L.J. Is Iron Man: The Sequel

Ant-Man. Venom (news just hit). Magneto. Wolverine. Jonah Hex. The Flash. Captain Marvel. Thor. Avengers. Nick Fury. Justice League.

They are going to make everything after TDK made a kajillion dollars. As far as Tom Brady goes, he can knock him out of the game, but the year might be unnecessary. Just depends if he's on my fantasy teams or not.

C'mon Sean, where's your spirit? 'Nothing worth having ever came easy.' And yeah Adam, I've read/seen alot of things about upcoming films; like Captain America, Thor, Wonder Woman, hell, even more Batman stuff. That's the reason I'm skeptical, I know that super heroes are the fad lately, but eventually it'll get old. Or fans will lose interest as you get to the lesser known/less popular names. They're trying to keep it all into one big 'universe' so that fact would help. But I still can't see Swamp Thing landing a franchise film over the likes of Flash or more realeses of Superman/Batman/Hulk/Spidey, or even more popular figures like Captain America. And to make sure this stays football oriented... I'd like to say that.. I hope the Bayou Bruiser blows out Tom Brady's knee in Week 1. Yes, totally saved this post :P.

And Ant-Man? Omg. I'm going to skydive without a parachute if that one hits theatres in my town. Jeebus.

I like the Iron Man nickname, but I also don't mind Centaur at all. They both fit him really well. Come on, there doesn't need to be THIS much thought put into nicknames. Nicknames are supposed to just kinda happen.

The nickname debate will be an afterthought once the season starts and he's crushing defenses with his brutality. He will pass Priest Holmes this season for the Chiefs all-time rusher ... (still appreciate Priest though!)

The only way to settle this is to have someone ask L.J. which nickname he wants--somehow. Either way, I know one I won't use in a post unless someone holds a gun to my head. Yuck.

xxxlp,

I actually couldn't find anything right off the bat, but I know for sure that DC is trying to make another film. Besides football, film is pretty much my life. I'm even more sure following their success with TDK that ST, Aquaman and Wonder Woman will all make big screen appearances before 2015. The Watchman is DC, too, so they are definitely busy. I def didn't concoct this out of thin air. Super hero movies are so popular that they are even doing Ant-Man.

Man, if we ever put a debate team together for this site...some A-rate arguers :)

I'm not into the Centaur moniker, but I do like Man-Beast. Half-man, half-beast. "The Centaur" sounds way too ... statuesque? Stale? I don't know. I'm giving Holthus a pass here, because I love the guy's game-calling on Sundays. I will never refer to LJ as The Centaur though. Nicknames are tricky sometimes ...

Care to throw up a link or something for the new movie? I did a quick search and only came up with results in the first few pages for the 1982/1989 movie adaptations. Couldn't find anything more recent than that; besides a dvd of Seasons 1 & 2 of the tv series being sold on eBay.. >.<

Swamp Thing is actually being adapted to once again become a feature film as we speak. So, no, it's not dated at all. It's classic, but in a cool kind of way, not in that your-Grandpa-would-dig-it-but-that's-about-it way. Comic book references are just a little more hip than mythology, what can I say? And being an Iron Man is different from being THE Iron Man. You said it. I'm no hypocrite, I just think The Centaur sucks. And I honestly do think Dorsey would like Swamp Thing. It's cool and it embraces his roots. Big Daddy was just a horrible omen. HORRIBLE.

Casey Wiegmann is overrated. Him playing next to Shields, Roaf and Waters was similar to Wahlberg acting alongside Leo, Matt and Jack in The Departed--of course he's going to look good! He's being carried. I do agree that Herb def has a shot by the bye week, though. Totally.

L.J. is a cultured dude :)

But he turns into a monster on Sundays.

To be honest; I don't think LJ likes Centaur, but to call it dated and (to paraphrase) non hip-hop is pretty weak. It's a mythical (made up) creature.. What is Swamp Thing? Dated? Centaurs are constantly featured in films/games/books/comics, when's the last time Swamp Thing was featured in... just about anything? And chances are, Dorsey is just about as 'hip-hop' oriented as LJ, if not more; how 'hip-hop' is Swamp Thing?

