"The way Chris Johnson sees it, things can only get better. That's what he's hoping, anyway, following another sub-par performance.

He rushed 14 times for just 34 yards against the Colts, and for the season has carried 107 times for 328 yards (2.8 average). The Titans are last in the league in rushing.

So even if the Bengals bring the league's second-best run defense to town, Johnson said it represents "another opportunity" to start producing.

"This is a situation where it can't get no worse, really, so it can't do nothin' but go up," Johnson said on Wednesday. "I'm always eager to get back on the field and practice after a bad game and try to make it better.""