Chris Johnson Gets Four-Year Extension From Titans With $30 Million Guaranteed

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Important benchmarks in any new contract are 1.) guaranteed money, 2.) total of the first three years of the deal (3-Year APY), and 3.) the Year One payout.

The Williams deal included $21 million in guarantees, $30 million over the first three seasons, and a $19.5 million cash payout in Year One.

Relax, fantasy football fans. Your first round pick is going to be on the field come Week 1.

RB Chris Johnson, one of the league’s top fantasy football players, has agreed to a four-year extension that will pay him $53.5 million in new money and $30 million guaranteed.

Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean has the numbers: four-year extension worth $53.5 million and $30 million guaranteed. That puts his total deal, including the final two years on his rookie contract, at six years and between $55-56 million.

The Titans said they were willing to make Johnson the highest paid running back in the game while Johnson reportedly thought he should be paid among the highest paid players, regardless of position, in the game.

A year later and Johnson is still unhappy. He has yet to report to Titans training camp in protest of his contract. With the season only a couple weeks away, some Titans fans are getting antsy that their best player may not be there.

Johnson posted a message on Twitter for those fans who think he’s being greedy:

Chris Johnson’s quest for a new contract will apparently go on for another day: his meeting with the Tennessee Titans in Nashville on Wednesday, ostensibly to negotiate terms for a new contract that could make Johnson one of the NFL’s highest-paid players, ended without a new deal. The meeting, which took place at a Nashville restaurant and included Johnson, his agent Joel Segal, Titans general manager Mike Reinfeldt, and a Titans contract expert, ended midday on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press.

NFL Network reporter Albert Breer tweeted a statement that Reinfeldt released after the meeting:

The team has said that they would be willing to make Johnson the highest paid running back in the league. It is possible that Johnson believes he should be one of the highest paid offensive players in the league, not just among his position group. The Titans are allowed to fine Johnson $30,000 for each missed day of training camp.

For more on the Titans and the Johnson situation, check out Music City Miracles.

While the team’s star continues to hold out of camp, many have criticized the way Reinfeldt has handled the negotiations. However, the GM does have one person in his corner...Titans owner Bud Adams.

Johnson has missed 23 days of camp so far and the window is closing on his ability to be ready by the time the season starts.