About two or three months ago, during the dog days of the off-season, the AP people launched a series about their top five Chiefs of all time. Great topic, got a great response. The top AP writers each had their take, and I noticed a distinct lack of mention of the best running back the Chiefs ever had. I knew why they weren't mentioning him, and I pointed it out in response to a remark made by one of those top AP people -- sorry I don't remember which one. That remark was "There isn't a wrong answer in this."
To his credit I know why he said that. He was cautioning against how upset people might get if someone didn't quite agree with their selections. That's fine.
But I boldly went where no one had gone before, so to speak.
I put a comment or post or something in that declared, "Yes there is a wrong answer." I brought up the truth that to the AP people and everyone who is hypnotized by the World System propaganda about what we're supposed to believe about things, some answers are simply, and politically, unacceptable, even though they say we're not supposed to get political in these kinds of blog efforts and they would vehemently deny that they are.
But they are.
Who is the best running back in Kansas City Chiefs history?
It is Larry Johnson.
Before I share what happened with the AP activity, let me provide a very brief but lucid explanation about why Johnson was the best.
He is one of only a handful of running backs in NFL history to gain 1700+ yards in two different seasons. The others were people like Eric Dickerson and Barry Sanders. In 2006 he carried the ball more times than any running back in NFL history -- yes, you got that, his 416 runs were the most ever. Those two huge rushing years were both winning seasons for the Chiefs, and the team was only derailed because our receiving core was crap (some of why he so often carried the ball -- and the team itself, really) and our quarterback, while excellent (Trent Green), was getting old and injured too often, particularly in 2006.
In 2007 Johnson was rewarded with the largest contract for a running back ever, but the negotiations were contentious. He was primed to continue his football excellence, but our fine QB Green retired and was replaced by Damon Huard who was an aging journeyman. In 2008 we handed the reigns to Tyler Thigpen, a fine athlete who was not a quarterback. Our receiving core was just as crappy (all due respect to Tony Gonzalez), our defense was weak, and our coaching was miserable.
Johnson himself suffered injuries during those seasons, continued to play through them into 2009 when his off-field troubles caught up with him. He was unceremoniously shipped off to Cincinnati in large part because it was discovered he made boorish remarks about certain people it has become unacceptable about whom to say anything untoward.
Yes Larry Johnson was kind of a butthead when he was on the Chiefs. Yes his formation of a triangle with his two hands together after every touchdown was an occultic signification he considered was merely an ad for his clothing brand. Yes Larry Johnson wore out his welcome in Kansas City, and is still persona non grata because even though he has found Christ and admitted he grew up a lot after his tumultuous early life that did include justified run-ins with the law, today he shares frequently about his convictions about the legitimate conspiracies among us. Ouch. Tin-foil-hat-wearing nutball. Too controversial.
None of this takes away from the fact that he was the best running back in Chiefs history.
Please know that I am saying nothing dismissive about Jamaal Charles and Priest Holmes. They were studs above studs. They were amazing. I love them to death, I do, just like any red-blooded Chiefs fan. They were both excellent excellent excellent football players and devoted Kansas City Chiefs. Charles and Holmes deserve every single accolade they can get.
But Larry Johnson was better.
Objectively so.
Don't misunderstand me. Is this opinion? Yes, I know that. I just have the goods is all. I have the evidence for my opinion to prevail. Will others disagree? Yeah, they can. Free country. That's a good thing. It's just they're still wrong.
Here's what happened at AP, however, after I pointed this out. I was called stupid. I was told I had no idea what I was talking about. There was one commentator who was actually respectful and gave me some cred, at least there was that. There was also a remark in there about toning it down.
I went back there with one last remark and it was something like this. "Everyone believes they are right. What I wrote was mostly about why I believe Larry Johnson isn't getting any mentions. Can you see why? Calling people names, however, doesn't accomplish anything. If you have a take, share it. I don't care if you tell me Junior Siavii should be on your list -- if you have reasons, share them. I'll respect that."
Then I left. I never went back. I just don't deal with being called stupid very well, not at all, even though I knew it was likely to happen. I would love to have seen someone write "Yes. Good call. I too know why Larry Johnson isn't getting any considerations." Maybe someone did. Bless them if they did.
Once again, the reasons Larry Johnson got barely any mention?
It is because of the politics.
It is because Larry Johnson was perceived as someone not worthy of the very well-deserved attention he should have gotten, and should still get right now. The negative press he received, much of it wholly deserved definitely colored people's considerations of him, and most judgments have been made with little consideration of his actual football talents.
It is a truth that is denied by people in tremendous denial about it:
Politics does impact what we think about people.
And it takes a lot of fortitude to see that and address it magnanimously.
What do I mean by that?
The object lesson is right before our eyes right now with what is going on in the NFL, and our beloved Kansas City Chiefs.
