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NFL Notebook: Titans' Johnson nears record
Friday, November 27, 2009

Tennessee running back Chris Johnson just keeps running onto some rare NFL ground in his second season.

Johnson already has put his name alongside the likes of Jim Brown, Earl Campbell and Eric Dickerson by running for at least 125 yards each of the past five games -- only the eighth player in NFL history to accomplish the feat. Now he's got a chance to top Barry Sanders for the best November in the NFL since the 1970 merger with the AFL.

Sanders ran for 701 yards in five games in November 1997, and Johnson is 55 yards back playing his fifth game this month Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. He said it feels good to hear his name mentioned with those running backs.

"It makes you just want to keep working hard and breaking their records basically. If you're being mentioned with those guys, you're doing the right things," he said.

The NFL's leading rusher with 1,242 yards has been running wild on his current streak. He can become only the third player in NFL history to run for 125 yards or more in six consecutive games Sunday, joining Dickerson (1984) and Campbell, who played for the same franchise when it was based in Houston in 1980.

Falcons

Running back Michael Turner practiced lightly for the second day in a row, and backup Jerious Norwood was a full participant. Turner missed a loss to the New York Giants last week with a high ankle sprain, and coach Mike Smith listed him as "limited" in practice.

Packers

Defensive back Charles Woodson donated $2 million to the new University of Michigan Mott Children's Hospital and Women's Hospital. The school announced Woodson's gift yesterday before he played against the Lions.

Elsewhere

The Who will perform at halftime of the Super Bowl XLIV Feb. 7 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami.

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First published on November 27, 2009 at 12:00 am