Ed Hochuli’s Phantom Holding Call Costs Chris Johnson Shot at The Record

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Published: January 3, 2010

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... usually doesn't get you in the playoffs, and moral victories, for all the talk about them, really don't count for much in the grand scheme of things.

The Tennessee Titans, however, had the rare opportunity to play for something truly special this week: Titans running back Chris Johnson was tantalizingly close to breaking a 25 year-old rushing record, and every player on the team was anxious to take the field and help him get it.

It wasn't going to be easy; Seattle Seahawks head coach Jim Mora, Jr. was adamant about the Seahawks not being a footnote in NFL history. He made no secret of the fact that Chris Johnson was going to have to earn every yard in pursuit of his goal.

For three quarters, it looked like Mora's Seahawks had done the job. Johnson had already achieved two goals in the game—breaking Marshall Faulk's combined yards from scrimmage record, and achieving 2,000 yards for the season—but he was quite a ways off the 2,105 yard mark that Dickerson ...

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