It's All LJ's Fault!!!
 

No joke. I just finished watching the game again. I swear LJ has the entire offense moving in 1st gear. Sure, there are many times the OL doesn't hold a block more than 2 seconds, but FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD! LJ puts his head down and looks for a spot to lay down. Many times a quicker back could bounce it outside. Other times there's a quick opening and LJ stands there and waits for it to close before starting his run. On the few plays Charles was in, immediately he gained 15 yards. Albert was guilty of holding AFTER he was already thru the hole! That's because Albert's timing is off due to LJ's slow ass!

I petitioned for LJ to sit last week and now I'm confident that he truly is our biggest liability. Just like Thigpen was able to run around the line last year, we need a RB that can do the same.:cuss:

Weak OL + slow RB with no vision = disaster.

you watched the game again?

You, sir are a ****ing glutton for punishment.

We never should have drafted LJ to scare Priest into camp in the first place.

I've been a big critic of LJ lately, but I'm not putting these last 2 weeks on him.

Thats like wrapping yourself in barbed wire and jumping off a cliff!!!!ROFL

I've criticized LJ as harshly as anyone, but how you 1. revisit that game period and then 2. come away with the thread title is pretty ****ing amazing.

Charles and Battle/Savage should be the starters IMO. I hate to say it, but LJ is done. He doesnt care anymore.

You deserve a
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Well, I dunno. I have the NFL rewind and I gotta do something with it. But I'm totally serious. LJ is running right up the asses of the OL regardless if there's a hole or not. We MUST put someone in that can bounce it outside or at least keep their head up to look for a hole.

You're reeruned.

When LJ actually gets a decent hole he is through it for a positive gain. There's nothing he can do with two guys in his face right after he gets the handoff.

I looked at the game a little last night and for the most part he made the most of what he had. There were a couple plays where he missed a hole, but only a couple. And he had a very nice cutback ran for a 14-yard gain where he made a guy miss.

Charles usually has a lot more space to work with due to the fact he is getting the ball in passing situations on draws. He did have one little run where he made a couple guys miss in the backfield. His called back TD run was also impressive.

But you are painting a picture that LJ is some huge problem and Charles is the answer, and it is not true.

Fer crissakes, I saw LJ take a pitch yesterday, had a nice lane opening up on the right side and was headed through it. But Niswanger blew a block on a linebacker so horribly at the line that the LB just sped through it and ran into LJ right after he got the pitch.

He has no chance when crap like that happens. And it has happened twice in three games now. Niswanger couldn't block Ray Lewis on a similar play.

I'm not going to say LJ is perfect but when he gets a hole he is fine. There are a lot of good running backs around the league struggling right now. LJ is no different.

Dumbest fans in the NFL.

This was a team effort and the team sucks. This organization was left in a horrible hole from the Herm/CP days and its going to take some time to sort out. I think we should have looked more into solving our offensive line problems. That is our biggest problem. They can't run block or pass block, but they have collecting their paychecks down pat.

I was screaming at the television for this very reason. I don't know how many times I called "unplanned draw play by Johnson". That bastard was so slow to the line...I mean, it really was remarkable. All that said, I don't think he necessarily costs us that one, a severe talent deficit and cohesion problem that ran across the whole damn board cost us that game.

I'm certainly not suggesting the line did anything to stop that omnipresent, blitz showcase that was going on, but he was skirting around the backfield the second he had the ball. Larry's only benefit I see at this point is his size, and if he's not going to use it.....hasta luego amigo, happy trails to you. Give someone the ball who's gonna try damnit, I still don't know how he got a spot on this roster...

I agree that we need a RB with the ability to quickly bounce outside, but it's not LJ's fault that the line cannot open a hole for anyone with his type of running style.

LJ spends more time on his back than a hooker on Valentine's Day.

He stops moving the second contact is made. I've never seen a RB as quick to lay down after contact as LJ is.

Its all well and good that LJ needs a hole made by the line but a faster and more agile RB is what the team needs. I will go as far as to say that if LJ stopped looking to avoid contact and instead put his shoulder down and mowed over a few defenders... there would not be talk about how he does not care and needs to be replaced.

I believe LJ is still a starting RB in this league... just not on this team.

This is absolutely not true.

Just watch it - especially in the 1st half when we're trying to get something going. A quicker, more -decisive back would have had 3 times as many yards as LJ. I don't expect GoChiefs to agree with any of this. Hell, he was typing his response before he even read the post.

All it takes to see a difference is when Savage or Charles are in. Granted, our OL sucks. All the more reason to go a different direction/change of pace.

So, nine yards instead of three.

Woo.

You really don't get it. When Charles gets the majority of his handoffs, they come in passing situations. He has a ton of space to work with. There is no comparison. None.

