Chiefs fans don’t want Johnson in record books
Fans of the Kansas City Chiefs who resent the continued presence of infamous running back Larry Johnson have created a petition to team owners and management to keep him from playing, so he won’t break the record currently held by Priest Holmes for rushing yards and occupy a place in team history.
Larry Johnson has created a firestorm of negative publicity, not only for bashing head coach Todd Haley, but for using, on more than one occasion, derogatory terms for homosexuals. This isn’t the first time he’s been in trouble with the team, including a training camp sit out because he wasn’t getting enough instant cash.
75 yards to go
Priest Holmes, who was on the Chiefs’ roster from 2001 to 2007, holds the current record for rushing yards on the team, with 6,070 yards. Johnson is right behind him, with 5,994 yards. That could be achieved in one game. However, Johnson is quickly losing ground with fans who have tired of his antics and certainly with his behavior.
Currently on suspension
Johnson is currently on suspension due to “conduct unbecoming” following Twitter posts (we must learn to lay off the Twitter, people – and keep negative thoughts to ourselves) detrimental to the head coach, in which he addressed what he believed to be a lack of qualifications to coach an NFL team. He will be eligible to play again on Nov. 9.
Oh, and he likes to hit the ladies, too!
Among the latest incidents, Johnson has been arrested three (3) times for assault, all assaults on women. The latest incident involved him repeatedly using the word “fag” in responses to the press and on his (you’ll never guess it) Twitter account. It used to be that a players’ off-field antics that got him in trouble with the team were usually for having a few too many the night before a game, and that was what got them in hot water – for instance, you have Joe Namath and Ken “Snake” Stabler, both of whom were known for enjoying libations, perhaps to excess, but winning a lot of games. Johnson, on the other hand, sat out for almost half of 2007, and in 2008, didn’t exactly have a banner year – and this guy got the largest contract ever offered or signed in Chief’s history. A perpetual embarrassment on and off the field.
It might be time to cancel his Twitter account and cut this clown
A Larry Johnson petition at this point should surprise no one. From the very start, he’s fought with management, and over the last 3 seasons has been underproducing, when he wasn’t in jail or on suspension. So far this season, according to ESPN, he has only netted 2.7 yards per carry, the second worst running back in the league. By contrast, Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers has an average of 6.5 yards per carry. (Yes, I mean the quarterback. Granted, he has the highest QB rating in the league right now, but if a quarterback is out-rushing a star RB, it’s time for that guy to go!) The fans are right – it may be time to cancel the cash advance to Johnson and send him packing.
You two must be Raider fans. Only a Raider fan would justify keeping someone this lousy on the KC team, because they want the Chiefs to fail. (The hitch is that one of the only teams as lousy as the Chiefs this year is The Raiders.) LJ was LOUSY, and needed to go. There is no way KC would even be looking at the playoffs this year, with or without the second lousiest running back in the league. (By the numbers.) Nevermind his off-field behavior, which is absolutely inexcusable.
That all said, the debate is now academic – because the Chiefs decided that Larry Johnson was the Weakest Link, and said goodbye. Tribal Council spoke, and he is off the island. He will not be passing go, he won’t collect $200. Having run out of pop culture references, that is to say that he was fired after all.
I say let the man play. He’s done well in his career and his team is going to need his type of skills to win the trophy. Then again, what type of example will we be setting? I mean, personally, I don’t agree with everything homosexuals believe. However, I do bear a lot of respect. Just because you don’t agree with something does not mean you have the right to go out and publicly sabotage their title or what they believe, or anything that relates to it. What Johnson did was absolutely out of line. Considering the fact he is a well-known individual, familiar in the media’s eyes and a role model to many, Johnson should have known better.
let the man play football.,you need to win the playoff before the superbowl.what you thank,may be he love giving away his money.sometime your lips can write a check your —’s can’t cash.
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