TEMPE, Ariz. -- CJ2K still has two more years left.
Or so he feels.
Arizona Cardinals running back Chris Johnson said Wednesday he doesn't plan on retiring after this season, the second straight that was cut short by an injury. A groin injury landed him on injured reserve on Oct. 4. He also missed the final five games last season with a fractured tibia.
Prior to the past two seasons, Johnson never missed a game due to injury in his career, which began in 2008 with the Tennessee Titans.
"My body feels fresh," Johnson said. "I feel like I got a couple more years until I'm ready to shut it down or whatever."
Johnson's season finished with him rushing for 95 yards on 25 carries in four games before getting hurt in Week 4 against the Los Angeles Rams. When he suffered his left leg injury in Week 12 last season at San Francisco, Johnson was the NFL's fourth-leading rusher.
He turned down interest from the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots to sign a one-year deal with the Cardinals worth $1.5 million -- a decision he said could be viewed as regrettable if he allowed it to be.
"But it's life," said Johnson, who has rushed for 9,537 yards and 55 touchdowns in nine seasons. "You never know what the situation is going to be until you actually go through it.
"Everybody would change what they do if they can tell what the future is. You can never go back. You just got to go with your decision and just roll with it."
Part of Johnson's "situation" in Arizona this year was playing behind second-year running back David Johnson, who has emerged into one of the top running backs in the NFL.
The 31-year-old Johnson, who ran for 2,006 yards in 2009, wasn't sure what his future holds -- or where it'll be held. He'll be a free agent in March. At this point, Johnson said he wants to "go out the right way" after a season that "definitely didn't go the way I wanted it to" after he came back from his injury only to get hurt again.
But if this was his last season, Johnson said he could walk away from football content with what he's accomplished.
"Yeah, absolutely, but I don't think it's the end of the road for me just going off how my body feels and just going off the things that I was able to do when I did get in the game and just from trying to count last year," he said. "I know I still got time left."