Running Back Chris Johnson Issues A Challenge to Rajon Rondo

by wildo05 on Nov 30, 2009 8:16 PM EST

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Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson has been lighting up the NFL as of late. This past Sunday, Johnson tied an NFL record. He has rushed for 125 yards of more for the sixth straight game. The only two other running backs to complete this feat are Earl Campbell and Eric Dickerson. So know you are thinking, what does this have to do the Boston Celtics and why is this being posted on CelticsBlog?

Well just a little while ago, Chris Johnson issued a challenge to our point guard (Rajon Rondo) via his Twitter account (@ChrisJohnson28):

"My bradda @lambo6 (Marquis Daniels) called me and said they point guard rondo want to race me for 2k that's easy money set it up on espn"

"@lambo6 (Marquis Daniels) tell rondo I got a blank check (@mikesimswalker voice)"

So how much would you pay to see the fastest man in the NFL race arguably the fastest man in the NBA? Whose your money on? Will CJ28 leave Rondo in his dust or will Johnson get Rondo'd?

Poll

Who would win in a foot race?

The Fastest Man in the NFL - Chris Johnson

108 votes

The Fastest Man in the NBA - Rajon Rondo

137 votes

245 votes | Poll has closed

Be respectful and keep it clean. Thanks.

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I'll go with Johnson...

A 4.24 in the 40 is tough to beat. Rondo would win if both guys were dribbling, though. ;-)

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by Roy_Hobbs on Nov 30, 2009 8:35 PM EST reply actions

Rondo is bad ass, but not 4.23 bad ass

Rondo would have him in the first 15-20, but he would pull it out in the last 10 and win, but Rondo was a quarterback……hope it happens after we hang banner 18!

by Celticnation on Nov 30, 2009 11:39 PM EST reply actions

Barbosa is faster than Rondo

I probably know Judo! How many of you can make the same boast?

by Souwantmyname on Dec 1, 2009 3:06 AM EST reply actions

lets throw carl crawford out there and see whats what

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by FCK420 on Dec 1, 2009 5:02 AM EST reply actions

if your talking a straight up 40 time well then chris johnson would win, but anything longer than that im not so sure

rondo makes a living going up and down up and down the court cj would be DONE after one up and down

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by FCK420 on Dec 1, 2009 5:03 AM EST reply actions

have you seen cj run?

he will not be done after one up and down. that guy is ridiculous and this isn’t even that close. nothing against rondo, but CJ is a freak. plus, football is much more a game based upon speed than basketball is.. and CJ is one of the fastest (if not THE fastest) players out there.

by whorge on Dec 2, 2009 12:01 PM EST up reply actions

oh and barbosa has most certainly lost a step, maybe hes injured but i live out west and see phoenix a lot and barbosa is not the same player he used to be

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by FCK420 on Dec 1, 2009 5:04 AM EST reply actions

Rondo challenged him first

Yea, what a cool guy.

Well let me welcome everybody to the wild wild west. A state that's untouchable like Elliot Ness.

by pharoah on Dec 1, 2009 1:17 PM EST reply actions

talk about willful ignorance...

it shouldn’t take a genius to know that an athlete that trains, and has trained, the majority of his life with 40lbs of gear attached to his body while running on grass would smoke any athlete that runs in rubber bottom shoes on wood floors for a living. i don’t think the olympics has a 60 yard dash competition, which is still twice the size of a basketball court. rondo loses this race. so does lebron and speedy claxton if that makes you feel better.

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by LAKESHOWrydamee on Dec 1, 2009 8:05 PM EST reply actions