Schefter: Chiefs Releasing LJ an 'Unlikely Option' Right Now
There are quite a few people in the sports world weighing in on the situation with Larry Johnson and the Kansas City Chiefs. Adam Schefter of ESPN is one of our favorite and most reliable sports reporters so we usually take notice when he says something. On ESPN this morning. Schefter called the Chiefs releasing LJ right now an "unlikely option."
"It doesn't make a lot of sense right now to release him so that seems to be an unlikely option," Schefter said this morning.
He likened LJ's release to a reward for the player. This has been a topic discussed around here before - Is LJ doing this on purpose so that the Chiefs will release him?
"If the Chiefs were to cut him right now it would almost be like a reward," Schefter said, "because his salary is guaranteed for the year and then he can go out and sign with another team at that point in time.
"The Chiefs could always decide to cut him but the chances are they can wait until the offseason when they could then trade him for some reduced value and get something back and let him go at that point."
He makes a good point on a release being like a reward for LJ. However, to think there would be a market for a player like LJ is an optimistic thought.. Someone might be willing to take a flyer on him with a short-term deal but to think a team would actually give something up for him in a trade next offseason isn't, I think, realistic.
"The league is looking into the matter and the Chiefs are looking into the matter," he said. "As we mentioned yesterday, the Chiefs have a bye week so it's not as if they have to rush to a judgment this week."
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I don't know what Schefter is thinking.
There’s no way the Chiefs get anything for LJ in a trade. I question whether he’d even be signed by another team if we released him. The baggage outweighs the talent at this point.
I realize his contract is guaranteed, but I say release him anyway. Free up the roster spot for someone who deserves it.
by TheDBroShow on Oct 28, 2009 1:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
agreeed.
and what team would pick himup after we released him anyways. he’s a has been with a bad attitude.
by Leaf on Oct 28, 2009 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't kid yourself..
there are always teams that will take a chance on players like LJ. If released he will be on another team by training camp next season.
by ICTChief on Oct 28, 2009 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
true a team "could" take a chance on him
but i don’t see any of them pick him up. the only way a team would take a chance on him is by paying him quite a bit less then what he’s making now. LJ is too egotistical to take that pay cut. i just don’t see it happining.
by Leaf on Oct 28, 2009 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
T.O.
Is a bigger TEAM cancer than LJ would ever be I can think of plenty of teams that need a RB 3rd down back or bruiser whatever you want to say
Great players dont win championships.....Great TEAMS win championships
by DT58forever on Oct 28, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
T.O. was a bigger producer than LJ as well...
cut this thug wanna be now! At the very least sit his ass down for the remainder of the season. He can’t carry Priest Holmes’ jock let alone break his team record! Please Haley, Pioli don’t let this ungrateful no-class joke back on the field; that so many Chiefs fans hold dear.
by crashman6 on Oct 28, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Buffalo took on TO.
The Eagles took Vick. Somebody will take LJ.
Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for corporate, so he's really not a part of our family. Also, he's divorced, so he's really not a part of his family.
by Rev. Slappy on Oct 28, 2009 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's due a HUGE roster bonus and salary next year
He was going to be released after the year despite all this anyways
I don't want no Yo-Yos
by AK_47 on Oct 28, 2009 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Adam
would know better than you or me. I didnt think there was value there but if Adam is saying it, I believe it. This isn’t Mort…
Predictions for 2009:
LJ runs for 1800 yards
Bowe in the pro bowl
Chiefs D finishes in the top 10 in points allowed
Chiefs 10-6
by bonesjackson on Oct 28, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Attending a Chiefs game is now an "unlikely option"
unless LJ gets cut
"The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer."
--John Madden
by cpa913 on Oct 28, 2009 1:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
maybe a "conditional" 7th rounder?
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisiton!
by upamtn on Oct 28, 2009 1:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hmmm...someone here was discrediting him not too long ago...
Adam Schefter of ESPN is one of our favorite and most reliable sports reporters so we usually take notice when he says something.
by Sea of RED on Oct 28, 2009 1:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
we was one of the most reliable
untill he went to ESPN
by Leaf on Oct 28, 2009 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There will be trade value
Look at Randy Moss. Look at Benson with the Bengals. Other teams know being on one team is different than being on another. Other teams know we have a crappy offensive line. Someone will sure offer a second day pick for Larry.
by chiefs316 on Oct 28, 2009 1:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Trade deadline is already past
"The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer."
