Chris Johnson rushed 16 times for 141 yards and a touchdown in Tennessee's Week 9 loss to the Bears, but also lost two fumbles.
He added four catches for four yards. Johnson was having a forsaken afternoon until early in the fourth quarter, where he found a seam and dashed 80 yards to the house. The 80-yard touchdown was the fifth of his career, and provided the final score in Tennessee's embarrassing 51-20 loss. Before his big scamper, Johnson had just 54 yards on 14 carries to go along with his two lost fumbles. The good news is, CJ?K was again running with purpose, rarely getting knocked down behind the line, and typically tacking on extra yardage. He's had 90-yard afternoons in five of his past six games, and has moved well beyond his embarrassing start to the season.
When does a #1 RB on a team EVER, EVER, EVER keep getting handed the ball when his team is down 39 points with 10 minutes to go?!??!?! And when does he EVER TO THE 40TH POWER then take that handoff and go 80 yards to the house against a good defense?!?!??! COMPLETE FLUKE!!!!!!!
calm down, man. He gets the ball because they know they aren't going to win, they're just trying to successfully run plays at that point. He takes it 80 yds for the td because he's the best big play rb of all time
I'm calm, I just can't state enough how much of a fluke this was. You are wrong. Yes, he's pretty good, but this never should have happened. Anyone who benefited from it was soooooo lucky and anyone who benched him was sooooo unlucky. It was a great benching. I'll stand by it forever. His final score should have been 2.5 Fantasy Points, as he shoulda spent the entire 4th on the bench. I've NEVER seen this kind of thing happen in the 30 years I've been watching football. A #1 Running Back on a team losing by 30+ points NEVER tears off an 80-yard TD run. Complete fluke. And you should recognize it as such. It might be helpful down the road to recognize what was legit and what was just crazy luck.
I agree that it was smart to bench him. I did too. But I wouldn't say it was a fluke. It was a run against their starting d. They had not pulled their stars. It was garbage time, but that doesn't really matter does Marshall's second td not count?
Do you often see Running Backs do well in the 4th Quarter of a game where their team is losing by 35+ points?! No, you just don't. Here are the various reasons.
1- In a blowout like this, the #1 RB usually isn't even in there... To avoid injury and because it's considered "useless" at that point.
2- Hence, Point #2 comes up... They will usually be *throwing like crazy* when down 35+ points.
3- When a team has played suffocating defense like that for 3 Quarters, they usually will play a "prevent" type defense and stop all long plays when they're winning that big.
4- Like you said, it was their 1st team defense that held that team to 4 field goals all game.
5- TOTAL FLUKE. There's just no way around it.
But thanks for acknowledging it was a smart benching.
Yes I have seem other RB's do well with their team well behind. As a matter of fact CJ2K did this very same thing against the Texans. Sure it was garbage time and Houston's D packed it in for the day.
I don't get why you are making a big issue of Tennessee continuing to play their top running back when they are down by 35+ points. He gets paid big bucks to play right???
And, yes, Marshall's 2nd TD was crap too. I had Robbie Gould and I was like..WTF!?!?! Why are you throwing there? They were up like 30+ points and they're throwing... It shoulda been, short run, short run, field goal. It counts but it was dumb and was a bit of a fluke too. Not *nearly* as much of a fluke as the Johnson TD though.
You just mad you started Peyton Hillis over Chris Johnson. Now that sir, was a dumb move especially since you had Jamal Charles starting also. smh, he's Chris Johnson and he's capable of big games. Get over it! I had him on the bench too.
Dude you sound retarded. Get over it, and give yourself a big pat on the back for benching him. I benched him too because it was a rough matchup for him, but that doesn't take anything away from what he did. By the way, teams don't generally pull defensive starters no matter what the lead is unless they have been dealing with an injury or something. I'm sure the Bears had their starters in. In your 30 years watching football how many times have you seen a team bench its defensive starters? You starting both Jamaal Charles and Peyton Hillis against the Chargers rather than starting CJ or Bradshaw, or both was a rediculous thing to do.
What's your point about benching defensive starters? That bolsters my case even more. If the starters were in there, that *definitely* shouldn't have happened. I didn't mention that myself, because that doesn't matter to me. 80-yard TD runs are *extremely rare*, no matter what defense is in there. My point is this was a massive fluke. I don't care what I sound like. I think it's pretty obvious it was extremely lucky that he tore off an 80-yard TD run. I would bet he has a pretty miserable game next week and looks like crap again. This time he won't rip off some ridiculous 80-yard run on his only effective play of the game.
