A first-round draft pick of the Titans in 2008, Johnson has painful memories of the team's 13-10 playoff loss to the Ravens, in Nashville. The Titans were the AFC's No.1 seed that season, like the Ravens are this season.

The Titans jumped out to a 7-0 lead that night on an eight-yard run by Johnson, who was rolling early, with 72 rushes on 11 carries. Then he suffered a high ankle sprain, and he couldn't finish the game.

"Somebody twisted it under the pile," Johnson said of his ankle.

"I would love to see us beat them (on Saturday) -- we owe them," Johnson continued. "Just like the Patriots, who beat us 59-0, we owed them, and we owe the Ravens, too. They came and knocked us out when we were the No.1 seed so we are trying to do the same thing they did to us.

"That loss, it was tough for me. That was my first year in the NFL, my first year in the playoffs, and I didn't see the playoffs again until I got to Arizona. I was having such a good game and for me to get hurt and not being able to finish that game, I feel like if I had not gotten hurt, we would have won that game, so it was very tough on me."

Johnson, who played one season with the Jets (2014) and three seasons with the Cardinals (2015-17) after leaving Tennessee, said Amy Adams Strunk has extended an invitation for him to join her and the team again this weekend in Baltimore.

He's hoping to make it happen.

Johnson said he's a big Titans fan and feels as appreciated as ever, thanks to "Miss Amy."

"The Titans, that's the team that gave me a chance, so they'll always be my team," said Johnson, who signed a one-day contract and retired as a Titan last year. "And really, I wish that Amy was the owner when I was there. The relationship that me and Amy began to establish since I started coming for Alumni Weekend, it is more than me just coming to the games. Me and her, we have each other's phone numbers and we talk all the time. Anything I need, she's got me, and anything she needs from me, I got her.

"So I really feel like if Amy was there when I was there, I feel like I never would have left the Titans. I feel like I would have played my whole career there because we would have had a tight relationship.