thing to penalize a player for abusing an official, but I EXPECT my team’s coaches to verbally abuse the officials. That is their job!

Records Still To Be Broken

It has been a wild season for the Tennessee Titans. An 0-6 start would have doomed most teams to insignificance. But not the Titans. Not with the most electric running back the NFL has seen since Barry Sanders.

Chris Johnson has had a standout season already with 10 straight 100 yard games, 3rd most in NFL history behind Sanders (14) and Marcus Allen (11), and he will try for the holy grail on Sunday. With 233 yards CJ would tie Eric Dickerson’s single season rushing record of 2,105 yards set in 1984. CJ can also join an exclusive club on Sunday with 128 yards to become only the 6th player in league history to reach 2,000 yards. CJ runs for 128 yards on an off day.

Until the Titans, no team had ever started a season 0-6 and then won 5 straight. No team has ever started 0-6 and finished 8-8. Since week 6 the only teams to beat the Titans are the undefeated Indianapolis Colts and the red hot San Diego Chargers. This Titans team dangerous and the Seattle Seahawks look like sitting ducks this week. The Seahawks have been outscored 106-24 over the last 3 games. Let’s see some records fall this week!

On a side note, if you haven’t checked out Buzzersports.com (see the ad on this blog) you should take a look. I took a look myself to do some holiday shopping and picked up an autographed Chris Johnson 8″x10″ for $45. I love the photo and think it was a steal with Adrian Peterson photos selling for $69. AP’s got nothin’ on CJ. Who’s YOUR #1 fantasy football pick next year?

We Can’t Talk About Vince

There is $1,202,850 up for grabs in the FFOC Vegas bracket. Only 97 contenders. Team HELLMUTHofFF1 is still in the running. This week Vince Young is back in my lineup and to avoid the jinx gods we can’t talk about what he is going to do to the Miami Dolphins this Sunday.

The Titans shellacked the St Louis Rams 47-7 last week. Vince left the game with a tweeked hamstring in the 2nd quarter but still managed to throw for 132 yards and 1 TD. He was already sporting a bum knee so starting him on your fantasy team this week is risky, but when he plays he has been a consistent. Vince was limited in practiced Thursday and Friday but word is he’s a go. But we can’t talk about that.

We can’t talk about the fact that Vince is 4-0 in home games this season with a 69.1 percent completion percentage, 854 yards and a 107.3 QB rating at home. We can’t talk about the fact that the Titans’ slim playoff hopes ride on this week’s game. We can’t talk about any of that with a $1,000,000 top prize at stake!

I would post my lineup, but it changes hourly. Some tough decisions to make this week! The RB2 position is a choice between Rashard Mendenhall, Ahmad Bradshaw, Darren McFadden, or Felix Jones.

Mendenhall only managed 70 yards from scrimmage last week vs the lowly Cleveland Browns and the Steeler’s O-line gave up 8 sacks. This week Pitt faces the Green Bay Packers with a top notch run defense. Mendenhall is the only option likely to touch the ball 20 times but the other options seem to have all the upside.

Bradshaw has been playing on a bum ankle all season and is listed as questionable every week…yet he always plays and likely will this week. This week the Giants face the Washington Redskins on Monday night. It looks like a decent matchup as Bradshaw had 101 yards from scrimmage and 1 TD, but it’s hard to bank on a Monday night player listed as questionable. Not at this point in the season with this much money on the line.

McFadden had a solid game last week with 84 yard receiving and 21 yards on the ground. This week the Raiders are rolling with Charlie Frye under center facing a tough Denver Broncos defense. The Broncos are sure to play the run and force Frye to throw the ball. I’m not sure I want to put my Vegas hopes in the hands of the Raiders.

Finally we have Felix Jones, my preseason pick to be the next Chris Johnson. That has not panned out. Jones has had injury issues and doesn’t get enough carries to be a consistent fantasy option. But the burst seems to be back in Felix’s step. Last week Jones ran for 51 yards on 10 carries. Dallas faces the smoking hot New Orleans Saints. The Saints have a mean pass defense but can be run on. The Cowboys will likely try to run the ball and control the clock to keep the ball out of the hands of Drew Brees. On the other hand, if the Saints jump out to a lead, Dallas may be forced to give up on the run. Jones isn’t likely to get more than 10 carries with Marion Barber and Tashard Choice in the mix. But what will he do with those carries? Decisions decisions. This is why we play the game!

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Take Me To The Promise Land Vince!

Team HELLMUTHofFF1 is still alive in the ffoc.com $1,000,000 fantasy football game.  Only 363 contenders remain for $1,202,850 in prize money. This is the best fantasy game out there! After week 14 there will only be 102 survivors.

If you have followed this blog you know that dropping Mark Sanchez in week 8 to start Vince Young almost cost this team a shot at the million.  Vince had a decent game that week, but Sanchez scored 3 TDs and would have meant a win.  Team H still managed to scrape by in week 9 jumping ahead of the 2nd place team and into the Vegas bracket. 

This week Vice is coming off the bench and starting again in the flex position…this time in place of Carson Palmer.  Vince has the favorable matchup vs a weak St Louis defense, but my fear is this could be a Chris Johnson one-man-show.  Palmer faces a stout Minnesota defense so I’m pulling the trigger.  Don’t let me down Vince! 

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Titans to Bounce Back

It has taken a few days for me to recover psychologically from the disappointment of last Sunday’s loss to the Indianapolis Colts.  The Titans are 5-7. Any hopes of the playoffs gone. 

Vince Young had a solid game throwing for 241 yards with 2 TDs and 1 INT;  Chris Johnson had a solid game running for 113 yards but no TDs;  rookie sensation Kenny Britt had a good game with 3 catches for 46 yards and a TD, and Bo Scaife caught Vince’s other TD with 5 catches for 56 yards.  It was not enough vs the Peyton Manning and the undefeated Colts.   The Titans played a good game but failed to finish drives.  Twice in the second half they turned the ball over on downs deep in Colts territory.  That was the difference in the game as the Titans lost 17-27.

Hopefully this loss doesn’t affect the way this team plays going forward.  Crazy things must happen now to make the playoffs, but there is still much to play for.  

Chris Johnson is having a record-breaking season, on pace to break Marshall Faulk’s NFL record 2,429 yards from scrimmage set in 1999.   (Coincidentally, that’s the year the Faulk and the Rams beat the Titans in the superbowl.)  CJ has run for 100+ yards in seven straight games and has averaged 152.6 yards per game.  The guy is unreal and should surpass his average this week vs the lowly St Louis Rams and their 28th ranked run defense.  

Last week’s loss was a kick in the teeth.  Chris Johnson’s fearless prediction of a 10-game winning streak to finish the season 10-6 has proved false.  But let’s go Titans!  CJ goes for 200+ yards and 2 TDs this week.  Vince throws for 300 yds and 3 TDs.  Nothing like playing the Rams to get right!