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Agent: Larry Johnson is 'Excited and Regretful' After Release from Chiefs

FILE -- This is a Sept. 3, 2009, file photo showing Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson on the sidelines during a preseason NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams, in St. Louis.  The Kansas City Chiefs have released troubled running back Larry Johnson. A two-paragraph statement from the team Monday, Nov. 9, 2009,  simply listed Johnson's statistics and announced his release.  (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

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11 days ago: FILE -- This is a Sept. 3, 2009, file photo showing Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson on the sidelines during a preseason NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams, in St. Louis. The Kansas City Chiefs have released troubled running back Larry Johnson. A two-paragraph statement from the team Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, simply listed Johnson's statistics and announced his release. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Agent for Larry Johnson has spoken and he likens his client's release from the Chiefs to breaking up with a girlfriend.

Don't you hate it when you're dating someone and, when you want to break up with them, you have to weigh all your options like the money still due to her, signing bonus allocation and likely-to-be-earned incentives?

Okay, not the best analogy when you get down to it but LJ's agent spoke with The Associated Press.

"A part of him is excited and a part of him is very regretful," Johnson’s agent, Peter Schaffer, told The Associated Press. "There’s a lot of feelings going on right now. It’s analogous to breaking up with a girlfriend. Maybe you saw it coming, but it still hurts when it happens."

The part of LJ that is excited is the part that realizes he's getting the $2.1 million and $500,000 roster bonus he has coming to him no matter what.  The part of him that's regretful is the part that realizes he'll never see that type of money again.

Johnson's agent now has his work cut out for him as he tries to find his client another team 10 days before his 30th birthday.

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What a coincidence!

I’m excited! (That he got what was coming to him)and regretful (That it didn’t happen sooner)!

Virtus In Arduo

by carthagechief on Nov 9, 2009 11:49 AM CST reply actions   2 recs

Seriously...

Tell his agent the feelings are mutual.

by golfbard on Nov 9, 2009 11:59 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Well......

at least his agent doesn’t have to find him a new girlfriend too…………..now that would be tough.

by Hail2DaChiefs on Nov 9, 2009 11:49 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

LJ needs to get on the horn with Merriman

Start trolling the clubs scene again

by Ren on Nov 9, 2009 12:04 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I heard he already has....

Tila is gonna give him a shot

OHANA!

by darwithabar on Nov 9, 2009 12:22 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

lol

im super excited oh and also regretful. Another reason why i hate this moron

by fujirio on Nov 9, 2009 11:50 AM CST reply actions   1 recs

2.7 is an amazing nickname for LJ, Rec'd

"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur." - Vince Lombardi

by Shawn on Nov 9, 2009 12:21 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I will start the bidding at

.50 cents

Can't wait to put my pads on a Raider, My Helmet on a Hater. I'm the Arrowhead Gladiator!!

by ArrowheadGladiator on Nov 9, 2009 12:00 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

No. It's fiddy cent.

It's years like this that I wish I was a bear. Hibernation would make it so much easier.

by Red N Gold Beast on Nov 9, 2009 12:24 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

How bout 2 wings and a biscuit

"The first step to penetration... must not be lateral"
-Confucius, in contrary to Glenn Dorsey lining up in the 2-tech

by ArrowSpread on Nov 9, 2009 2:17 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I have 2 LJ jerseys for sale

a red one and a white pro bowl one. Both nice and size large. dljtrm@cox.net if interested.

Mr J
KC Chiefs Fan

by Mr J on Nov 9, 2009 11:54 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

BURN EM

Check out the gun show over here FIYA POWA

by redmedicone on Nov 9, 2009 11:55 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

No offense, man ...

But I wouldn’t have bought a 2.7 jersey even before he was cut.

by JacinB on Nov 9, 2009 11:59 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll buy them off of you for $500...

…But you have to give me $1,000 first.

by ChiefsFan90s on Nov 9, 2009 12:02 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Put decimal points between the 2 and 7.

Then keep them. Go to games with a 2.7 jersey.

It's years like this that I wish I was a bear. Hibernation would make it so much easier.

by Red N Gold Beast on Nov 9, 2009 12:26 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome...

I hope he gets picked up by a division rival so we can play him

OHANA!

by darwithabar on Nov 9, 2009 12:26 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

i'll buy both

for $2.7. and then i will post a vid burning them

by fujirio on Nov 9, 2009 1:16 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

watch out

Ocho Cinco might try to bribe you with a dollar

by TDubb on Nov 9, 2009 1:20 PM CST up reply actions   1 recs

I can't wait for what he says in his interview on Dan Patrick's show tomorrow!