You do realize that this is WHY you start CJ2K no matter what? Sometimes you get burned, other times he gets you a 14 point play. You win some, you lose some. But you don't bench CJ2K for Peyton Hillis.
I didn't actually bench him for Hillis. I benched Ahmad Bradshaw for Hillis originally. Hillis was in the Thursday game and I bought into the idea that the Chiefs were going to have a big game and Hillis was going to get going finally and have a good game. After that, I was going to play CJ as my Flex, but then chose to go with other options. It turned out my Flex player was Desean Jackson, who score just about the same as CJ. I woulda looked like a genius if things had gone as they should have and CJ ends the game with about 3 Fantasy Points.
You could say the same thing about DJAX's flukey score, which was a complete blown coverage. I started both CJ2K and DJAX, and got lucky on both of them. THAT'S HOW FANTASY WORKS. Why can't you admit you were wrong? Fool.
CJ sucks on old balls...they had him playing that late because they want him to get injured so they have another reason to get rid of his sorry ass...any1 that that likes CJ also like old balls too...haha
Because my point is not wrong. You RARELY EVER see a #1 RB *even in the game* in the 4th Quarter of a 30+ point blowout!!!!! I'm not saying it didn't happen. It did happen. But it was about the luckiest thing you will EVER see. That ISN'T HOW FANTASY WORKS. It very, very rarely works like that. You will 99% of the time have to accept a terrible performance from your RB in a blowout like that where he has been so bad. I guarantee you will see no RB who has scored 3 or less fantasy points in the 4th Quarter of a blowout, on the losing team, score more than 5 points overall.
This is so false it's not even funny. This is why your record is a losing one, DJM. Of course the #1 RB stays in most of the game, even in a blowout. In fact, that's when runs can work the best, as CJ proved here. The defense is so worried about the pass, because you're down 30+, that they don't adjust to the run well enough. SO please take your ignorant, annoying rants, somewhere else. Oh and a public admission here that we are right and you are wrong would be great, thanks.
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Snake_bittenSun 11/4/12 6:46 PM
They lost by 31 points. I think Chicago had it's practice team on the field by the 4th Qtr.
Not that I saw the game, but that was garbage time.
djm180Sun 11/4/12 9:45 PM
When does a #1 RB on a team EVER, EVER, EVER keep getting handed the ball when his team is down 39 points with 10 minutes to go?!??!?! And when does he EVER TO THE 40TH POWER then take that handoff and go 80 yards to the house against a good defense?!?!??! COMPLETE FLUKE!!!!!!!
matt82xSun 11/4/12 10:31 PM
calm down, man. He gets the ball because they know they aren't going to win, they're just trying to successfully run plays at that point. He takes it 80 yds for the td because he's the best big play rb of all time
djm180Sun 11/4/12 10:41 PM
I'm calm, I just can't state enough how much of a fluke this was. You are wrong. Yes, he's pretty good, but this never should have happened. Anyone who benefited from it was soooooo lucky and anyone who benched him was sooooo unlucky. It was a great benching. I'll stand by it forever. His final score should have been 2.5 Fantasy Points, as he shoulda spent the entire 4th on the bench. I've NEVER seen this kind of thing happen in the 30 years I've been watching football. A #1 Running Back on a team losing by 30+ points NEVER tears off an 80-yard TD run. Complete fluke. And you should recognize it as such. It might be helpful down the road to recognize what was legit and what was just crazy luck.
matt82xSun 11/4/12 10:52 PM
I agree that it was smart to bench him. I did too. But I wouldn't say it was a fluke. It was a run against their starting d. They had not pulled their stars. It was garbage time, but that doesn't really matter does Marshall's second td not count?
djm180Sun 11/4/12 11:03 PM
Do you often see Running Backs do well in the 4th Quarter of a game where their team is losing by 35+ points?! No, you just don't. Here are the various reasons.
1- In a blowout like this, the #1 RB usually isn't even in there... To avoid injury and because it's considered "useless" at that point.
2- Hence, Point #2 comes up... They will usually be *throwing like crazy* when down 35+ points.
3- When a team has played suffocating defense like that for 3 Quarters, they usually will play a "prevent" type defense and stop all long plays when they're winning that big.
4- Like you said, it was their 1st team defense that held that team to 4 field goals all game.
5- TOTAL FLUKE. There's just no way around it.
But thanks for acknowledging it was a smart benching.
TheOutlawsMon 11/5/12 8:34 PM
Yes I have seem other RB's do well with their team well behind. As a matter of fact CJ2K did this very same thing against the Texans. Sure it was garbage time and Houston's D packed it in for the day.
