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Time to get Priest Holmes for my Fantasy Football Team!!!!!!!!
KANSAS CITY -- Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson is out for the season.
This was confirmed by a source within the Chiefs organization with direct knowledge of the situation.
According to the Chiefs initially, Johnson had suffered a mid-foot sprain in the fourth quarter of last Sunday's 33-22 loss to the Packers.
However Anderson has learned that Johnson has a broken bone in the left foot.
http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/p...Y&pageId=3.2.1
Time to get Priest Holmes for my Fantasy Football Team!!!!!!!!
So far that article is bull especially since it is coming from a Denver news site. ESPN,cheif.com, etc etc hasnt reported that at all. in fact they have all said sprained foot.
I partially agree. Like you said, no major site has reported this except for this one from Denver (who the Chiefs play this week...).
But I've also found the Chiefs handling of this injury very fishy. The MRI was doen on Monday...but they needed more time to study the results ?? and wouldn't have an answer till tuesday. Now I'm hearing about needing to get 2nd opinions ... which leads me to belive that it is indeed much more than a simple sprain.
I just hate how they need to keep it all hush-hush. If it's broke, tell your fans. If it's not, then dispute this claim. All Herm has said is that he's not a doctor...
this was inevitable. you don't get 400+ carries in a season and then go the next year perfectly healthy. expect LJ to have injury problems the rest of his career.
I'd say missing training camp and all of preseason due to contract negotiations had more to do with him getting injured than last years work load.
Plus he hasn't really played much this year. Preseason, training camp, fewer running attempts by far, and he was allowed to not practice between games for the first several weeks of the year. This years damn near been a vacation for him.
I thought it was his right foot, but with CBS Fantasy Sports rolling with it as well, I posted the link.
Sounds like Larry Johnson has morphed into Shaun Alexander.
I'm calling a lis franc sprain
Chiefs coach Herm Edwards all but ruled out running back Larry Johnson for Sunday’s game against the Denver Broncos.
“It’s highly questionable he’ll be able to play this week,” Edwards said of Johnson, who suffered a mid-foot sprain during last Sunday’s 33-22 loss to Green Bay. “He’s got a swollen foot right now, so that’s not good. It will be difficult for him to play.”
Johnson underwent further examinations on his right foot, and the Chiefs were still awaiting the results on Tuesday. It’s possible he could miss more than one game.
A Web site in Denver, citing a source within the Chiefs organization, reported Tuesday that Johnson is out for the season because of a broken left foot, and then corrected its report to say it was the right foot. Pete Moris, the team’s associate director of public relations, said the club — including Edwards and club president/general manager Carl Peterson — was unaware of any broken foot.
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/chi...ry/349977.html
Denver hoping LJ broke his foot
Whoever wrote that article should get fired.
I wonder if Priest is even worth picking up.
And when I watched that play live, I was sure he had broken his ankle.
It still could be a Lisfranc injury. From what I understand, they are difficult to diagnose.
Foot sprain likely to shelve Johnson for Broncos game
Associated Press
Updated: November 7, 2007, 1:22 AM ET
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- One of the NFL's most feeble offenses is almost certain to be without its star running back for at least a week, and possibly longer.
Larry Johnson, a two-time Pro Bowl player, has a sprained right foot and is highly questionable for Sunday's game against Denver, Kansas City coach Herm Edwards said Tuesday.
Edwards declined to speculate on how long Johnson might be out, saying he did not have enough information.
"He's got a swollen foot right now, so that's not good," he said.
Johnson's foot got caught under the weight of AJ Hawk and twisted awkwardly as the Green Bay linebacker dragged him down from behind in the fourth quarter Sunday of the Packers' 33-22 victory. He was on crutches as he left the stadium.
"The severity of it, I don't know because I'm not the doctor," Edwards said. "As far as I know right now, it will be very difficult for him to play this week."
Edwards said the Chiefs were waiting to hear from other doctors.
"Second opinions, MRIs, all that stuff," he said. "The one thing we do here is we make sure we go to the fullest extent of making sure we know exactly where a player's at."
Into the breach will step Priest Holmes. The three-time Pro Bowl player has made an unexpected comeback after being out of football for almost two years following a spinal injury in October 2005. Rookie Kolby Smith, a fifth-round draft choice out of Louisville, will share the carries.
Even with Johnson, Kansas City (4-4) is averaging only 79.5 yards on the ground, 30th in the league. The Chiefs' total offense is also 30th, at 286.3 yards per game, and they're scoring only 15.5 points, 29th overall in the 32-team league.
Holmes, one of the best running backs in the NFL in his prime, seems unlikely to be his old self. He's now 34 and has touched the ball only a few times in the two games he's played.
"Priest Holmes obviously won't be the featured back. We're going to have to do it by committee," Edwards said. "Kolby Smith is going to be used. I'm not going to sit here and say Priest will carry the ball 30 times. That wouldn't be fair to Priest."
Despite the lack of offense, the Chiefs still find themselves tied with San Diego in the weak AFC West, and with a road victory over the Chargers. With San Diego playing at Indianapolis this week while the Chiefs host the struggling Denver Broncos, Kansas City figures to have a good chance of regaining first place all by itself.
"I don't think a wild-card is coming out of this division this year," Edwards said.
He also reiterated that he's not planning to bench Damon Huard for second-year man and presumed quarterback of the future Brodie Croyle. But he also suggested a switch could be in the works.
Huard has thrown nine interceptions while hitting just eight touchdown passes. But an unsettled offensive line has also allowed him to be sacked 23 times in eight games.
"Damon's done a decent job," Edwards said. "My whole deal now is if we're going to win this division or have a shot at it, we've got to score more points. There's no doubt about it."
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3097173
Ha!
At least Johnson gives effort, breaks 100 yards evry once in awhile, and is helping his team over achieve.
Alexander is the opposite of all of those things.
Dont really matter, San Diego can win this division with an 8 n 8 record
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