--John Madden
by cpa913 on Oct 28, 2009 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I say bench him
he doesnt deserve the Rushing Record, then trade him to N.E.for a 6th rounder and let him turn his career around haha
Great players dont win championships.....Great TEAMS win championships
by DT58forever on Oct 28, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree!
It would be a shame to see this clown pass the classy Priest Holmes for Chiefs all time leading rusher.
I don’t really care how they deal with him at this point, just make sure he doesn’t play another snap as a chief!
It is a new Era at Arrowhead. I do not yet know if it is one of greatness or one of ineptitude. I am excited to see which way it goes, and will support my team until the end, bitter or sweet!
by KC4Life on Oct 28, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about letting him rush 6 times.....
He wont break the all time yardage record and he will still be one short. LOL that would be all time funny to me.
by darwithabar on Oct 28, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As much as I don't want him to have the rushing record, if he achieves it he deserves it.
If he sets the record he deserved it, regardless of how I may feel about him.
Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for corporate, so he's really not a part of our family. Also, he's divorced, so he's really not a part of his family.
by Rev. Slappy on Oct 28, 2009 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There’s another trade period coming. It’s not done forever
by T-Rich on Oct 28, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't understand how a trade could go down
No team would want to pay him his contract of $5 million next year.
And we would be stupid to eat most of his salary for a late round pick in return.
by jmcgoblue on Oct 28, 2009 1:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
In no way can LJ’s actions be accepted but I do suggest that .......
most of us have been very impressed with the way he’s acted up until now. I do understand to some degree, his frustration. He talked big in training camp about some big numbers, leading the league in rushing, etc. and I do believe that that is what he hoped for. But then he starts out against Baltimore, then the Giants and so forth and the frustration sets in. He’s in good shape, hasn’t been fumbling, and it has seemed that the rare times that he does find a hole, he will break it for 8, 10 or 15 yards. He just does not have the temperment to play for a losing, rebuilding team.
I agree that he’s not the runner that he used to be but how different might he be behind a really good offensive line. One of his talents has always been to a hit hole (which he never sees anymore) and then punish the linebackers and secondary. Whether it’s him, the play calling, obviously the line, or all three; no matter how hard he might try, he’s being met in the backfield before he even gets started. Again, I won’t condone what he’s done, but his frustration must be tremendous. Then, the game ends and reporters stick a mic in his face and he spouts off. If he were with a team that had a dominating line, where he had a hole to hit, I’d bet he’d have some fantastic numbers again. This is not going to happen in KC but maybe he’d have some value somewhere else.
by jcox31mc on Oct 28, 2009 1:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Finally some common sense
It doesn’t matter how good LJ or the next running back is if you have an O-line that can’t block Screech from Saved by the Bell. I agree that LJ probably needs to go. But if you were in his shoes you’d be frustrated too because one man can’t bust through the line when the O-line is in the way more than helping. Cassel will be the next player to be spit on because he’s not putting up big numbers while laying on his back. It seems to me that the KC management would rather put the money in their pocket than spend it on some heavy hitters.
by cnmt on Oct 28, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That doesnt even half way excuse talking like that to fans....
by darwithabar on Oct 28, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
there are ways to express frustration
and then there is what lj did…reprehensible
A man who says he can, and a man who says he can't are both right. Which one are you?
by Bashman on Oct 28, 2009 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know trade deadline has past
We wait til offseason to cut him. And yes a team would be crazy to take his contract that he currently has. BUT ALOT of times trades go down the team and the player restructure a contract before the trade happens. Look at Miami when the got Trent Green. Perfect example.
by chiefs316 on Oct 28, 2009 1:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
trent had a history with the OC/QB coaches...so that played a HUGE role, no other teams were very interested in taking trent
plus LJ has proven to be more than when randy moss was an issue, he never went to the level LJ gets to.. Trent at least was more of a team guy, they thought maybe he was a testaverde age wise…didnt work out
by SDChief on Oct 28, 2009 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
in the last few hours or so on twitter schefter said he was surprised about lj's age and that KC could be his last NFL stop
by SDChief on Oct 28, 2009 1:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Heh. The way he acts, you'd think he was a pre-teen!
