A couple of websites are reporting that the NFL wanted Larry Johnson’s punishment for recent outbursts and behavior unbecoming a well lets say Kansas City Chief to be much less severe than what the folks at One Arrowhead Drive actually imposed.

As per Nancy Gay of AOL’s Fanhouse.com

” The NFL told the Chiefs they should avoid issuing a suspension (and encountering the subsequent hearing, NFLPA involvement, settlement, etc.), and simply fine Johnson $10,000.”
Larry of course wound up losing more than $300,000.

No matter what you think about Larry’s detention, its obvious that KC ownership and management went above and beyond to deal with the current LJ situation.

SOUND OFF ADDICTS!  DID KC DEAL WITH IT PROPERLY OR STILL A SLAP ON THE WRIST?

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/columnists/jason_whitlock/story/1552390-p2.html

What do you think?

 Did Jason Whitlock just hit the nail on the head or merely smash his thumb?

A petition is being circulated to keep LJ off the field in order to preserve the integrity of the current rushing record.

Proportedly, 10,000 signatures have been secured so far.

If you have an interest in signing the petition, you can access it at:

http://www.petitiononline.com/StopLJ/petition.html

Personally, I must say that though I can find very little to agree with Herm Edwards about, the one common ground is that you do indeed “play to win the game”.  This includes the artificial manupulation of onfield achievements.  The one thing the petition does prove in my mind is that KC fans are a bunch that values integrity over “winning at any cost”, and I hope that never changes.

I say LJ should be kept off the field if the punishment fits the crime, but not simply to preserve the record for one of the NFL’s all time greatest talents and all around nice guys Priest Holmes.

What do you think AA’s? Preserve the record or preserve the “play to win the game” mentality?

As we complete the bye week, the faculty of Arrowhead Addict has completed its mid-season grades.

Quarterbacks
QB Matt Cassel – C Difficult situation. Started off the semester injured with a heavy course load. Classmates are not carrying their load

Offensive Line – C- Remedial Class-Has played part of the semester without its star pupil Brandon Albert-Remainder of the line particularly the right side must be evaluated as special needs.
Ryan O’Callaghan – Incomplete
Mike Goff – D
Rudy Niswanger – D-
Brian Waters  – C
Brandon Albert – Incomplete Probably a better fit at right tackle in order to avoid nagging injuries

Running Backs
Larry Johnson – F OSS — Out of School Suspension
Jamaal Charles – C Missed key block on blocked punt last week!
Dantrell Savage – C Special needs

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As many of you probably already know, the Chiefs just acquired 31 year old WR Chris Chambers off waivers from the San Diego Chargers. The Chiefs also placed FS Jarrod Page on IR due to an ankle injury (torn calf muscle by some accounts) suffered in the loss to San Diego. To shore up the secondary, FA CB Travis Daniels has also been added to the roster.

First topic of discussion: Given Coach Haley’s penchant for using a player’s willingness to play while injured as a measure of that player’s toughness & comittment, should we automatically assume that Page’s injury is serious enough to warrant IR status? Is the fact that Page is currently under a one year contract (as best I recall anyway) of any significance in this move?

Second topic: What does Chris Chambers add to this team? Will he help free up Bowe, Bradley, Engram, Wade, etc? Is he among the right 53? Will he continue to underperform this season, or can we expect him to step it up a notch now that he is a part of the Chiefs offensive system? Will he deliver his presumed 2.25 million in value over the next 9 games?

Topic #3: How excited are you about the addition of Travis Daniels?

Being a devout Chiefs fan lately has been very painful for all of us. It has even harkened some to question their fandom and quit. However, just remember, this pain is only temporary, it will obviously last the rest of this season, and maybe into the next, but the pain will go away, and in its stead will be great pride, as it once was. If you abandon your fanaticism of the Chiefs now, your disappointment will last forever. Just think about how wonderful it is going to be to say that you have always been a Chiefs fan even through its darkest days, as I believe we currently are. Keep the faith and fanaticism.

Larry Johnson is planning the Great Escape! Yes, the Great Escape from Kansas City. As he approaches his 30th birthday on November 19, let us examine the facts to support this theory.

1.Larry Johnson never liked being with K.C and immediately got in the doghouse of Dick Vermeil — “take your diapers off” episode.
2.Larry Johnson’s total yards have fallen dramatically from his high in 2005 and 2006 of 1750 yards and 1789 yards to 559 in 2007, 874 in 2008 and 358 in 2009.
3.Likewise his average yards per carry have fallen from a high of 5.2 ypc in 2005 to a current low of 2.7 ypc.
4.Larry Johnson’s off-field behavior continues to show disrespect for his coaches, fans and the people of K.C.

No. 27 is a scared, aging running back on a horrible team. He has lost any hope of a trade to another team. He is frustrated that the Chiefs enforced clauses in his contract last spring that cost him part of his contract. So instead of becoming an out and out malcontent he tweets. He badmouths his coach, the Chiefs franchise and sportwriters attempting to cover the team. He has angered in the process two of the most player friendly coaches in Dick Vermeil and Herm Edwards.Now he is belittling a first year coach who has been supportive and enthusiastic about Larry’s performance to date.

He planned this whole thing. Like Corey Dillon sandbagging the Bengals, this whole thing seems contrived. L.J. sees the likes of Cedric Benson and Will Witherspoon going from worst to basically first, and he wants to do the same. In the back of his head, Johnson probably thought another round of tantrums could get him in a Chicago, New England, Philadelphia, etc. uniform by Thanksgiving. I say we give him his wish.

Keeping L.J. over Jared Allen was one of the top mistakes in team history. Let’s distance ourselves from the King Carl/Herm era by ridding ourselves of their biggest mistake. Then and only then will this team be able to truly look forward. As Vermiel stated “it’s time to take the diapers off.” Let Larry the Great Troublemaker go.

Talk about perfect timing.

Here is the situation folks. Todd Haley’s team heads into the bye week sitting at 1-6, reeling from an exposing loss to a division rival at home. At a time when all the attention and questioning ought to be focused like a laser beam on things like personnel decisions and horrible playcalling, the jester deftly slides to the front and provides us with a diversion.

Were it not for LJ giving us a reason to talk about his firing, might we be arguing over whether Todd Haley should keep his job instead?

What do you think? Are we truly talking about what’s most important right now?