Former NFL running back LaDainian Tomlinson told the guys from NFL Fantasy Live, via NFL.com that Titans running back Chris Johnson lacks toughness.
“Chris Johnson is an explosive player and there’s no way he should be averaging 1.4 yards per carry this season,” Tomlinson said. “I mean he’s a home-run hitter. I think he’s not running with the same passion, and he’s not running with the same effectiveness and really that ‘go get it’ mentality that he has in the past.”
Tomlinson says a running back should never blame his offensive line.
“I mean I think it’s going to be tough to bounce back from this,” Tomlinson said. “He has to change his mind-set. He has to want to … explode through the holes and make people miss like he used to. I just see a lack of you know, toughness from Chris Johnson like he really doesn’t want to hit the holes and he really doesn’t want to be out there playing right now for some reason. And here’s the thing, he’s blamed it on his offensive line and as a running back that’s something that you never want to do is blame it on your offensive line. He makes the most money on that team and ultimately it falls on him to get the job done.”
I see what Tomlinson is talking about, it seems like to me that Johnson hasn’t been running as hard since he got his new mega contract last season.
There have to be a lot of people that feel duped after all the hype during the preseason that surrounded Johnson. There ere numerous reports that he was back to playing like he did in 2010.
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