Bullshit. The 15 yarder was a run around the end. And just because that's the current setup doesn't mean it'll stay that way. Not with this coach.

I wish I had not deleted the game off my DVR now.

I have seen LJ hit the line and immediately curl into a ball more times these past 3 weeks than I can recall watching ANY rb over the course of an entire season.

Unless he has a hole 4 feet wide, 95% of the time he makes ZERO effort to move the ball up field and instead tips over on to his back.

His feet stop moving.

*cue the insults

Give it up. He is done.

I know what I see, Skip.

This running back is not done.

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Anyone saying LJ is done is an idiot. The guy is getting hit in the backfield on about half the plays he gets the ball. His quickness to the hole is fine and he still breaks plenty of tackles. The problem is the line simply is not even allow LJ to get to the first level to find a seam, much less the second level. When a back is getting tackled for a 6 yard loss and he's not Barry sanders that's the lines fault.

Hands down.

And this guy, MahiMike, was telling us all how the Chiefs were going to beat the Eagles all last week.

Fun fact: LJ has been thrown for a six-yard loss EVERY WEEK.

It is LJs FAULT!!!11!

When I watched the game that sack of shit never blocked once on any of the ****ing running plays! What a ****ing cancer! Go half-ass it in Zona, bitch. /idontknowwhatsgoingonanymore

No shit.

Dear thread starter,

Kill yourself.

Sorry if repost.

You didn't think I bet any $ on the game did you? With a real RB in the backfield and Bowe playing, that game is much closer. I was hoping Haley would see tjhe light and bench LJ.

You are freaking nuts.

No, it's not.

This isn't 1992.

It's 2009.

If the Chiefs win a single game this year, I'll be pleased as punch.

But it won't be against an NFC East juggernaut.

Be so bold as to watch the 1st half again. Once we hand off to LJ, the tone is set for mediocrity. Even the play GoChiefs refers to where the LB cuts thru the line, a faster back is thru the hole before the defender is there.

There's a reason this team sucks and his name is LJ.

I believe LJ is part of the problem.

I think he is done. But I also have to say it doesn't help your running game when you have a sh*t offensive line that doesn't open up holes for you.

But the fact is, LJ plays slower then game speed. He doesn't accelerate through gaps, holes quick enough. I think he lacks vision and fortitude as well.

Bullshit. Niswanger is supposed to block his man. LJ has barely taken the pitch and a couple steps before the LB is already on him. ****ing shitty ass blocking. Deion Sanders couldn't escape that LB.

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No need to watch it again. I have seen enough of the ineptitude of the offensive line, live on national television. To blame Johnson for setting the tone is, in a word, absurd.

Read this then rewatch the game. LJ had the fumble but when he does get a hole he hits it.

Jesus ****ing Christ!
Our OL looks just like Amy Winehouse's snatch! Red and Green with a giant ****ing hole right in the middle.

On a more serious note, if Niswanger doesn't **** everything up, they held up pretty good on the right side with a hole forming and a tackle still pulling looking for a head to smash...

GoChiefs your incredible! Do you have turrets?... why are you so in love with LJ!

Give him an Oline that can block for him so all of you will shut the **** up.

The sad thing about that play is if one block gets made, if Niswanger holds the linebacker up for a second, LJ has Goff pulling to take out the DB, and he's into the secondary for a good gain.

Yep. Its all there in Red and White.

Sadly, at both the QB and RB position, that's been the case on most plays.

What's ridiculous isn't that our o-line is outmatched. Because they are. It's that our linemen keep blowing up assignments letting defenders get into the backfield full speed untouched.

It's almost like waving a cape in front of a charging bull.

Not to mention the son of a bitch tried to break in to soundmind's apartment.

I agree kinda... it's like the Cardinals using Edge the past few years, he just doesn't work for our line. He'd be a beast behind a good one though...

LJ needs a hole, even when he was "fast" he needed that hole. Do you guys remember the first couple times he came in after blaylock and priest were done? I remember a draw play or something where they threw him a bone back in 04-05 people were bitch then he was slow. He is probably pretty good still if we could get ****ers off the line and block for him

LJ must've seen this thread last week. He ran exceptionally hard yesterday. Line worked better too. Still can't pass block for shit but I'm guessing his little "ego" comments will get him the goal line touches next week. I might even pick him up on my fantasy team (half the league has picked him up and dropped him). Only avid Chiefs fans know that the easier part of the schedule is coming up.

he should have been cut before his guaarneeted money kicked in
now WTF does he care
he's getting paid

and there are mor Kaardasian sisters to hit on

Like I posted in the LJ v LT thread, the weak part of the schedule, run-defense-wise, is about to hit.

Our line is coming together and LJ is running hard. He's going to explode.

**** this ****ing thread ****ers.

aww ... don't talk about yourself like that. Have pride, keep your chin up.