Larry Johnson - Is he or isn't he ???

[Packers4Ever]

Sorry if this has already been posted, but....

I saw a blurp on TMJ-TV Milwaukee a little earlier that the

Pack may be seeing another player and Larry Johnson's

name was mentioned. But they never came back to

give the entire story about this. Anyone hear anything?

Or is this just another empty possibility? Packerchatters

were talking last week about someone new coming in too.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

I think its boredom.

[The Leaper]

If Thompson won't give up a 4th round pick for Randy Moss, he sure as hell ain't giving up whatever the Chiefs are asking for Johnson.

Give it up already.

[Carolina_Packer]

I heard it was either Larry Bird for a conditional 7th rounder in 2008 or Larrry Hagman for a case of Schlitz Malt Liquor.

[Tarlam!]

If Thompson won't give up a 4th round pick for Randy Moss, he sure as hell ain't giving up whatever the Chiefs are asking for Johnson.

Give it up already.

And why should he? We got Morency, Herron, Wynn, oh yeah, and Jackson. Aint no more room on the practice squad, even for Johnson! Fogotten already?

[ND72]

If Thompson won't give up a 4th round pick for Randy Moss, he sure as hell ain't giving up whatever the Chiefs are asking for Johnson.

Give it up already.

Considering I think giving up a 6th rounder is a stretch for Randy Moss....I'd say Larry Johnson would be a better bet.

[oregonpackfan]

Just another gossip item filling the off-season blahs.

[Packers4Ever]

Thanks for your input, guys,

Leaper - that was my first thought too...

CP - Which one do you want?

Tarlam - True, we are already loaded with help

Pack Fan & OPF - No wonder the sports guy never returned with
"the rest of the story"

ND - The Pats can keep RM

[Brando19]

I found this on PFT:

A couple of weeks ago, former Packers linebacker George Koonce hinted on his way out of a front office job with the team that the Pack could be making a significant acquisition on offense.

The player in question could be Chiefs running back Larry Johnson.

WTMJ in Milwaukee reports that the Packers are "keeping a very close eye" on Johnson's situation. With one year remaining on his Kansas City contract, at a salary of $1.7 million, Johnson has made it clear that he wants a new contract before he endures another 400-carry season. The Chiefs discreetly dangled their Johnson (we couldn't resist) prior to the draft, but found no takers.

The problem is that anyone who wants L.J. will have to satisfy his contractual demands, and bow to the trade expectations of G.M. Carl Peterson. We think that, at a minimum, it'll take $25 million in guaranteed money to make Johnson happy, and a first-round pick and a third-round pick to get the Chiefs to bite.

If Johnson was worth that kind of a total investment, the Chiefs would be making it.

The reality here is that Johnson already has a lot of miles on the tires, and that it's still unclear whether Johnson is a truly great running back. Also, the fact that he carries the ball a lot puts him at greater risk of the kind of injury that would make the investment in his services look foolish in hindsight.

Absent a trade, there could be a nasty and protracted holdout. Johnson and Peterson have heads of solid rock, and we could envision both sides digging in, even if it's in no one's best interests to do so.

[Fritz]

I don't want Larry Johnson.

[b bulldog]

Too many miles on him and too much money for a 28 year old back. I heard that the Chiefs want and 1,2 and a 3rd rounder for him and TT will never do that.

[Bretsky]

I don't want Larry Johnson.

Then you'll by happy

[retailguy]

I don't want Larry Johnson.

I want Vernand Morency. He's the next Barry Sanders.

[MJZiggy]

Morency will do until Jackson bursts out...

[retailguy]

Morency will do until Jackson bursts out...

"IF" - We dont get no guarantees. It's not really about Morency or Jackson, sadly. Neither of these guys have shown that they can run behind a poor line. Green did, so did Barry Sanders. That's the difference.

Perhaps you missed my sarcasm?

The offense goes as far as the OL will take them. If they can't block better than last year, it wouldn't matter if Barry Sanders was in the backfield, because he'd be going nowhere except down.

I'd be completely behind young backs if I thought we had a line to give them a chance for success. We don't have that line, and it's a kool-aid google stretch to suggest otherwise at this point. I'm hoping they surprise me, but I am not holding my breath.