Earlier this weekend it was reported that the Chiefs wanted to trade Larry Johnson, because they didn't want to pay him what he wanted. Sorry to scare you, but that isn't quite the beat to the song. Chiefs General Manager Carl Peterson played Larry Johnson and the media, and he most likely won his game.
When trade talks first arose, the most interested team was the Green Bay Packers. As a young rebuilding team, the Packers couldn't give up too many draft picks. Well, Peterson wanted a first, a second, and a third round pick. This asking price can be defined as ridiculous. Thomas Jones was traded to the Jets for a move up in the second round. In the Willis McGahee deal, the Ravens only gave up two thirds and a seventh for the running back. Now here is Carl Peterson asking for a first, a second, and a third? No way.
The truth is Carl Peterson has never wanted to trade Larry Johnson. Peterson threw out the idea for a different reason. He was smart enough to know that no teams would want to make that trade, or even could make that trade. Peterson was trying to send Larry a message, a message that said in big, colorful, bold letters, "No one is irreplaceable." It was a negotiating move of some sort, one that just may worked to perfection. Just like I said, Carl Peterson won the game.
What this further proves is that not only do the Chiefs not want to trade Johnson, they want to make a deal with Johnson locking up his future in Kansas City. A deal will get done, sometime by the end of August. Expect to see Larry Johnson back in that same old Chiefs uniform, and also expect to see the just-hand-it-to-Larry Johnson offense be a well oiled machine once again this season.
Brandon
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Now that makes more sense!
-Scheck
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