Chris Johnson willing to hold out

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    Chris Johnson has returned to Tennessee for football, just not with the Titans. The running back coming off a historic season still wants a pay raise and isn't happy with his contract status.

    "I can't play for $550,000," Johnson told the Nashville Tennessean. "The money that I am playing for, I am getting paid less than the starting 11 [on offense] and I'm one of the lowest paid starting running backs in the league."

    The Associated Press' 2009 NFL Offensive Player of the Year held his second annual camp for children Wednesday and refused to comment when asked about a contract paying him $550,000 for 2010. Johnson lives in Orlando, and the camp is his first visit to Tennessee since the season ended with him becoming only the sixth person in NFL history to run for at least 2,000 yards.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5293109
     

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