I don't get why you are making a big issue of Tennessee continuing to play their top running back when they are down by 35+ points. He gets paid big bucks to play right???
djm180Sun 11/4/12 11:04 PM
And, yes, Marshall's 2nd TD was crap too. I had Robbie Gould and I was like..WTF!?!?! Why are you throwing there? They were up like 30+ points and they're throwing... It shoulda been, short run, short run, field goal. It counts but it was dumb and was a bit of a fluke too. Not *nearly* as much of a fluke as the Johnson TD though.
allegeneegenacMon 11/5/12 8:46 AM
you are annoying.
Templeb3Mon 11/5/12 10:54 AM
lol i started cj thanks for the points bud
LtAllenMon 11/5/12 1:07 PM
You just mad you started Peyton Hillis over Chris Johnson. Now that sir, was a dumb move especially since you had Jamal Charles starting also. smh, he's Chris Johnson and he's capable of big games. Get over it! I had him on the bench too.
djm180Mon 11/5/12 6:31 PM
Nah, you guys just don't get it. It was a great benching.
YoungbloodTue 11/6/12 12:14 AM
Dude you sound retarded. Get over it, and give yourself a big pat on the back for benching him. I benched him too because it was a rough matchup for him, but that doesn't take anything away from what he did. By the way, teams don't generally pull defensive starters no matter what the lead is unless they have been dealing with an injury or something. I'm sure the Bears had their starters in. In your 30 years watching football how many times have you seen a team bench its defensive starters? You starting both Jamaal Charles and Peyton Hillis against the Chargers rather than starting CJ or Bradshaw, or both was a rediculous thing to do.
djm180Tue 11/6/12 12:22 AM
What's your point about benching defensive starters? That bolsters my case even more. If the starters were in there, that *definitely* shouldn't have happened. I didn't mention that myself, because that doesn't matter to me. 80-yard TD runs are *extremely rare*, no matter what defense is in there. My point is this was a massive fluke. I don't care what I sound like. I think it's pretty obvious it was extremely lucky that he tore off an 80-yard TD run. I would bet he has a pretty miserable game next week and looks like crap again. This time he won't rip off some ridiculous 80-yard run on his only effective play of the game.
allegeneegenacTue 11/6/12 9:15 AM
You do realize that this is WHY you start CJ2K no matter what? Sometimes you get burned, other times he gets you a 14 point play. You win some, you lose some. But you don't bench CJ2K for Peyton Hillis.
TheOutlawsTue 11/6/12 9:50 AM
Bingo!
djm180Tue 11/6/12 10:24 AM
I didn't actually bench him for Hillis. I benched Ahmad Bradshaw for Hillis originally. Hillis was in the Thursday game and I bought into the idea that the Chiefs were going to have a big game and Hillis was going to get going finally and have a good game. After that, I was going to play CJ as my Flex, but then chose to go with other options. It turned out my Flex player was Desean Jackson, who score just about the same as CJ. I woulda looked like a genius if things had gone as they should have and CJ ends the game with about 3 Fantasy Points.
allegeneegenacTue 11/6/12 1:50 PM
You could say the same thing about DJAX's flukey score, which was a complete blown coverage. I started both CJ2K and DJAX, and got lucky on both of them. THAT'S HOW FANTASY WORKS. Why can't you admit you were wrong? Fool.
Gridiron-IQTue 11/6/12 5:39 PM
CJ sucks on old balls...they had him playing that late because they want him to get injured so they have another reason to get rid of his sorry ass...any1 that that likes CJ also like old balls too...haha
djm180Tue 11/6/12 7:24 PM
Because my point is not wrong. You RARELY EVER see a #1 RB *even in the game* in the 4th Quarter of a 30+ point blowout!!!!! I'm not saying it didn't happen. It did happen. But it was about the luckiest thing you will EVER see. That ISN'T HOW FANTASY WORKS. It very, very rarely works like that. You will 99% of the time have to accept a terrible performance from your RB in a blowout like that where he has been so bad. I guarantee you will see no RB who has scored 3 or less fantasy points in the 4th Quarter of a blowout, on the losing team, score more than 5 points overall.
YoungKeeseyWed 11/7/12 9:25 AM
This is so false it's not even funny. This is why your record is a losing one, DJM. Of course the #1 RB stays in most of the game, even in a blowout. In fact, that's when runs can work the best, as CJ proved here. The defense is so worried about the pass, because you're down 30+, that they don't adjust to the run well enough. SO please take your ignorant, annoying rants, somewhere else. Oh and a public admission here that we are right and you are wrong would be great, thanks.