CJ2K NO PB WTF?

So yesterday the NFL Pro Bowl line-ups were announced and to my, and probably most football fan’s surprise Chris Johnson – also known as CJ2K after his amazing achievement of rushing for 2,006 yards in a single season last year – was NOT on the roster! What the Fudge?? This I have a problem with, not just as an avid Tennessee Titans fan but as a football fan in general. Allow me to state my case.

The player voted as the starter for the game is Maurice Jones-Drew. Here are his stats. 1,324 yards (4^th), 94.6 yards per game (2^nd), 75 First downs (2^nd), 5 Touchdowns (T23^rd). Solid numbers for a solid little running back. But he is more of a workman-like, first-down getting, tough yard accumulating kinda guy (his longest single carry was only 37 yards) as opposed to an electric, score-from-anywhere, excitement machine like CJ (76 yards on a single run - twice). Some football analysis, who were also shocked to see Chris Johnson get Pro-Bowl snubbed, suggested the fact that his team is placed ahead of CJ’s Titans in the play-off race and the difference in production from CJ this year (1,300+ and 11 TDs) compared to last year’s amazing effort (2,000+ yards and 14 TD’s) may have influenced the voting in Jones-Drew’s favor.  

The other players to make the Pro-Bowl as back-ups were Arian Foster – the league’s leading rusher and rushing TD scorer – who probably actually deserves to start in place of MJD and Jamal Charles – the league’s 2^nd leading rusher and player with the highest yards-per-carry average of 6.4 among leading running backs – who also deserves to be there based on production and excitement value.

But when it comes down to it the most exciting player with the most value to his team is Chris Johnson. The Titans basically can’t win a game without him producing. And produce he did! 1,325 yards (3^rd), 88 yards per game, 8 games with 100+ rushing yards (1^st), 13 times rushing over 20 yards in a single carry (2^nd), 4 times rushing over 40 yards in a single carry (2^nd) with a longest run of 76 yards (4^th), and 11 Touchdowns (T4^th).

Here are the keys stats for all 4 players I’ve been discussing. I’m sure you will agree that most of the stats justify the Pro Bowl merit of the first 3 players in the list.

Player	Games/Started	Yards	Yards PG	Long	20+	TDs
Adrian Foster	15/12	1,436	95.7	74T	12	14
Jamal Charles	15/6	1,380	92.0	80	11	4
Chris Johnson	15/15	1,325	88.3	76T	17	11
Maurice Jones-Drew	14/14	1,324	94.6	37	8	5

But if you’re still not convinced, check out the first video in the link to the right and tell me you don’t wanna see this guy tearing it up in the NFL’s version of the All-Star Game!

I rest my case.