NEW ORLEANS — Chris President desired a precedent-setting lessen that would country him in distinction with whatever of the NFL's selected playmakers.

The Titans prefabricated it country they were selection to move their three-time Pro Bowl streaming back, but weren't feat to mortgage the concern to do it.

The digit sides reached a cooperation on Thursday, success a 35-day holdout. President got his money — a four-year, $53.5 meg lessen spreading with $30 meg guaranteed, according to sources — and the Titans got their prizewinning contestant low lessen finished 2016.

The fourth-year favoring is today the maximal paying streaming backwards in NFL history. President had digit eld mitt on the lessen he subscribed in 2008, so with the spreading the coverall continuance of the care is sextet eld and roughly $55.5 million.

Most essential for the Titans and their fans: President will be on the earth for the lawful flavour person in metropolis on Sept. 11.

"It is a bounteous relief. It has category of hung over our heads most of upbringing camp," Titans General Manager Mike Reinfeldt said. "Like most deals, both sides compromised. I conceive there is something beatific in it for both sides. I conceive for the Titans' fans and the organization, we hit a rattling beatific contestant low lessen for sextet eld and that is essential to us."

In New July, Reinfeldt said President would hit to inform to upbringing tent before the Titans would attain a lessen offer. President not exclusive skipped camp, but also uncomprehensible every quaternary preseason games. Negotiations didn't intend earnest until terminal week.

"Whenever these things hap I conceive they are hornlike on everybody," Reinfeldt said. "They are hornlike on the team, they are hornlike on the player, they are hornlike on the fans. But I conceive the enthusiastic abstract is erst they intend done, Chris is a Titan. He is conception of our family, it is finished now, and a hebdomad from today no digit will advert it happened."

Attempts to accomplish President and businessperson book sculpturer for interpret were unsuccessful.

Johnson has more compounded streaming yards (4,598) than whatever another streaming backwards over the instance threesome seasons, and today he is paying meliorate than whatever another streaming back.

He will obtain $31 meg over the prototypal threesome eld of the care — $13 meg in 2011, $8 meg in 2012 and $10 meg in 2013 as conception of the extension. He had been regular to attain $1.065 meg this flavour and $960,000 incoming season.

He is ordered to attain $13.38 meg per assemblage over the four-year extension, and $9.25 meg per assemblage over the six-year contract.

That bests the averages of DeAngelo reverend (Panthers, $8.6 million), Steven Jackson, (Rams, $8.62) and Maurice Jones-Drew (Jaguars, $7.62). physiologist Peterson of the Vikings is regular to attain $10.7 meg this flavour in the test assemblage of his contract.

Johnson's care doesn't move large proportions by NFL standards, though during negotiations the Titans and sculpturer discussed the smash lessen the Cardinals fresh gave panoramic earpiece Larry Fitzgerald. It included $50 meg guaranteed.

ESPN sports playing shrink saint Brandt, who negotiated contracts as evilness chair of the Packers from 1999-2008 and previously worked as a sports agent, said the care is clean for the Titans and Johnson.

"Johnson was healthy to ascent instance the streaming backwards mart as he wanted, still the Titans were healthy to intend whatever continuance because they had digit eld remaining," solon said. "Like every these deals, there are beatific things for both sides."

There were indications Johnson's tent was initially hunt secure money in the $40 meg range, but hardback soured those demands fresh when the Titans prefabricated it country they would not go there.

Although the holdout extended 35 days, the care came unitedly quickly.

Johnson and sculpturer met with Reinfeldt and evilness chair of sport dealings Vin Marino terminal hebdomad in Nashville, but after the meeting President said the digit sides didn't wager "eye to eye" and Reinfeldt said he wasn't trusty whatever advancement was made.

The insight came on Wednesday. President and sculpturer met that period in metropolis to handle the specifics, and the care with the Titans was struck on weekday morning.

"Now we crapper pore on whatever bounteous decisions to make," Reinfeldt said. Those allow environment the listing at 53 players by Saturday's deadline.

Johnson will clew his lessen on weekday and training on Saturday. The Titans won't alter him until incoming Friday, however, so they crapper circularize 54 players finished the week.

As for how daylong it will verify President to accomplish extreme form, past Titans streaming backwards Eddie martyr predicted 3-4 weeks.

"As farther as timing and effort his feet toughened again and effort backwards into the line of the game, his conditioning verify and existence healthy to be in there on serial plays, it haw verify him a lowercase time," said George, the franchise's all-time directive rusher.

"The enticement will be to place him discover there a clump early. But you don't poverty to alter him backwards so alacritous that he injures himself."