Where Is The Love

Something happened Sunday that no one seems to care about. On Sunday Chris Johnson of the Tennessee Titans became only the 6th running back in NFL history to rush for over 2,000 yards in a season and also broke Marshall Faulk’s record for most yards from scrimmage in a season with 2,509. When I left for the Jets/Bengals game on Sunday I assumed I would come back to a swarm of coverage over this outstanding mark, but what I came back to was the only coverage was of people trying to get Johnson to race gold medalist Usain Bolt to see who the fastest man is.

Now I know this is a time rich with sports stories. You have the NFL playoffs, NBA players waiving guns around, the end of the college bowl season, college basketball in full swing, and a possible fight between the two best boxers in the world that seems to be on and off more than 7th grader deciding if he should call his middle school crush. But all this aside, where are the stories about Chris Johnson? I see the Kentucky freshman sensation John Wall everywhere claiming he is the greek god’s gift to basketball. Is he amazing, sure, is he going to be an all-star and break records, unknown. Chris Johnson has done all of that.

Maybe he would get more coverage if he took PED’s or if he was taunting someone every time he got a first down. What happened to appreciating the athlete that went out every day and performed at a high level? Where is the talk of how Johnson is in his 2nd season and only 24 years old giving him a very good shot of rushing for over 2,000 yards again. Johnson has more yards than Emmitt Smith, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, and Adrian Peterson in their first two seasons.

I don’t know why there hasn’t been more coverage on this subject. One thing is for sure, I hope we can look back on this when Chris Johnson rushes for 2,000 yards again and ultimately flirts with the all time rushing record. All I’ll say is, I told ya so.