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PFT: Decision to keep Larry Johnson not paying off
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 The Chiefs won a grievance this offseason that enabled them to avoid
paying Larry Johnson his previously guaranteed 2009 base salary. But
Johnson worked hard all offseason, and impressed the new Chiefs staff
enough to keep him as a starter anyway, despite his lofty salary. The team could be regretting that decision now. Johnson
is dead last in yards per carry among the league's top 50 rushers with
a 2.4 average. He's getting the ball a lot (fifth in the league in
attempts) and not going very far. Kansas City's offensive line
bears much of the blame, perhaps most of it. But the Chiefs need a
runner that can break tackles or make people miss, and Johnson hasn't
been that guy since Herm Edwards gave the ball to him 416 times in
2006. They could pay someone a lot less to run into the defense and
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Chiefs legends urge patience
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Len Dawson gets an up-close look at the Kansas City Chiefs every
weekend, and the current Chiefs radio analyst and former quarterback
said the team's turnaround won't be quick. "I
know it's going to take time when I look at the talent that they have,
and I look at the other teams they're playing against and the talent
that they have, the things that they're capable of doing," Dawson said
Tuesday. "Kansas City is not in that position right now. "There's
no mystery about why teams win. They have people, people that play
together, work together and have the same goal set. They keep talking
about people are going to play hard, but anybody can play hard. I want
them to play smart, and they're not playing real smart right now."
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Teicher: It's not just Jared Allen
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That's bad enough for Chiefs fans to have to see Allen at the top of
the NFC sack list with 6 1/2. But another familiar name, Tampa Bay's
Jimmy Wilkerson, is second at 5.
The decision to allow Wilkerson to walk to Tampa as a free agent a
couple of years ago was, in its own way, even more horrendous as the
one to trade Allen to Minnesota. Wilkerson is as good a person and as
hard a worker as anyone who ever walked through the Chiefs' locker
room. Beyond that, he's a versatile defensive lineman who has pass rush
skills. He came to the Chiefs as an underclassman who would take time
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Teicher: Running game with LJ has ground to a halt
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The last couple of seasons haven’t been happy ones for running back Larry Johnson, but he hasn’t seen hard times like these.
Johnson is again far down the NFL’s list of top rushers, only with numbers that reflect futility more than a lack of activity.
With 93 carries, he is fifth among backs, but only 26th in yardage.
His per-carry average of 2.4 yards is the lowest among the league’s top 50 rushers.
Johnson had perhaps his roughest game of the year in the Chiefs’ 26-20
overtime loss Sunday to Dallas. He had just 37 yards, once a quarter’s
worth of work for Johnson.
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Whitlock: Chiefs don’t have talent to pull off upset of Cowboys
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It was weird and sad, Kansas City’s 26-20 overtime loss to the Dallas Cowboys. The Chiefs wore throwback Dallas Texans uniforms in tribute to their AFL heritage. Cowboys fans filled half of Arrowhead Stadium, long considered one of the toughest places for an opposing team to play. The
Cowboys committed every conceivable error in what appeared to be an
intentional attempt to give the Chiefs the game and force owner Jerry
Jones to fire embattled head coach Wade Phillips. At no point
Sunday, even when the Chiefs held a double-digit lead in the second
half or after they won the overtime coin flip, did I believe the Chiefs
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Florio: Week Five Morning Aftermath: Cowboys 26, Chiefs 20 (OT)
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For a long while on Sunday afternoon, it sure looked like the Kansas
City Chiefs, who were playing as the Dallas Texans of yesteryear, would
find a way to defeat a franchise they never faced during their AFL days
-- the Dallas Cowboys.
The Chiefs, whose status as a horrible
franchise hasn't gotten nearly the attention it deserves, had lost 27
of 29 games entering Sunday's "legacy" contest. Though many of those
failures didn't happen on the watch of the new regime, Scott Pioli and
Todd Haley are stuck with those numbers, just like Lions coach Jim
Schwartz was saddled with a 19-game losing streak when he only had been
employed for only two of them.
After holding a ten-point lead
for a large chunk of the game, the Chiefs gave up 17 unanswered to the
visitors, who finally took the lead on a 59-yard touchdown pass from
Tony Romo to Miles Austin with less than 2:30 remaining in regulation,
only three plays after a 53-yard field goal try by the Chiefs was
blocked.
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FH: Should Chiefs Have Gone for Two?
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With less than 30 seconds left in a home tilt against the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs
had the opportunity to win their first game of the season -- which
would have also been the first win of Todd Haley's head coaching
career. After a Dwayne Bowe touchdown, the Chiefs trailed by the Cowboys
20-19 with a conversion on the way. They could have converted a
two-pointer and won the game. Instead, they opted to kick the extra
point and tie the game.
The Chiefs eventually lost in overtime
to the Cowboys, so let the second-guessing begin. Should Haley have
gone for the 2-pointer and the victory?
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Babb: Red Zone exclusive: Q&A with former Chiefs RB Priest Holmes
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The Chiefs could probably use Priest Holmes about now, and the former outstanding running back admits now that he would be tempted to make another return to the NFL – if not for a few recurring reminders of why he left. Holmes, who’s now 36, set numerous team records during his seven seasons with the Chiefs, including becoming the franchise’s all-time leading rusher. “Records are made to be broken,” Holmes said Friday, but they’re also made to be remembered. Holmes will be honored today at Arrowhead Stadium, shortly before kickoff. In advance of his return to Arrowhead, Priest and I shared a table for 15 minutes Friday at the Kansas City Power & Light District. He discussed the Priest Holmes Foundation, how he thinks he would react if he played for Chiefs coach Todd Haley, the Chiefs’ fall from NFL relevance in the time since Holmes retired, and the fact that Larry Johnson is approaching that team rushing record.
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