No question. Otis Taylor should be in the Hall of Fame.
by hmills110 on Oct 28, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dump him
At this point, I don’t care if he gets “rewarded”. I think it would be a real mistake to keep him around the rest of the year and let him grumble away on the bench and in the locker room. We need to expel the virus to get well.
Air Cassel - approved for takeoff
by kabrink on Oct 28, 2009 1:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What we should really do
I think it’s pretty far fetched to think we’ll trade him. If we cut him, he’s still due his 2009 salary, and as far as I know, he’ll count against the salary cap in the future.
Personally I’d love it if we just kept him until the end of his contract, but don’t play him a single down. Not one. Let him sit on the bench, forever 100 yards from becoming the Chiefs all time rushing leader, but never quite getting there. A fitting metaphor for his potential.
by aasukisuki on Oct 28, 2009 2:08 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
If we cut him in the offseason then we dont owe him anything...
Thats what the grievance was about during this offseason. He is only guarenteed this years salary since he was on the roster at the start of training camp. If we released him, Im pretty sure it would save money. Keeping him on for next season would only mean were gonna pay him another 6 mil. If we cut him after the season we dont owe him for that year and it clears up about 6 mil in cap
by darwithabar on Oct 28, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not true
If they cut him before the season they wouldn’t have owed him anything. As a vested veteran if he is on the roster for week 1 his entire season salary is guaranteed. They would save about 600k in roster bonuses since his contract called for a 60K roster bonus every game week he is on the team..
Predictions for 2009:
LJ runs for 1800 yards
Bowe in the pro bowl
Chiefs D finishes in the top 10 in points allowed
Chiefs 10-6
by bonesjackson on Oct 28, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I said that man, 2nd sentence.....
I said training camp instead of week 1
by darwithabar on Oct 28, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
are you guys serious?
he called someone that was attacking him ……… a bad name …… and said things about his coach… you honestly think they are gonna let him go to a team that could use him that can actually block forr him when theres players playing in this league that did worse? stallworth can come back and play next year, vick is playing in philly……. all this guy did this time around was call someone the 3 letter f word
Since when did chiefs fans turn into Yankees fans?
by LeaveLJalone419 on Oct 28, 2009 3:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And hit women, and he is a locker room cancer...
Several times he has degraded women, He also called Kent Babbs that F word too. He called it to a fans as well. I hardly think that isnt a big deal. Maybe a team like the cowboys or philly would pick him up, but the chiefs are not an Org that would keep a guy like this on after this. At worst he is gone after the end of the year.
by darwithabar on Oct 28, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he is suspended wouldn’t the Chiefs be able to void his contract like the did last year? That was what the abritration hearing was all about.
by sms90 on Oct 28, 2009 3:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That'd the the thin edge of the wedge or something like it would be.
I think there are grounds to suspend him without pay. That’d hardly be rewarding his behavior.
No question. Otis Taylor should be in the Hall of Fame.
by hmills110 on Oct 28, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I absolutely do not...
want to release this goon. I want him to be deactivated and suspended for Conduct Detrimental to the Team and the Chiefs to take money out of his pocket. I want him to be punished, not rewarded.
by mynameistyler on Oct 28, 2009 5:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree. The worst punishment for LJ would be to deprive him of his precious money.
He’s been all about the money from the start, hell he was bragging money in his stupid tweets. I think this would hit him where it hurts the most.
Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for corporate, so he's really not a part of our family. Also, he's divorced, so he's really not a part of his family.
by Rev. Slappy on Oct 28, 2009 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LJ Release question
First-why is sports radion saying that he gets about 218,000 a game and that if we cut him before Jacksonville we don’t have to pay him the rest of the year? This was based off of the Master ruling this off season.
by vincent2668 on Oct 28, 2009 7:34 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
damn...kid makes bank
A man who says he can, and a man who says he can't are both right. Which one are you?
by Bashman on Oct 28, 2009 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't Whitsuck say the same thing in his column
but with more hot air and chiding of the Chiefs organization?
by BCRavenJHawkfan on Oct 28, 2009 7:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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