You said you weren't a hypocrite, so don't be one. And no, I'm not FOR the Centaur nickname, nor am I a fan of going to the mainstream media for nicknames. And also, just something I noticed; you said you weren't accepting names (for Dorsey) that have already been used. Aka 'Big Daddy' Dorsey, since Big Daddy was already used with Dan. Iron Man is an inter-sport moniker that has been used for decades to describe various athletes, most notably Brett Favre and Ripken. I know that THE Iron Man, and AN Iron Man are two different things, but it's still the same name, eh? Go figure.

To get on topic; I'd like to say that we really only need 2 linemen to step up (besides Waters) to for LJ to have a decent year. Few years ago we lost Willie. LJ was still a beast. Then we lost Shields. Again, LJ proved the naysayers wrong. Now, we've lost Weigmann, one of the last remaining pieces of the great line of the Vermiel Era. But I'd take Taylor/Richardson/McIntosh/Albert over Turley/Welbourne/Terry/any other 30 year old waste of space tackle that we could have mustered. And btw I still think Herb Taylor will be the RG/RT by the bye week.

I didn't think there would be any for sale, but gotta love the guy for going against the grain. I don't know of any other Raging Bull running backs who paint ... (although Priest playing Chess is pretty ace) also, doesn't he play guitar? Another Hard Knocks sighting. Anyway, I'll stop gushing over the guy now ... I'm sure there will be more opps to praise Iron Man when the season gets going!

I'm not sure about that. I know he was doing custom X-Boxes and stuff...

Just did a Google search for "Larry Johnson Art" and "Larry Johnson Artist." No luck. Unfortunately, there is another artist of the same name who was born in 1959. Sucks. I'll keep looking. If anybody finds anything, let us know.

I just finished watching Hard Knocks on NFL Network ... I'm so pumped up for this season. Also, you think I can buy some of LJ's paintings???

really though maybe this team can come together and win something, like i said i get a little crazy this time of year

hell yeah

Remember the Titans beating our ass in our own backyard and the remembering...we must protect this house!

man i watched remember the titans last night, boy denzel sure did a good herm, then julius sure looks like tamba, and at the end petey w/mustache looks a LOT like lj, and their qb was #12 WOW. ahhhhh maybe im just a little crazy waiting to getthis kicked off, but maybe this year we should REMEMBER THE TITANS

Maybe we'll spin off his Iron Man moniker and start calling all of us L.J. fan's the Arrowhead Avengers! LOL...I'm lovin' it, too.

I'm loving the LJ comments. He is a beast. I love his attitude, I love his style. I like what I'm hearing from camp ... he is hitting people, and he is back to form ... I cannot wait to see LJ roll this season!

and against GB if not for lj getting hurt we would've had a MUCH BETTER chance to win the game(which is why you play... JK) after the lj td (and subsequent flag planting) that team was going down mentally while we were going up.

CurtMerzFan,

You just became my personal hero. One of my favorite comments ever:

This new oline is going to be a whale of a lot better than last years, at least they will occasionally open a hole or two for LJ and Charles. Folks forget KC was 4-3 when LJ went down last year, and he was finding ways to get yardage even against those 8 man stacks. With ANY kind of help from the line he’ll be back to his old self. Folks have been saying the old OLine made LJ look good - I contend it was the other way around. He made them look good.

Long live Iron Man! Haters be damned! 4-3 with him 0-8 without him (0-9 if you count GB). How can you argue against that?

I agree the D will very likely be better even without JA. Not saying his departure makes the D better, just that his presence didn't add much to our ability to defense the run. This is a defense that has been steadily improving since Herm took charge and now with the experienced players and additions we've now got, I have this feeling we'll see all the pieces start coming together this year. If at halftime, our offense can establish itself with the run and our defense does the same against the run, then we'll force opponents to go with the pass and we all know how Gunther loves having that scenario.

I just thought I should note it was Herb Taylor who laid a killer block to spring LJ from the left side after Albert went out on the stiff arm play - if some one does have video, please post it all!

