Chris Johnson: Latest News, Rumors and Speculation on Jets Star

After just one season with the New York Jets, running back Chris Johnson could very well find himself on the free-agent market once again. Reports have surfaced that Johnson will be cut in the near future.

Continue for updates. 

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Ravens a Team to Watch for Johnson

Monday, Feb. 16

Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News said Baltimore is a team "to keep an eye on" once Johnson becomes a free agent.

Aaron Wilson of The Baltimore Sun added some context on the two sides potentially working out a deal:

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Jets Beat Writer Kristian Dyer: Johnson Expected to be Cut Soon

Saturday, Feb. 14

Randy Lange of NewYorkJets.com reported the Jets will not exercise its option on Johnson, who will become a free agent on Mar. 10.  

Dyer of Metro previously reported that "the Jets appear set to let go running back Chris Johnson as well as quarterback Michael Vick. Johnson, arrested in January in Florida on weapons charges, is on a two-year contract with the Jets but the source said that “he is to be released in the next couple of days.”

According to ESPNNewYork.com's Rich Cimini, the soon-to-be 30-year-old back is due a $500,000 bonus on Feb. 16. "The Jets can save $3.5 million by parting ways with Johnson. That probably will be the outcome," added Cimini.

Johnson was once among the league's elite running backs, as he rushed for over 2,000 yards in 2009. CJ2K never again approached that type of production, but he did top 1,000 yards on the ground in each of his six seasons with the Tennessee Titans.

The former East Carolina standout rushed for just 663 yards with the Jets in 2014, however, as he played a complementary role to Chris Ivory.

With the Jets struggling and his role diminishing in the middle of the 2014 campaign, Johnson didn't even attempt to hide his dismay, per Cimini:

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It's been frustrating. You have a lot of different levels of frustration. You have frustration when you're playing and things aren't going well, or you're not making plays. That's not this type of frustration, because it's not like I've had the opportunity to really make plays. That's more of the frustration, not getting the opportunity to be on the field, trying to help the team win. This is the first time I've ever felt this type of frustration, but there's nothing I can really do about it right now.

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It is unlikely that he will land an uncontested starting job due to the stigma against running backs once they hit the age of 30 in the NFL.

The three-time Pro Bowler did average 4.3 yards per carry last season, and he still has some burst, which means there is very little doubt that he will ultimately catch on somewhere.

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