PFT: L.J. not meeting with the Cowboys, yet

[WoodysGirl]

L.J. not meeting with the Cowboys, yet

Posted by Mike Florio on November 12, 2009 2:48 PM ET

Kent Babb of the Kansas City Star accurately has sniffed out that running back Larry Johnson is in Dallas.

LJ appears to be in Dallas. His Twitter profile gives his location by coordinates. At the moment, he's in downtown Dallas. Cowboys possible?

about 2 hours ago from web

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But a league source tells us that Johnson is in Dallas for a social visit only, and not because he's meeting with the Cowboys.

Yet.

There are, per the source, no plans to meet with the Cowboys. And it's not known whether the Cowboys are or will be interested in Johnson.

Most likely, the Cowboys aren't currently interested. But they'll likely become interested fairly quickly if one of their top tailbacks becomes unavailable.

And it's not just an injury that might make the Cowboys or some other playoff contender instantly interested in Johnson. As we saw yesterday with the Joselio Hanson situation, player suspensions often come out of the blue.

So the right move for Johnson -- and the approach he'll apparently follow for now -- is to wait and see what happens.

It's not as if he needs the money; the Chiefs already are paying him $2.14 million over the rest of the regular season to not play for them.

 

[Teague31]

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Nice grasp at straws, Florio. But I guess nothing is really new here.

Hey, isn't Terry Bradshaw dead by now?






YAKUZA

 

[miamicowboy21]

Man eagle fans would go bonkers. They obviously need a big back and if he signed with us that would put eagle fans over the top.

 

[JBond]

The Kansas City Star, known locally as the Falling Star, is the worst rag in the country. Completely unreadable.

 

[theebs]

Not to be a jerk, but Why post links to this guys site?

He is less knowledgable about the nfl than 50% of this board. He speculates on everything and has to be accountable to no one. He is pure garbage.

So far this year he has declared Roy williams out 8-12 weeks with a broken shoulder, Tony Romo not a franchise qb and countless other asinine things.

Its no different than linking to bleacher report. Its pure crap.

oh and yes, I am sure the cowboys are dying to sign larry johnson. For all we know he is here hanging out with big mouth sanders.

 

[alancdc]

Why would we be interested in a washed up pain in the &*(^$@(#&*$@) RB?

 

[AbeBeta]

Nice grasp at straws, Florio. But I guess nothing is really new here.

Hey, isn't Terry Bradshaw dead by now?






YAKUZA

Actually, this story was making the rounds b/c someone from KC was report he was in Dallas. And Florio pretty much diffused that. I don't see what sort of straws he is grasping at aside from the "if one of their backs goes down, maybe they are interested" angle.

He may have gotten bad info on Bradshaw but he was first to tell us that Vince Young was stupid.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Well, this would make sense given our lack of depth at RB.

 

[Derinyar]

Larry Johnson at this point, would he beat out our PS RB? I know he wouldn't beat out the top 3.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Not to be a jerk, but Why post links to this guys site?

He is less knowledgable about the nfl than 50% of this board. He speculates on everything and has to be accountable to no one. He is pure garbage.

So far this year he has declared Roy williams out 8-12 weeks with a broken shoulder, Tony Romo not a franchise qb and countless other asinine things.

Its no different than linking to bleacher report. Its pure crap.

oh and yes, I am sure the cowboys are dying to sign larry johnson. For all we know he is here hanging out with big mouth sanders.

Believe it or not, I don't think he's as full of crap as most think he is.

His site is all about speculation and he gives great insight when it comes to the CBA and other league stuff. And occasionally his "rumors" will bear fruit.

In general, though, I tend to post most Cowboys-related stuff. This LJ to Cowboys thing is so far out that it was gonna be posted no matter who did it.

 

[TheCount]

This is the most unintentionally hilarious thing I've ever read, holy crap.

 

[RealCowboyfan]

So that means if Cowboys get L.J.

It would be::
MB3
Felix Jones
Tashard Choice
Larry Johnson

Which would be the best runningback core in the NFL... But what are the chances?

 

[Yeagermeister]

So that means if Cowboys get L.J.

It would be::
MB3
Felix Jones
Tashard Choice
Larry Johnson

Which would be the best runningback core in the NFL... But what are the chances?

Slim to none and slim just left town

 

[AbeBeta]

Believe it or not, I don't think he's as full of crap as most think he is.

His site is all about speculation and he gives great insight when it comes to the CBA and other league stuff. And occasionally his "rumors" will bear fruit.

In general, though, I tend to post most Cowboys-related stuff. This LJ to Cowboys thing is so far out that it was gonna be posted no matter who did it.

Have to agree with WG here. He is often right about things and is a good read. He clearly has some legit sources.

 

[joseephuss]

So that means if Cowboys get L.J.

It would be::
MB3
Felix Jones
Tashard Choice
Larry Johnson

Which would be the best runningback core in the NFL... But what are the chances?

Adding Johnson would make the running back corp worse. It is difficult enough to split carries between 3 backs much less 4. And the main thing is Johnson just isn't good any more.

 

[JBond]

Adding Johnson would make the running back corp worse. It is difficult enough to split carries between 3 backs much less 4. And the main thing is Johnson just isn't good any more.

We could use him to keep the cheerleaders in line.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Why would LJ want to sign with the Cowboys? He wants more carries not less. He thinks he is a starting RB. Florio is way off base here.

 

[AbeBeta]

Why would LJ want to sign with the Cowboys? He wants more carries not less. He thinks he is a starting RB. Florio is way off base here.

Lookit. I don't like LJ b/c he is a POS who is leaning toward JAG. But it would be ridiculous to argue that Florio is wrong here in suggesting that we might take a look if we had some injuries. If we needed someone to come in and take some carries, LJ would clearly at this point be the best back available.

 

[AbeBeta]

Adding Johnson would make the running back corp worse. It is difficult enough to split carries between 3 backs much less 4. And the main thing is Johnson just isn't good any more.

But that isn't what Florio said. He said this:

Most likely, the Cowboys aren't currently interested. But they'll likely become interested fairly quickly if one of their top tailbacks becomes unavailable.

Nothing really there suggesting 4 RBs