James-Michael Johnson is a good egg.
 

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Chiefs linebacker stepped up to help replace 300 stolen turkeys from homeless shelter


Kansas City Chiefs linebacker James-Michael Johnson might not be a household name in the NFL. But he is a hero to some hungry people this Thanksgiving season.

Johnson heard about a homeless shelter in his hometown of Fairfield, Calif. having 300 turkeys stolen that were meant to be served to the needy, and he made sure the good folks at Mission Solano were not left hanging by a wing and a prayer.

According to KCTV-5 in Kansas City, Johnson helped replace the missing turkeys so that a lot of down-and-out people can enjoy a nice Thanksgiving dinner. Nice work, man.

"I figured I am in a situation where I can help, where I can give back, so that is something I wanted to do," Johnson said.
Mind you, Johnson was a fourth-round pick last year, with a rookie salary of $496,000. With turkeys costing between a dollar or two per pound, a 300-turkey bill could run Johnson somewhere in the $10,000 range.

Heartwarming story from an NFL player just wanting to make a difference.

nice

Good for him. Liked him (as a player) at Nevada... was happy when my Brownies drafted him. Glad to see he's got a good head on his shoulders. Clearly has perspective.

Good read.

Nice

:clap:

Maybe I can rip the numbers off my Larry jersey.

Good job.

He's not a millionaire type player and he's still helping out.


nice

That's big around here. I work with a couple of people who's kids are friends with him. They all speak highly of him.

But can he play in right field though?

That's what I thought was particularly nice.

Yeah he did a good deed for sure.
But lets get one things straight. He is not a Royal, Thank God.

Eric Kush says I can smoke 'em for ya

What kind of scum steals turkeys from a homeless shelter days before Thanksgiving? That is low.

Welcome to California.

A better question is how the **** 300 of them all of a sudden come up missing. It's not like someone just grabbed them real quick like and ran away.

Did they edit the article?

LMAO Seriously. That has to be some well organized heist.

For 300 turkeys.

and where the **** is he gonna sell them
you can't pawn them
there is not a mexican thanksgiving
is he gonna be selling them along the interstate out of a van?

The Thanksgiving Grinch?

Coonsidering that there's no guarantee that he'll even have a job next year, this is far more generous than any millionaire player.

These are all good points.

I think Butterball donated them and took them back, out of fear of a turkey shortage. They were planning on replacing them with quinoa burgers before that meddling Royals linebacker got involved.

They'd have gotten away with it, too, because scientific evidence is extremely strong in proving that homeless people love quinoa.