The Facts:
Following up on the ongoing story. ... The Titans played the Johnson question smartly at a Friday evening news conference. Sure we’ll talk new deal with him, general manager Mike Reinfeldt said. We just ask that he report to work first. Johnson, due to make $800,000 this season, is unlikely to go for that. So we will likely see the team say, "come in and then we’ll talk." While the player says, "let’s talk and then I will come in."
Reported by ESPN.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
On the day Titans players reported and the eve of the first practice under new HC Mike Munchak, the team did well to quell the big story. Johnson has far more of the public on his side now, considering DeAngelo Williams just got $21 million guaranteed from the Carolina Panthers. The Titans did say, after shuffling money around to give Johnson more sooner in 2010, that they would talk contract before this camp. But Reinfeldt claimed some moral high ground for the franchise. Asked why it’s important the process unfold the way he outlined, he said: "He is under contract. He should be here. It's the right way to do it. ..." Don't look for Johnson to agree with that contention -- or show up for training camp any time soon.
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