Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, citing a league source, reports that free agent RB Chris Johnson has multiple teams interested in his services, but he’s waiting to make the right decision.
This fits with a report from Jason La Canfora from last night who mentioned that while Johnson is “mulling” a one-year contract offer from the Cardinals, he remains in a “holding pattern” due to the interest he has received from other teams.
Dianna Marie Russini of ESPN first reported that the Cardinals had offered Johnson a one-year contract.
Josina Anderson spoke to a Cardinals’ source who said that as long as Johnson is in shape, they’re prepared to get going sooner than later.
“If he’s in shape and ready to roll, then get involved and jump on this thing and see what we can do with you,” said Anderson’s source. “That’s kind of how we’re looking at it. So, it will be interesting. If not, we can keep moving. The ship will keep sailing.”
Cardinals HC Bruce Arians expressed some frustration in recent days with the team’s current group of running backs and added that they planned on discussing their available options.
Despite being a notable free agent, there really hasn’t been any reported interest in Johnson since free agency got underway several months ago. Although, there has been a lot of speculation that the Cowboys could be a potential landing spot for him.
Johnson was, unfortunately, involved drive by shooting back in March that took the life of a close friend who was sitting next to him in a car.
Johnson, 29, ran for 663 yards on 155 carries (4.3 YPC) to go along with 24 receptions for 151 yards receiving and two total touchdowns during the 2014 season. Pro Football Focus rated Johnson as the No. 46 running back out of 57 qualifying players
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