The NFL has become a rotten festering vat of racialist puke. It has been reaching this point for some time -- but now? It is absolutely grotesque.
I will tell you, and I've shared this many times before. The Kansas City Chiefs are my team. There is virtually nothing that will get me to not appreciate them. I'm honestly not crazy about my far-too prominent sentiment that I don't care if a Chiefs player is a serial murderer, I hope he scores 100 touchdowns.
Patrick Mahomes may very well be the greatest player ever to step on a pro football field. Already, right now. There're likely a bit more than just a few who would agree with this. We are a week away from the start of what most think is a long run of astounding Chiefs glory led by this phenomenal young star.
But what in the world is he doing joining his teammates and taking this racialist filth and spewing it out? What on earth are these people doing? Yes, I can excuse Mahomes for being only 25 years-old -- he's just a kid being browbeat into taking on the mantle of the "face of the NFL" and feeling pressured into being the voice of the "disadvantaged and downtrodden." I got that.
The problem is the racialist stuff he's sharing is just the grossly obtuse propaganda leftists want to splatter everywhere -- it is has gotten to the point where it is a racket. If you don't proclaim that you're not a racist -- or now: that you're an anti-racist and on board with all kinds of autocratic, draconian policy provisions and prosecutorial activity to ensure we rid the world of all evil racist troglodytes, well then we'll just torch your establishment.
I'm not necessarily picking on Mahomes. So many NFL players are seduced by it. But let's just take Mahomes in terms of the future reality. Not even saying I'm for or against anything, but look at the political landscape and I truly wonder how far Mahomes plans to be the face of the racialist crusade. By the way, the term: Racialism: Calling a whole classification of people racist and doing so with the most institutionalized vitriol. Yes, when people say things like "Black Lives Matter," they are definitively calling another person a racist while knowing nothing about that person. Seems like the most brazen example of bearing false witness there can be.
So Mahomes is planning to get in the neighborhood of $500 million over the next 12 years. That's awesome for the Chiefs, for him, for everyone all around. I cheered this news as did anyone who is a likely bit too impassioned member of the Kingdom.
Here's the problem.
How's that money going to get there when there is no one in the stands?
How are any of these guys going to get paid when no one is watching because they are tired of seeing all the racialist slogans painted all over the field, of having splashed in their faces public service announcements about how much of a racist asshole you are? I don't know if you noticed, but last year most NFL stadiums were half empty. This year many will be totally empty because of another lie sold to the American people, the one that a killer virus will kill you if you don't stay in your rooms until the government tells you when to come out.
You know, it is kind of funny, I'd thought about some of the weird similarities between the world champion Chiefs of 2019 and that of 1969. I'd shared a few before. For instance, did I share the one about both our starting quarterbacks being injured and both missing at least a few games? And that their replacements (Matt Moore in 2019 and Mike Livingston in 1969) actually did pretty well?
Well how about this one. That in 1969 the country was in the midst of racial turmoil and a virus (supposedly from Hong Kong) that was actually killing about as many people as they say the coronavirus is killing today. I mean that is just too weird.
What is weirder is not only how hysterical everyone is told to be about today's racist and virus phantoms, but how many people are buying the lies. It blows my mind that I feel I have to say "No I don't dislike black people" and "No I don't want old people to die." That I feel I have to say those things speaks to the power of the political deep operatives who are maneuvering public opinion in these insidious ways.
Really. Watch what happens with the NFL this year. Watch and see if anyone really wants to interminably endure, essentially "You're just an evil racist troglodyte" plastered everywhere a good, thoughtful, humble, paycheck-providing fan looks when trying to enjoy an NFL game.
Already the NBA's ratings have utterly tanked. Their racialist browbeating has been some of the worst.
So yeah. Not only is Larry Johnson the best running back the Chiefs ever had, but it is so good to see him in the mix of calling this stuff out himself with principled takes, especially those that point out what's really going on with things like child abuse. It simply isn't what most people think it is.
And here, you may want to look at this piece by Jason Whitlock. Awesome. It totally echoes how I too feel and what I too see about how pusillanimous these athletes have become. They may have great athletic prowess but they sure aren't behaving like men. That we simply don't have enough men authentically displaying the most positive masculine qualities as they should is one critical reason our country is going to hell, having to endure all this racialist garbage.
As it is, I sure hope I can enjoy Chiefs football this year without them telling me how rotten I am all the time. Oh it isn't that I'm not rotten -- I too am a sinner saved by grace. My own sin is far worse than any racism I might display. But that's why a great savior like Jesus is there for me. It is always my prayer that racists will come to Him and find their redemption and salvation.
But I pray that for racialists just as much.
Oh, and my five best Chiefs of all-time? Just FYI, in no particular order: Bobby Bell, Larry Johnson, Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, Will Shields.
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The image of Larry Johnson is from Dave Kaup of Reuters. Thank you.
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