What about Larry Johnson ?
 

Is he an unrestricted Free Agent after this year ?

Is this the time that we need to be givin him the contract he's gonna deserve?

yes it is.

LJ needs to get shored up for the future. I am somewhat surprised he has not demanded a new contract and threatend to sit out if he does not get one.

According to my sources, he's signed through 2009.

I thought LJ had 3-4 years left on his contract.

I'm sure there are some voidable years in his current contract. 1st round rookies simply don't sign 7 year contracts.

Your source is the internet right... www.nflpla.org ... that's impressive.

Salary History

2003 452000.00
2004 515000.00
2005 628000.00
2006 741000.00
2007 854000.00
2008 967000.00
2009 1080000.00
2008 25000.00
2009 25000.00

I don't know what is voidable, but that's what the site tells you.

Chiefsplanet is my source, actually. :p

Chiefs | Johnson Contract Breakdown - from www.KFFL.com
Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:40:57 -0700
Updating previous reports, ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli reports the seven-year deal Kansas City Chiefs RB Larry Johnson received is worth $8.847 million, including a $3.31 million signing bonus. If certain playing time benchmarks are achieved, Johnson's deal will void down to a five-year, $6.7 million deal. He'll have base salaries of $452,000 (2003), $515,000 (2004), $628,000 (2005), $741,000 (2006), $854,000 (2007), $967,000 (2008) and $1.08 million (2009) and there are workout bonuses of $50,000 each for 2004 through 2009.

So according to this we have him locked up through 2007, which means we will probably be reworking his contract sometime during this 2006 season. I hope we can keep him mad/happy so he continues to want to be a Chief. If DV were still head coach I'd be more worried than with Herm. I think a year under Herm will have LJ in good spirits toward the Chiefs organization. They are off to a very good start with him already being named the starting back.

If the CBA doesn't get done, I doubt he re-signs before his contract expires. He's someone who could benefit from that uncapped '08.

The extending the FA period to get a CBA in place should mean alot to the fans....the implications to small market teams are huge.

This is one of many players that could leverage the lack of a CBA.

He will next year, after Priest has officially retired or is no longer on the team. Then he holds all the cards.

He is going to cost a lot of cash to resign.