Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
Kansas City Chiefs RB Larry Johnson’s season started late because of contract negotiations. Now it looks like it’s going to end early due to an injury. After what was first reported as a foot sprain and one-week leave of absence, Fox 31 out of Denver is reporting (citing team sources) that the foot is actually broken and that Larry will miss the remainder of the 2007 season. If this is true, it’s a crushing blow to an already anemic offense (third to last statistically) in Kansas City. Without their most explosive weapon at …read more

Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
It seems like I just left the 2007 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony (it was about three weeks ago), but next year’s class is already being discussed. Today, Chicago Cardinals back Marshall Goldberg and Kansas City Chiefs defensive back Emmitt Thomas were selected by the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Seniors Committee as finalists for election into the Hall of Fame with the Class of 2008. The duo will join 15 still-to-be-named modern-era candidates on the list of finalists from which the Class of 2008 will be selected. The Hall of …read more

Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
Kansas City RB Larry Johnson ended his 25-day training camp holdout and signed a six-year contract extension with the Chiefs today. Then before the ink was dry, he was on the practice field with his teammates. After setting the NFL record with 416 carries last season, Larry decided he needed some kind of financial security if his team was going to run him ragged. The three week (and change) holdout cost Larry $357,000, but the contract he signed will more than make up for it. His deal includes a $19 million guarantee. (Doing …read more

Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson is looking for a new contract. And he’s willing to boycott training camp to get one. But rather than try to wage a losing battle in contract negotiations with this fantasy favorite, the Chiefs should consider trading LJ while his stock is so high.
I like that LJ’s agent, Alvin Keels, made it clear that greed is not why they are looking for more money:
“The point I’d like to get out is that if we were to have to hold out, it would be for the sake …read more

lim·bo: a place or state of oblivion to which persons or things are regarded as being relegated when cast aside, forgotten, past, or out of date; an intermediate, transitional, or midway state or place.
What a perfect definition for the career of Trent Green as the QB continues to be stuck in limbo as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs despite the Miami Dolphins upping the ante, so to speak, in their desire to acquire the rights to his services. Trent Green may be in the twilight of his career, but I believe he still has a couple of …read more