LJ to lose some carries.. (1 Viewer)

[richn]

From rotowire:

Coach Herm Edwards is planning on utilizing Michael Bennett until Larry Johnson "gets his legs underneath him."

It seems Edwards is planning on watching LJ's touches even after he gets up to speed. "When I took this job I didn’t anticipate him carrying the ball that much," Edwards said. "It’s kind of ironic. He’s back, signed a big contract, now he’s not going to get the ball as much." Johnson is a must-start in Week 1. Source: kcchiefs.com

 

[Koya]

(1) Thanks for the post

(2) Pretty common knowledge that LJ would be spelled more than usual for the first couple of games

(3) Herm (and most every coach) talks about how they are not going to let their RB have as big a workload, only to give said RB a huge workload. Right now, ESPECIALLY with Herm, you have to take it as coach speak unless he shows that his stripes have changed, big time.

 

[BoltBacker]

(3) Herm (and most every coach) talks about how they are not going to let their RB have as big a workload, only to give said RB a huge workload. Right now, ESPECIALLY with Herm, you have to take it as coach speak unless he shows that his stripes have changed, big time.

Are there any gambling sites out there that have over/under on LJ's # of carries this year? If LJ remains healthy he's a lock for 400+ again this season.

 

[LordOpie]

Since I'm selfish, I'd like him to be productive, but explode towards the end of the season. So sharing carries now, to me, is a positive.

 

[Shrek]

[KC Front Office] Hey Larry, here's a big fat huge new contract! Now don't be trying to go out there and do what we paid you to do, OK? Just take it easy because we aren't going to be very good this year anyway. [/KC Front Office]

Sounds realistic

 

[nygiants56]

of course he'll lose some carries, 416 last season gets cut down to 375 this season.

there you go.he's just lose 'some' carries.