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« on: September 01, 2011, 07:40:12 EDT » |
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with the Titans. $30 million guaranteed.  |
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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2011, 07:43:31 EDT » |
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Yes! He was my first pick in the fantasy league I had to autodraft.
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« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2011, 07:56:43 EDT » |
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Yes! He was my first pick in the fantasy league I had to autodraft.
I wouldn't look for too much out of him the first couple of weeks. He will have to ease back in. |
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« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2011, 08:38:04 EDT » |
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« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2011, 09:20:00 EDT » |
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I'm happy that they got it worked out, but I would have had a whole lot more respect for Johnson had he honored the contract that he had previously freely signed and gotten his butt in to training camp from day one like he was obligated to do. He let his team mates and fans down by not doing that. There is no way he is going to be 100% ready by the first game, and in the NFL every regular season game means something.
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« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2011, 10:12:05 EDT » |
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I'm happy that they got it worked out, but I would have had a whole lot more respect for Johnson had he honored the contract that he had previously freely signed and gotten his butt in to training camp from day one like he was obligated to do. He let his team mates and fans down by not doing that. There is no way he is going to be 100% ready by the first game, and in the NFL every regular season game means something.
I used to agree with that logic, but since the owners do the same exact thing, I have absolutely no problem with a guy holding out to get more, especially when he outplays his contract, and the owner can pay his salary with just the amount of jerseys that people have bought in that stadium with CJ's number on it. |
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2011, 10:33:18 EDT » |
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I'm happy that they got it worked out, but I would have had a whole lot more respect for Johnson had he honored the contract that he had previously freely signed and gotten his butt in to training camp from day one like he was obligated to do. He let his team mates and fans down by not doing that. There is no way he is going to be 100% ready by the first game, and in the NFL every regular season game means something.
NFL teams break contracts every year by cutting players who are under contract. I will never blame a player for doing what Johnson did when a team can cut a player with no recourse. He was underpaid last year and the team said "Come play and we will fix this next year," so he did. The team broke their promise and he did the only thing he could do to hold them to it. In short, the "he has a contract" rhetoric works for MLB, NHL, and NBA, but not NFL. A contract means "we'll pay you if we feel like it." JMO. |
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« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2011, 10:50:33 EDT » |
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NFL teams break contracts every year by cutting players who are under contract. I will never blame a player for doing what Johnson did when a team can cut a player with no recourse. He was underpaid last year and the team said "Come play and we will fix this next year," so he did. The team broke their promise and he did the only thing he could do to hold them to it.
In short, the "he has a contract" rhetoric works for MLB, NHL, and NBA, but not NFL. A contract means "we'll pay you if we feel like it." JMO.
We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. Teams break contracts that aren't guaranteed. They are still obligated to the guaranteed portion. Johnson signed the previous contract with understanding of what was guaranteed, again at his own free will. He had an obligation, too. Bottom line, I am happy that he is back. |
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« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2011, 10:53:19 EDT » |
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We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. Teams break contracts that aren't guaranteed. They are still obligated to the guaranteed portion. Johnson signed the previous contract with understanding of what was guaranteed, again at his own free will. He had an obligation, too.
Bottom line, I am happy that he is back.
That's a fair point, but my argument against it is that he had already performed above and beyond even the guaranteed portion of his contract. I wouldn't sympathize with him at all if they hadn't lied to him about their intentions in the offseason last year. But I side with CJ on this one. I'm also glad he's back even if we don't agree on who should've done what first. |
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« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2011, 12:10:44 EDT » |
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I'm happy that they got it worked out, but I would have had a whole lot more respect for Johnson had he honored the contract that he had previously freely signed and gotten his butt in to training camp from day one like he was obligated to do. He let his team mates and fans down by not doing that. There is no way he is going to be 100% ready by the first game, and in the NFL every regular season game means something.
Johnson said to tell you to STFU. |
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« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2011, 12:16:05 EDT » |
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Well, good for him I guess. Now, how much of a return on that investment will the Titans receive in the form of W's?
My guess is not that many.
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« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2011, 12:26:38 EDT » |
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Well, good for him I guess. Now, how much of a return on that investment will the Titans receive in the form of W's?
My guess is not that many.
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« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2011, 12:44:10 EDT » |
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Johnson said to tell you to STFU.
I don't think 101st personally attacked CJ on Twitter or posted racial stuff about him on Twitter so I don't think he was who CJ was talking to. ;-) Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk |
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« Reply #14 on: September 02, 2011, 12:55:12 EDT » |
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with the Titans. $30 million guaranteed. I care.  Shame more "Tennesseans" don't. Oh well.  Maybe Titans get a 2008 redo with a divisional win and more! They Absolutely gave it to Pityburg that year!  |
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« Reply #15 on: September 02, 2011, 02:35:30 EDT » |
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I don't think 101st personally attacked CJ on Twitter or posted racial stuff about him on Twitter so I don't think he was who CJ was talking to. ;-)
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I would hope the he is trying to make up for lost time getting himself ready for the season instead of worrying about what the fans think and spending his time twitting. Putting Twitter in the hands of entertainers, which is all professional athletes really are, has made some of them really hard to like. They can't just entertain any longer - they have to tell us what we should think. |
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« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2011, 02:50:49 EDT » |
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I would hope the he is trying to make up for lost time getting himself ready for the season instead of worrying about what the fans think and spending his time twitting.
Putting Twitter in the hands of entertainers, which is all professional athletes really are, has made some of them really hard to like. They can't just entertain any longer - they have to tell us what we should think.
I don't follow athletes on Twitter anymore for that exact reason. |
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