I have lost faith in Larry Johnson
 

Rushing ATT YDS TD LG
L. Johnson 22 74 0 22

No vision. Dude just kept running in to walls. Priest was always able to recover and STILL gain yards on the outside.

Well priest had a better line across the board, but LJ or the coaching are/will not ever adjust schemes.. I do not know why LJ thinks he has to run it up the butt of the blocker every time..

I dont think he ran outside the guards/tackles once that I can remember.. I do not know if that is on him or the coaches.. Ok there was one toss play that I do remember.. It looks like he was moving half speed of everyone else..

LJ is a bruiser
who needs a seam
he's chocking from lack of air or daylight

2-6-NE 48 (:27) 27-L.Johnson left end pushed ob at NE 26 for 22 yards (51-J.Mayo).

don't know what happened to him really.

it wasn't like the line was amazing when he had his two big years. better than now but it was in decline.

not so much as blocking, but back then he looked like a raging bull, punishing people and running them over. he doesn't seem to run as 'tough' now.

of course we had more of a passing attack back then

I think what we saw today out of LJ is what we are going to see all season.

He and Charles could make a hell of a combo if we had a good OL and a half-way decent passing attack that would keep teams honest. Too bad we don't have either of those things.

:spock:

it was fairly good, but those guys were on the down side of their careers. i was responding to what someone said about holmes having an amazing line which was true. the line was declining in 05 and 06, not what it was for say holmes in 2003

That one play where he bounced it outside was a great running play.

Everything else was right between the center and guards. Running on first down so much and the playcalling certainly didnt help him out.

You talking about that line with that blocked for Priest and Larry ? The one that practically everybody who ever watched a football game said was one of if not THE best ever?

it was good but the thing is, if Charles had been in there he has the speed to break that.

you shouldn't have had any.

the strange thing about LJ is that it he looks like he's a sloth on tv
then another player comes into the picture and you see how fast their legs are moving
its deceptive

It amazes me the ignorance Chiefs fans show sometimes.

i know, some people think larry johnson is an elite back. he's above average but he is not one of those guys who will put up huge numbers even if the line is not so good.

I don't really know their respective 40 times but LJ is not just a bruiser- he is really effing fast, too. Charles is probably shiftier and maybe better at turning the corner or slicing through a small break but I don't think he's much (if any) faster than LJ in the open field and I'm pretty sure the difference today was the situation. LJ went inside on a number of downs where there just wasn't any room.

Additionally, while today wasn't a good day for LJ it did have one positive- LJ's foot injury seems like a non-issue.

And didnt you just call Karma in another thread about Brady?

Dude, you have serious issues....

Rushing against a top 10 rushing defense? There are 3 first round picks on their line..

Too early to lose faith in LJ this season.

Slow to the LOS too. I'd rather see Charles and Smith. They both seem to be berrter suited to what we are trying to do. Unfortunately, LJ has the big contract. :cuss:

This was a game that was ther for the taking. I am happy we kept it close. But it reminds me way to much of Indy last year. Way to much.

I'm not sure if Matt Stafford is going to be the guy as an NFL QB, but if he is, I hope we don't screw it up this season and miss out on drafting him by one spot or so.

And he picked up the blitz and caught the only pass his way, but....

I haven't lost faith in LJ. I think he is a great runner when he's angry. Problem is, he hasn't been angry since he got his big paycheck.

Maybe the Chiefs trainers could go down to the rodeo, watch what they do to the bulls before they are turned out of the gate, then go back to Arrowhead and do the same things to Larry.

He has several things working against him starting with the 400 carry season, he got paid already after a contract year, he spends too much time with Jay-Z, and he has a crap OL.

He was done last year. He'll go down as Carl's last 'great' signing.

I think you start Charles with LJ as the backup and that'll do it

That 22 yarder was funny because he went out of bounds instead of sticking it to the DB. Maybe because Mayo was behind him and he was afraid of getting his neck 180'ed again.

Like falling in eternal love with a player one week and absolute hate the next? :hmmm: Who am I thinking of? :hmmm:

Lenny said that Charles has Olympic class speed. I don't know exactly how fast that is, but I'm pretty sure it's faster than LJ speed.

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They twist their nuts, Mr. PastorMikH. Who, pray tell, is going to volunteer to do that to LJ?

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If you run up the ass two hundred times in a row behind a bad offensive line, what the **** do you expect his stats to reflect?

Gee, they deviated from their up-ass-all-day strategy once and he gained 20 yards. Imagine that.

Charles is ****ing awesome, though.

As much as I loved that brash, downright mean aspect of his running style, ducking out of bounds is a hell of a lot better for lengthening a running back's already-limited career. If ducking out when he can keeps him on the field, good on him.

Put a flank strap on Larry?

Well stated, Ms. Ultra Peanut.

"On this here play, LJ you take this here football and run up that there guy's ass."

"Sure coach. Will do."

[Run, run, run, run, splat]

"Okay, that was good, LJ. Here's your four hundred thousand dollars."

FAX

Larry Johnson runs best when he is angry.


We just need to start calling him Donnell and hopes he gets the hint.

Exactly what I was going to say. That is damn fine run D playing at home and they played well all last year against the run. If they have any issues it was in the secondary and well for some reason the Chiefs didn't try to exploit it.

that too. in years past he wouldn't he have cut back inside and tried to break another tackle?

I'd be frustrated if I could have seen some holes that he missed, but I can't say that I noticed any.

I work as a valet down at the Power & Light District. Good ole LJ has found his niche down there, just like Mike Aviles and Joey Gathright. I saw with my own eyes LJ get carried out by his buddies on Friday night. He couldn't even walk he was so drunk. I bet he was hurting the next morning, catching his flight to Boston.
There is your "Franchise" player for you. He doesn't care what Chiefs fans think, he will get "bombed" right in front of your eyes a day and a half before the opening game, and not give a damn.

Maybe he kept running into walls because that's all the o-line left for him ... a wall. As shitty as the 0-line was, he still picked up 74 yards.