This new oline is going to be a whale of a lot better than last years, at least they will occaisionally open a hole or two for LJ and Charles. Folks forget KC was 4-3 when LJ went down last year, and he was finding ways to get yardage even against those 8 man stacks. With ANY kind of help from the line he'll be back to his old self. Folks have been saying the old OLine made LJ look good - I contend it was the other way around. He made them look good.

If the passing game can get any kind of consistency, we could be a HECK of a lot better than anyone knows. Especially with the D getting more rest. Personally, I think the D moves into the top ten this year in spite of the loss of Jared. Our secondary is certainly already more athletic and faster... and I think we're going to be absolute studs against the run by the 3rd or 4th game, if not sooner. If that's the case, we'll be swapping some of Jared's sacks for interceptions. wooooOOOOHOOO!

Well he is a top 10 fantasy pick on NFL.com actually. But yeah, he needs to be higher. He's a fucking machine when he DOESN'T HAVE A BROKEN FOOT. I don't see how people can possibly attribute that injury to wear and tear.

BTW I would LOVE to see video of this stiffarm I keep hearing about. If anyone knows where to find it, please post it up :)

I love it that L.J. is getting disrespected.

I mean, seriously, what happened to the guy? Nothing. He got hurt, played behind an awful line with new quarterbacks and a putrid O.C., and faced great front sevens/eights. People forget that he racked up almost 1,8000 yards rushing under Solari two years ago, a miracle if you ask me. I mean, Jeff Chadia (sp?) ranked him as his most indispensable player to his team one year ago. Now he's not even a top ten fantasy player?

Fine with me--L.J. is at his bets when he runs angry, with a chip on his shoulder. Let's do this!

I gotta tell ya, I'm starting to get excited about this season, I have tried to be realistic and look at 4 wins as being close to what our ceiling is, but the way LJ is running, I think he is going to refuse to let us win less than 6 games. Say what you want about the guy, but when he feels like he is being slighted, like the way the media is saying he has nothing in the tank, he takes it to another level. He really runs well when he's pissed and feels like he got dissed. This young team really has me excited to see what they can do. I can honestly say this is the most excited I've been about Chiefs football in a few years.

Suzy D., we are not at camp this year, like we were last year, so we are updating as much as we can, trying to avoid just regurgitating stuff that others are reporting, instead trying to put our own slant on the news. We actually were pretty disappointed with the scrimmage last year, and again this year you can see why. So, we decided to sit it out. As always, we'll keep you updated (this basically was a camp update, by the way). I'm far more excited about the actual preseason action.

Where are the Training Camp updates?

thanks, also didnt want to give props to any other sites, didnt want to toe step. but it's a worthwhile read. AA is the BEST though

Richardson is still struggling with pass protection, and Niswanger seems to be struggling. Again, I think we need Dame in there.

Maybe this will help?
http://www.chiefscoalition.com/Forums/index.php?showtopic=500&hl

I'd say let's give Damion a look in the preseason for sure. I think having a few vets in there will be good for Albert and Niswanger, and the line in general, but if he doesn't play well at some point we will have to go young.

Thanks, Jay! Updated with that Chiefs Coalition link in the post now!

if you can find formerdb's report from chiefs camp it's a VERY GOOD read. the guy is there and right in on the action it sounds like. his report gave more than 610 did live. i'm not good enough with this da** computer to figure out how to post a link sorry.

Man, this move with MacIntosh is starting to worry me a bit... he can't seemt to stay on the field...

I'd really like to see us go ahead and make the change there to Richardson or Herb Taylor - both of them seem to be ready and less prone to get nicked.

I think maybe they're afraid it would put Damion in a severe funk if they did and they need him for the nonce to have enough depth on the OLine - what does everyone else think?

I think we should just call him Lurry. lol the way you wrote cenatuar looks like senator.

yea cenatuar or however u spell it is pretty gay but a name is a name to me all that concerns me is him gettin his ass in the endzone this year!!!

GO CHIEFS!!