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Things couldn't be sweet enough for Mr. Larry Johnson. For two straight seasons, he had 1,700-yard seasons that made him look like he was actually better than Priest Holmes.

But then, after those two great memorable seasons, things began to wipe away. In 2007, Johnson never even reached the 600-yard-mark. And in 2008, he was about 150 yards short of the 1,000-yard milestone. This year, he has failed to even reach three yards per carry.

And now, after serving his second suspension since 2008, Johnson is released by the team he played with since he was drafted by them back in 2003: The Kansas City Chiefs.

What does this mean for LJ? Will he be signed by any team this year. Will he end up like the guys like Deuce McCallister or Rudi Johnson? Will he retire? Nobody knows for sure as of now.

But let's take a look back at this young man's career:

Football. That was the hobby of Larry Johnson. And he showed he was good at it. In 2002, in his last year with Penn State, Johnson had rushed for over 2,000 yards and received a numerous amount of awards.

But no Heisman.

Although he didn't get the Heisman, it seemed that a lot of teams will be drooling over him in the draft. With so much speed and agility, and yet so much power for his size of 6'1" and 235 pounds, Johnson looked like the perfect running back.

That's when he was the 27th overall pick of the NFL Draft, taken by the Chiefs. It was kind of strange of them, even though the team already had Priest Holmes and also a good backup in Derrick Blaylock.

Dick Vermeil did not approve of the pick, saying he wanted a defensive player. And it seemed that the Chiefs should've listened to him.

Johnson never did that much in his rookie year, rushing for 85 yards on 20 carries with one touchdown.

Hatred was starting to grow between the coach and the player with Vermeil saying that Johnson had to "take the diapers off." Johnson was furious with the comment, and it was said that the Chiefs would trade him.

They didn't.

Towards the end of the 2004 season, Johnson played a few games due to some injuries towards Blaylock and Holmes. That year, Johnson ran for 581 yards and nine touchdowns with 4.8 yards per carry.

In 2005, Johnson looked to receive more carries with Blaylock fallen to the Jets. LJ thought he would form a one-two punch with Holmes, which would look fearful. But what Johnson didn't know is that Holmes would have a season-ending injury which would lead to Johnson having more success than he had ever imagined.

During the 2005-06 season, Johnson ran for 1,750 yards, despite starting only nine games that year. Johnson also had 20 touchdowns with more than five yards per carry.

The year was so marvelous, Johnson went to Hawaii to play in the Pro Bowl. Not bad, huh? And I guess Dick Vermeil may changed his mind probably about Johnson. The Chiefs had a good year, going 10-6 but missed the playoffs slightly.

In 2006, Herm Edwards became the new coach of Kansas City. And it looked like he was obessed with Johnson, giving him a total of 416 carries for the season. But it didn't turn out to be bad, as Johnson made the Pro Bowl again.

Johnson had rushed for 1,789 yards with 17 touchdowns along with about four yards per carry.

Johnson led his Chiefs to a Wild Card spot, as they went 9-7. Johnson looked to rush for over 100 yards, facing a weak Colts' rushing defense. But surprisingly, Johnson was held for 32 yards and the Colts came out on top, 23-8, and eventually went on to win the Super Bowl.

In 2007, the Chiefs were falling towards a downward spiral. And so did LJ. Johnson started out bad, just like LaDainian Tomlinson. But for L.T., he bounced back and led the league in rushing again while Johnson stayed the same.

Johnson only played eight games, rushing for 559 yards with three touchdowns. He also had a terrible 3.5 yards per carry. It was not good at all for Johnson, even after the offseason he became the highest-paid running back in the NFL, signing a five-year $45M contract.

In 2008, Johnson looked to bounce back towards 1,000 yards after having some successful games.

Johnson was not looking good at the start of the season, rushing for 74 yards on 22 carries. After his complaints, he ran for 6.1 yards per carry with 319 yards in the next two games.

It seemed like Johnson was back.

No, he wasn't. Johnson was suspended for violating the team rules and ran for 874 rushing yards with five touchdowns including 4.5 yards per carry. Johnson had it, but he blew it.

Now as of this year, we really haven't heard from Johnson at all. Until after Twitter. Johnson showed very bad character in his Twitter comments. He made fun of the coaches and used homosexual slurs, including words like "fag."

That resulted in a suspension and Johnson later apologized. With a bunch of games to go this year, Johnson could easily hold the record for most rushing yards in Chiefs history, as he just needed 75 to pass Holmes.

Fans signed a petition for him not to do so.

And then, the Chiefs released Larry Johnson.

Now Johnson is a free agent, just like that. Things on the Internet can really ruin your career. That's what happened to Larry Johnson. But the question is, will any team out there even bother to sign him?

Right now, I see nobody.

LJ, I know those Twitter stuff you think there are pretty small. Yeah, I know there is Freedom of Speech and all that. But it seems that you and the Chiefs are apart and have gone into war.

And for what you have did.

You have gone too far.

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