I might be puking all over in my car during my commute to work listening! Sweet.

by worc on Nov 9, 2009 11:54 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

LJ Says:

“I regret that I hurt this slut hottie so badly. I will miss her. Noone else will ever give me this type of money again.

by ChiefsFan90s on Nov 9, 2009 12:07 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Does this mean

we have to have a grudge f*ck? I’d rather not.

by NJ Chiefs Fan on Nov 9, 2009 11:55 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

You know how we ex-girlfriends are...

…I did not realise I was a transgender though. Huge shock to me. Why can’t I be an ex-boyfriend. lol

by ChiefsFan90s on Nov 9, 2009 12:09 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

He is upset over the break-up

Because he knows that no other girl is going to take him after he treated the last one so badly.

by DTforHOF on Nov 9, 2009 11:55 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

You never know...

Some girls never learn. Like other indian girls in Washington, or those amazon pirates in Oakland, or those cowgirls in Dallas (Okay, maybe they have finally learned there lesson for a little while.).

What is important is that the indian girls in KC finally learned their lesson.

by ChiefsFan90s on Nov 9, 2009 12:05 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Before we say he won't get paid again

Remember there are owners like Al Davis and Dan Snyder who will pay ‘name’ guys huge contracts up front.

by Chief-Eli on Nov 9, 2009 12:05 PM CST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

There is a whole thread here on where he might end up. I don't think there are many here that don't expect him to get paid again.

What I do believe is that most everyone here hopes he never gets paid again.

Yeah, let's just keep matriculatin' the ball down the field, boys! ...

Get your Arrowhead Pride Wolf Pack T-shirt now!

by oldchiefsfan on Nov 9, 2009 12:09 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I'd like to see him in Dan Snyders stable

We do not play the Redskins again for four years (barring a Superbowl meeting). I’d rather him just go to a team where we won’t see him against us. Larry does good with large holes created by the offensive line, occasionally our defense switches to that flow through type.

by dragon6172 on Nov 9, 2009 12:47 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Excited and regretful

Maybe LJ is truly bipolar?

by Nick Britt on Nov 9, 2009 12:07 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I'm extremely excited and regretful

I’m extremely excited he is leaving.

I’m extremely regretful that we trade the 16th pick in the 2003 NFL Draft for the 27th pick in the 2003 NFL Draft. We could have had Troy Polamalu.

by ChiefsFan90s on Nov 9, 2009 12:10 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Does this agent have an ANALOGY FOR EVERYTHING?

Wasn’t he referring to the situation a few weeks ago as the Cuban missile crisis or some crap? Can’t you just comment on a situation without comparing it to Donald Duck and Hiroshima and such?

by jk86 on Nov 9, 2009 12:16 PM CST reply actions   2 recs

He has to break

things down into simple terms so his players understand what he means.

by dragon6172 on Nov 9, 2009 12:50 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

well he got what he wanted for sure...

got paid and a free ticket out of town, maybe he can go play with Tony or Jared, they can share the “good ol” days stories….

by Sea of RED on Nov 9, 2009 12:21 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I hope he gets picked up off waivers...

I dont know if I understand it right but wouldnt we save money if someone picks him up off of waivers

OHANA!

by darwithabar on Nov 9, 2009 12:25 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

at this point, chambers/lj are almost money decisions...dont get me wrong, chambers looks like a really legit number 2

but…we did need to spend money…good position to be in when you are trying to redo a team

Vermeil did it to leslie oneil when he came to st louis.

by SDChief on Nov 9, 2009 1:16 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

agreed...

Priest will always be the man in my mind…

by Sea of RED on Nov 9, 2009 12:46 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

LJ and the money.

MAybe i’m reading to much into a few of those quotes, but LJ sounds, plays, acts and looks like a player who is in the league to make money, nothing more, nothing less. And think about the way there was always something wrong with him, winning or losing, it’s hard to argue with that.

by tenacious rdc on Nov 9, 2009 1:08 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

like an ex girlfriend?

uh oh…get out a towel, some spit be coming over them thar hills

by SDChief on Nov 9, 2009 1:13 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Last good player

I know I am in the minority here but its official we have no good players left on this team. This has to be the bottom of the barrel for the Chiefs. I would not be a bit surprised if LJ has another thousand yard season or two left in him. No Tony Gonzales, No Larry Johnson, No Bernard Pollard, and One Win.

by CBChiefs on Nov 9, 2009 1:51 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

He Doesn't Have Another 1,000 Yard Season In Him

Not only is he old and slow, but the only teams that are likely to take a chance on him are teams that have o-line problems.

Moderator - Arrowhead Pride
Predictions for 2009

Fire Haley now.

by UCrawford on Nov 9, 2009 2:03 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm still mad

Yes L J is gone.good but Roger Goodell is a spineless punk. he can suspend packman and Vick for things they did but when it came to L J he punked out. now every one knows he is fake. I think the players that blocked him in court made him loose his nerve to try to suspend anyone.

by Charles # 1 chiefs fan on Nov 9, 2009 3:21 PM CST reply actions   0 recs


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