So which team will LJ get traded to this weekend?

[MahiMike]

You know it's gonna happen, right? Pioli already has multiple picks lined up for his ass. I'm guessing Panthers...

[OnTheWarpath15]

Not happening, IMO. No one is going to make an offer worth taking. I'd personally be shocked if anyone was even willing to part with a 6th round pick.

Out of Gonzalez, Waters and LJ, I think LJ is the most likely to still be a Chief come Opening Day.

[NIUhuskies]

the Panthers have DeAngelo Williams and Jonathon Stewart, why the hell would they want LJ????? No way in hell he goes to Carolina

[Pablo]

Yeah, the Panthers are a no-go.

I'm pretty sure LJ and Waters are gonna be here next year, happy or not.

Tony probably will be too, but he's really the only one with a fighting chance of getting out IMO.

[Nixhex]

the Panthers have DeAngelo Williams and Jonathon Stewart, why the hell would they want LJ????? No way in hell he goes to Carolina

Beat me to it.

[soundmind]

You know it's gonna happen, right? Pioli already has multiple picks lined up for his ass. I'm guessing Panthers...

It won't be the Panthers, nice Peppers prod....they can't be anything but ecstatic about their RB situation right now though. But I wouldn't be surprised to see multiple trades with 1 or 2 players with additional picks involved. Who knows what we'll look like by Monday...

Our list of obvious Trade Bait:
#3 Overall Selection in the 2009 Draft
Larry Johnson**
Tony Gonzalez
Brian Waters

**I personally think he's staying, which is only because he's better than the alternative right now, thanks Carl.

Imagine any combination of those two and what we'd expect to see in return - the future looks bright fellas. The bigger question to me is what kind of players we might see in return? Draft picks are obviously fun right now, but we also need impact players.

[brent102fire]

Not going to happen. LJ will be the starter this season. He will put up 100+ yards and a TD or two against the Ravens on opening day and all will be forgotten. Football Fans have severe cases of amnesia when their team wins or a player on their team performs. All will be forgotten and Chiefs Fans will be chanting LJ, LJ, LJ and wearing his jersey on Sundays at Arrowhead...

[Red Beans]

Not going to happen. LJ will be the starter this season. He will put up 100+ yards and a TD or two against the Ravens on opening day and all will be forgotten. Football Fans have severe cases of amnesia when their team wins or a player on their team performs. All will be forgotten and Chiefs Fans will be chanting LJ, LJ, LJ and wearing his jersey on Sundays at Arrowhead...

yep...that's about the extent of it...

[Micjones]

Larry Johnson's going to be a Chief this season.

[Pablo]

Not going to happen. LJ will be the starter this season. He will put up 100+ yards and a TD or two against the Ravens on opening day and all will be forgotten. Football Fans have severe cases of amnesia when their team wins or a player on their team performs. All will be forgotten and Chiefs Fans will be chanting LJ, LJ, LJ and wearing his jersey on Sundays at Arrowhead...If LJ puts up 100+ yards and a couple TD's against the Ravens, then you bet your ass people will forget all the bullshit he's pulled recently, or at least push it out of their mind.

If he could do that against their defense, that would be a sign he's nice and pissed off and is gonna rush for 1,500+ yards. It would blow my f*cking mind if he came out of the gate that hot.

I'm expecting a 15 carries/50 yards type of effort myself. But I like your scenario a whole lot better.

[Mr. Arrowhead]

Larry Johnson's going to be a Chief this season.
This

[Chiefaholic]

The Skins.... Snyder has to be the biggest fuggin idiot in the NFL whne it comes to trading draft picks for players who are beyond their prime. If not him, I'de debate the Cards would be a second option, although less likely to give as much compensation as Snyder. They were ALMOST good enough to win it all last year riding the shoulders of a HB with far more wear than LJ. This would be their final curtain call befor falling back to mediocracy.

[milkman]

Not going to happen. LJ will be the starter this season. He will put up 100+ yards and a TD or two against the Ravens on opening day and all will be forgotten. Football Fans have severe cases of amnesia when their team wins or a player on their team performs. All will be forgotten and Chiefs Fans will be chanting LJ, LJ, LJ and wearing his jersey on Sundays at Arrowhead...

LJ will be lucky to get 50 yards, and he'll miss a block that gets Cassel killed.

[DeezNutz]

Not happening, IMO. No one is going to make an offer worth taking. I'd personally be shocked if anyone was even willing to part with a 6th round pick.

Out of Gonzalez, Waters and LJ, I think LJ is the most likely to still be a Chief come Opening Day.

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[jjchieffan]

Not happening, IMO. No one is going to make an offer worth taking. I'd personally be shocked if anyone was even willing to part with a 6th round pick.

Out of Gonzalez, Waters and LJ, I think LJ is the most likely to still be a Chief come Opening Day.


He should get at least what we got for Bennett. That was what? A 5th or a 4th?

[Chiefaholic]

LJ will be lucky to get 50 yards, and he'll miss a block that gets Cassel killed.

I can just picture Ed Reed cruising around the corner while LJ makes a half assed attempt to block him befor blowing out Cassel's knee.

[shitgoose]

I'm not sure how you could possibly imagine a scenario in which the Panthers would trade draft picks for Larry Johnson.

It is 4/20 so I guess the only explanation is that you are high.

