Last season, Chris Johnson was a viable NFL MVP candidate. This season, he is a candidon’t.
Fans snubbed Orlando native and Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson from the 2011 Pro Bowl voting. So far this season, Johnson collected 1,325 yards on 296 carries and 11 touchdowns. Johnson, who is in his third NFL season, became just the sixth man in NFL history to rush for over 2,000 yards last season joining Eric Dickerson, Jamal Lewis, Barry Sanders, Terrell Davis and O.J. Simpson.
Chris Johnson was also voted the Associated Press Offensive player of the year over Super Bowl champion quarterback Drew Brees last season.
AFC running backs who did make the cut include Jacksonville Jaguars’ Maurice Jones-Drew, Houston Texans’ Arian Foster and Kansas City’s Jamaal Charles.
Other Pro Bowl roster picks with Central Florida ties: Pittsburgh Steelers and former Florida Gators center Maurkice Pouncey and former UCF and current Philadelphia Eagles defensive back Asante Samuel.
Statistically speaking, Chris Johnson had a slightly better rushing year than Maurice Jones-Drew. He is currently the third leading rusher in the NFL behind Foster and Charles and has six more touchdowns this season than Jones-Drew. However, Jones-Drew was more of a double threat netting 317 receiving yards to Johnson’s 194.
Chris Johnson made a pretty bold statement earlier this year saying he wanted to break Eric Dickerson’s single season rushing record. He still had a good, not historic season in 2010, but did his words perhaps hurt him in the Pro Bowl voting?
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