 | badgerfan (5)
12/17/2007 | To do what he did in '05 and '06 six gives you a five star for life. What was it, 1,000 yards in 7 weeks or something? WOW.
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 | Tk7138G (0)
08/13/2006 | I don't care what offensive line you run behind; It takes talent to be an NFL runningback, and what Larry Johnson did in 05 was amazing. First off his line was banged up for much of the year and they have average receivers. There was a reason Tony Gonzales pass blocked more last year than he ever has in his career.
Johnson is arrogant, spoiled, and a great talent. The offensive line cannot juke a cornerback in the open field and then run over a safety for a TD. That's all running back at that point.
It's too bad that Priest Holmes isn't healthy enough to play. I would have loved to see Johnson freak out on Herm Edwards about playing time only to have him get slapped down.
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 | asskickingboots (17)
04/25/2006 |  I don't think there is a single more electrifying player in the game at the moment than the first time ProBowler as well as November and December AFC Offensive Player of the Month, Larry Johnson.
After having just 12 starts in his NFL career, the third year back has 13 100+ yard games and already broke Kansas City's club record for rushing in a game with 211 yards. LJ's only been KC's starter for 9 games this season and he already has 10 100+ yard games, including the last 9 in a row, another KC club record, shattering the old one of 5 in a row as well as tying for the the third all-time best streak of 100 yard games in NFL history.
In fact, despite all of the time he wasn't the feature back, Larry Johnson was the 3rd leading rusher in the NFL (just 130 yards behind Shaun Alexander) and the leading rusher in the AFC with 1,750 yards (Edgerrin James a distant 244 yards behind him). In the last 9 games alone he picked up 1,351 rushing yards, which would be good enough by itself to make him the 8th leader rusher over the whole year. He was also second for both rushing and total touchdowns, 20 and 21 respectively behind only Shaun Alexander who broke the NFL record for Total TDs in a season while tying the rushing TDs record.
Consider this... If he kept up his pace since starting (1,351 yards in 9 games, an average of 150.1 yards a game) over a whole season, he'd have 2,401 rushing yards on the year. The NFL record for rushing yards in a season is 2,105 yards by Eric Dickerson. His pace of 1,627 (180.7 per game) yards from scrimmage in the last 9 games would be equivilant to 2,892 yards over a season. The current record is 2,429 yards by Marshall Faulk. His 17 total touchdowns in 9 games would translate into 30 TDs over a whole season at pace. The current record by Shaun Alexander is 28.
He can run against ANYONE. He ran for 130 yards on the NFL's best rush defense (San Diego) and 140 on the second best (Denver).
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 | go_blue14 (0)
02/05/2006 | Another mediocre KC running back who is the product of his offensive line. Decent at Penn State, but that is all, just decent.
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 | cltcmmder17 (1)
01/12/2006 | Good but wouldnt have broken all records for the fact that he had 5 yards per carry. Tiki Barber averaged more yards per carry. The touchdown thing he may have broke. He didnt start all 16 games but he was primary running back for all 16.
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 | numbah16tdhaha (151)
12/12/2005 | Who indeed? This guy runs with power and quickness. He is easily one of the elite backs in the league, and yes, he even ran the Broncos ragged.
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