Time to wave goodbye to Larry Johnson

The Chiefs have a much needed bye week after a forgettable performance against the San Diego Chargers.  You would expect it would be an opportunity for coaches and players to re-evaluate what they’ve done and what progress they’ve made while recharging the batteries for the stretch run in what could prove to be a long season mentally.

Well, if you’re Larry Johnson why waste your time with those mundane thoughts.  Instead why not take time after the game to express your feelings about your coach on Twitter and while you’re at it, get in a little gay bashing at someone who tweets you back? 

I said last summer that LJ was just a cherry bomb waiting to explode in the the boys bathroom at the high school.  Despite his off season good boy performance for Todd Haley and Scott Pioli, Larry would not be able to stay quiet long.  

As the season has progressed, Johnson has become more and more quotable and has become a de-facto vocal leader for the the club, whether the organization has wanted him to or not.  Seriously, other than the fact the media loves him because you never know what will spill out of his mouth, would you want him as your spokesman?

After questioning Haley’s coaching credentials in his tweet, LJ made matters worse by issuing a couple of homophobic slurs at someone who chose to respond to his comments.  The Twitter page was made private, but not before screen grabs of his comments were made available for those who’d missed it.  http://bit.ly/2Qufxi

Despite the worthless attempts by his agent to downplay the comments, the damage has been done.  I’m not sure if LJ is trying to get himself released in hopes of finding work elsewhere or he’s just that stupid.  I'm beginning to think the latter.

If I’m the Chiefs I’d put him on the inactive list and let him stew.  Don’t give him the satisfaction of getting loose of this mess until the season’s over.  He has no trade value anyway.

He’s not a part of the team’s future and everyone knows it.  In two weeks when the Chiefs return to action, they can try out Kolby Smith and Jamaal Charles and see if they can be a tandem.  It’s unlikely to produce a running attack any worse than they’ve got right now.

The Chiefs new regime tried to give Johnson a clean slate to produce from.  He’s blown his chance.  It’s time to move on.