Chris Johnson just added a little fuel to the Dec. 14 matchup at LP Field when his new club, the New York Jets, comes to Nashville to face his old club, the Tennessee Titans, who released him earlier this off-season.

Chris Johnson voiced his unhappiness over his release from the Titans, saying it was 'nasty.'

Johnson, speaking on Sirius XM NFL Radio on Tuesday night, was critical of the Titans’ handling of his release, which came on April 4.

Johnson was due an $8 million base salary and was unwilling to take a pay cut to stay in Tennessee. It was part of the $53 million extension he signed in 2011 after a prolonged training camp and preseason holdout. Johnson had 1,077 yards rushing last season, his final season with the Titans. After signing that extension, he never again approached the numbers he had put up prior to the deal, with a high rushing total of 1,243 yards in 2012.

“I think they was just being nasty to be honest,” Johnson told Alex Marvez and former Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck on SiriusXM NFL Radio, per ProFootballTalk.com. “I love Tennessee, I love my fans and all that, but I think at the end of the day [the Titans] did me wrong. And I don’t know if it was, ‘Oh, we’re gonna get revenge back on you for holding out’ when I held out the whole training camp [in 2011] or whatever. “

In addition to Johnson’s hefty salary and modest production since signing the contract, it was also clear the Titans were going in another direction at running back, signing gadget player Dexter McCluster and after CJ’s release, drafting Bishop Sankey to go with McCluster and Shonn Greene.

Johnson, who ran for 2,006 yards in 2009, said he saw the proverbial writing on the wall.

“I feel like they already knew they were going in a different direction, and it just baffles me that you release me after free agency is over and you wait until a couple days [before] it’s time to show up for off-season workouts to let me go,” he said.

He also vowed to make the Titans pay for releasing him by proving himself once again. Johnson signed with the Jets for a total of $8 million over two years a few weeks after the Titans released him.

“I’m gonna make them regret letting me go,” Johnson said. “They’re gonna regret it. Trust that.”