[OnTheWarpath15]

He should get at least what we got for Bennett. That was what? A 5th or a 4th?

Why?

What was Bennett making? Under a million?

Even if LJ had a lower salary, and had actually produced over the past few years, he'd still probably only fetch us a 4th round pick - at best.

[Chiefaholic]

The team we have the option to trade him to wouldn't have to count the prorated portion of his signing bonus against his annual salary. It might suprise you how low his base salary is the next couple seasons.

[Chiefaholic]

If a 4th's the best we were offered, keep him and draft his successor next season.

[LaChapelle]

The new Chiefs are the perfect organization for LJ now. They don't give a **** about other than what happens on the field and neither does Larry. It's not your business to know, unless they want you to know.

[T-post Tom]

I think he's staying. Rumor has it that Jason Dunn was hired on as a "post-touchdown consultant." Just saying...

[salame]

I think he is a good fit for Pioli and Todd Haley's team, just look at the three sub-par running backs that were on Arizona's roster and the several on New England's.

[wild1]

if he got a first day pick for him they should just put pioli on the ring of honor right now

[salame]

if he got anything for him they should just put pioli on the ring of honor right now

Fixed.

[jjchieffan]

According to this, LJ has a cap value of $3.6 million this year, which would be tradeable, and we have the cap room to take the hit from the accelerated bonus. Take this chart with a grain of salt though. They have Cassell at half a mil. Did I miss news about a new contract for him?

1 Branden Albert $9,478,750
2 Glenn Dorsey $6,933,250
3 Patrick Surtain $6,000,000
4 Brian Waters $5,285,000
5 Demorrio Williams $4,003,720
6 Donnie Edwards $3,752,520
7 Larry Johnson $3,600,000
8 Mike Vrabel $3,150,840
9 Dustin Colquitt $3,130,160
10 Brandon Flowers $3,029,000
11 Zach Thomas $3,005,760
12 Mike Goff $2,580,400
13 Damion McIntosh $2,300,000
14 Dwayne Bowe $2,173,120
15 Devard Darling $2,002,520
16 Tamba Hali $1,775,520
17 Bobby Engram $1,700,480
18 Ron Edwards $1,650,000
19 Alfonso Boone $1,637,500
20 Adrian Jones $1,510,760
21 Tony Gonzalez $1,500,840
22 Terrance Copper $1,500,000
23 Derrick Johnson $1,249,800
24 Travis Daniels $927,000
25 Monty Beisel $904,920
26 Jamaal Charles $895,000
27 Brad Cottam $879,000
28 DaJuan Morgan $840,000
29 Turk McBride $795,640
30 Bernard Pollard $790,280
31 Will Franklin $788,000
32 Jean-Philippe Darche $755,000
33 Jon McGraw $695,000
34 Wade Smith $608,720
35 Oliver Celestin $605,000
36 Matt Cassel $525,640
37 Mark Bradley $520,000
38 Nick Novak $451,120
39 Rudy Niswanger $450,640
40 Brodie Croyle $450,280
41 Jarrad Page $450,280
42 Jeff Webb $450,160
43 John Paul Foschi $448,720
44 Brandon Carr $440,629
45 Corey Mays $397,500
46 Barry Richardson $378,450
47 Herb Taylor $375,760
48 T.J. Jackson $375,640
49 Kolby Smith $375,640
50 Tyler Thigpen $375,640
51 Tank Tyler $375,640
52 Ingle Martin $370,000
53 Kevin Robinson $368,400
54 Brian Johnston $342,277
55 Michael Merritt $327,000
56 Mike Cox $305,000
57 Maurice Leggett $299,000
58 Brian De La Puente $298,000
59 Weston Dacus $295,000
60 Dantrell Savage $295,000

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/team/kansas-city-chiefs/salary

[Mr. Flopnuts]

I don't know why Cassel is on there at all considering that is for 2008 salary numbers.

[salame]

5 Demorrio Williams $4,003,720

wow we got robbed

[jjchieffan]

I don't know why Cassel is on there at all considering that is for 2008 salary numbers.

I dunno. I guess they are trying to keep it up to date. Vrabel and Thomas are on there as well, yet they have not dropped Donnie Edwards, Surtain, or even Darling.

[salame]

I dunno. I guess they are trying to keep it up to date. Vrabel and Thomas are on there as well, yet they have not dropped Donnie Edwards, Surtain, or even Darling.

Or Will Franklin

[kcxiv]

The Skins.... Snyder has to be the biggest fuggin idiot in the NFL whne it comes to trading draft picks for players who are beyond their prime. If not him, I'de debate the Cards would be a second option, although less likely to give as much compensation as Snyder. They were ALMOST good enough to win it all last year riding the shoulders of a HB with far more wear than LJ. This would be their final curtain call befor falling back to mediocracy.

They have Clinton Portis. they dont need LJ.

[salame]

They have Clinton Portis. they dont need LJ.

But they do have a passion for washed up backs, they signed Shaun Alexander last year.

[Miles]

But they do have a passion for washed up backs, they signed Shaun Alexander last year.

They had to add another back do to injuries and there wasn't much out there.

[salame]

So he isn't washed up?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

LJ will be lucky to get 50 yards, and he'll miss a block that gets Cassel killed.

That's okay; we have Thigpen.

Because we're awesome like that. :rolleyes: