Comments on: Larry Johnson doesn't see new team as "fresh start"

By: larr999777

larr999777 — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:13:49 +0000

Larry Johnson will give the Redskins the one, two punch that will result in a solid running game that will ensure a playoff berth.

By: Bob Sacamano

Bob Sacamano — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:13:36 +0000

Cincinnasty: KC fans have Priest Holmes to reminisce about, they have no reason to embrace a world class scumbag like Larry Johnson.

By: Andre_Johnson_for_prez

Andre_Johnson_for_prez — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:13:30 +0000

“I think people get misunderstood as far as when you come in and there’s two guys that’s always been starters, to come in and there’s supposed to be some sort of beef, but it’s not,” Johnson said. “We don’t even talk about football, we just joke around basically, and he goes his way and I go my way. … We kind of complement each other. It’s not, ‘I’m coming here to take your spot.’”
kind of an important part of this story if you ask me. Thats what lj said

By: DeeDubb

DeeDubb — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:00:55 +0000

The Redskins have NOTHING to worry about with LJ. People act as if he got some huge, guarenteed contract…wrong, in essence it’s your typical dressed up 1 year deal with incentives and can you imagine, clauses. Meaning for you slower bunch, Shanny doesn’t have to put up with anything LJ does and can cut his ass at ANY time with little reprocution.

By: FumbleNuts

FumbleNuts — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:51:58 +0000

Take the diapers off and run like hell.
Love ALWAYS,
Dick Vermeil (sniff, sniff)

By: Cincinnasty

Cincinnasty — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:03:16 +0000

WOW Kansas City Fan’s have a lot of resentment for a guy that produced more than anyone else as Chief in the last decade ! Cincinnati still embraces Corey Dillon as ours even though he had some issues with the team, media, and the fans..

By: Bious

Bious — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:48:46 +0000

Cute that he thinks he has something left in the tank

By: smithopher

smithopher — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:41:34 +0000

@parasonic:
the main reason Thomas Jones had such great years running the ball is because of gentlemen going by the names of D’Brickashaw Ferguson, Alan Faneca, Nick Mangold, Brandon Moore, Damien Woody, and Tony Richardson. He was a veteran running back with a quality offensive line. He played navigator. Thomas Jones wasn’t overly impressive when you watched him though, he ran into the backs of his blockers far too routinely. He had his highlight reel rushes too, so I can’t hate on him too much.

By: smithopher

smithopher — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:36:33 +0000

Its still a business though, you want to impress the coaches. First and foremost, these guys have a talent. If they aren’t viewed to have the talent by coaches and front offices, they might have to use another non-football related talent, like their mathematical abilities. How many accountants do you know making 5-10 mill a year? Football players want to get paid. The ones with a certain character will consider winning a super bowl more important than making the money, and some guys make the money early and want to win later on. Almost all of them want to get paid though. Therefore, I don’t blame him for wanting to impress coaches, rockotica. If I was a pro-football caliber player, even if it made me the biggest two-faced son of a b*tch to walk the earth, I’d do and say what I had to in order to stay on that team and earn my multi-million dollar salary.

By: r8rsfan

r8rsfan — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:29:25 +0000

The guy was in trouble far too often in Kansas City, imagine what he will do in the metro DC area. Word travels faster there, and the temptations are exponentially greater.
Cracks me up to think back a few years when Shanahan stated they only wanted good character guys in Denver.

By: parasonic

parasonic — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:08:53 +0000

@Diegocarrera:
why so fast to hate on Florio? His comparison was to 30-something RBs. I’m sure he realizes LJ and and LT have different skill sets. He’s just comparing touches for RBs with similar age. Honestly I thought LJ had a ton of wear, but as a skins fan I hope he turns out to be the next Thomas Jones. Teams slept on TJ bc of his age and then he has two great seasons back to back.

By: quadya

quadya — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:57:30 +0000

rockotica:
i was thinking the exact same thing reading this article….i also am from kc

By: WhoDey_Man

WhoDey_Man — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:35:31 +0000

i was actually pretty excited when the bengals signed him last year… he really didn’t do much for us because he wasn’t asked to. but when he was he did a fantastic job contributing. also i never once heard his name negatively either so to be perfectly honest, i think he’ll do well in washington. the questions in my mind all revolve around portis.

By: jibfest

jibfest — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:34:34 +0000

Spoiled little brat in life who fakes a thug act to try and keep it real. His dad is the d-line coach for Pennstate, kid never went without anything in life. Punk with a capital “P”.

By: medic406

medic406 — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:31:30 +0000

LJ,
Stay on the down low. If you spit on the wrong girl in DC, you may wake up with a rope around your neck and a team of “retired” Navy SEALS laughing at you while you choke.

By: rockotica

rockotica — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:18:10 +0000

interesting he said IMPRESS THE COACHES rather than help the team win. as a KC fan, this is not surprising. all he cares about is projecting the image of good, positive person in order to get paid and stay on the roster, but it is all an act. he just cares about tricking ppl to preserve his own self.

By: Jobin

Jobin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:15:22 +0000

I’m not going to pretend that Larry Johnson and Clintoon Portis are ideally suited to coexist, it doesn’t help things that LJ is a bigger version of Portis but the bottom line here is both of these guys are staring at the end of their careers, it’s that simple.
Portis is injured, a possible concussion case, questionable attitude, poor work ethic, he has to make serious changes to justify being in football beyond this season and it’s not out of the realm of possiblities to cut this guy and give him his money to make a point to everyone else here that this is a new watch with new rules.
For LJ the situation is not too different, he may very well find himself out of pro football if he does not get his act together. His antics have been well documented and he isn’t a character guy or a leader but he does have something to prove and if he busts his ass then he might be a good pick up for the skins. I won’t try to say this is the best situation but it does make me feel better as a skins fan that b/c both of these guys are on thin ice they may be forced to shape up or get out.

By: Diegocarrera

Diegocarrera — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:10:48 +0000

Florio, it makes no sense to even compare LT to Larry Johnson…apples and oranges man..come on dude….

By: Citizen Strange

Citizen Strange — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:09:36 +0000

I don’t think diaper boy knows what “fresh start” means.

By: ZimmyMan

ZimmyMan — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:08:01 +0000

At least this miserable excuse of a human being is getting a fresh start in D.C. in terms of domestic violence against women.
After 4 different “confrontations” with women in Kansas City we were certainly glad to get rid of the vermin. Hard to forget that he and his posse waited 45 minutes outside a KC club so he could spit in a woman’s face who had earlier told him to get lost.
At best he is a fair back with maybe a couple of 1000 yard rushing seasons left in him. At worst, OMG you fill………
….in the blanks.
I’m glad he has gone to live with Shanarat. The two rodents deserve each other. I’m gonna love watching them fail together this fall.

By: SnydersLapDog

SnydersLapDog — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:07:51 +0000

I would love it if we added T.O. to this mix.
At least then the resulting ‘skins implosion would be entertaining instead of depressing.

By: Jack Burton

Jack Burton — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:52:37 +0000

Give it time and he’ll need the Pampers.

By: Kaz

Kaz — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:49:46 +0000

He did well in Cinci last year. But you can go ahead and write that off as if it didn’t happen.

By: cbrianwatkins

cbrianwatkins — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:46:06 +0000

florio, you and your hairpiece have never played any organized sports have you guys?