no, if you do not spend over the min salary line, the league will fine you, and no roll over

LJ will be dealt with. They have banned him from the team (with pay) until a resolution is reached. You can bet they are pursuing all of their options to make him hurt the worst and be of benefit to the club. Kolby Smith coming back really hurts LJ’s stance. They need to make a move with the roster anyway. I suspect he will be suspended for 4 games and then released. Saves the team a little cash and almost effectively ends his career. Second time in two years to be suspended? Nobody will touch him, not even in the NFL.

This could have been because Clark Hunt didn’t want the money to be spent. But I don’t buy this explanation, because there is a minimum amount that must be spent that is expressed as a percentage of the cap number. If you don’t spend it on acquiring players, you still have to spend nearly all of it by spreading it around among the players until you meet the minimum.

This also could have been because the Chiefs wanted certain free agents, but were unable – for whatever reason – to lure them to Kansas City. It’s certainly possible that some FAs couldn’t have been enticed to join the Chiefs for any amount of money.

But there is one other possibility. Pioli may have believed there wasn’t enough talent on the team to put together a winning season this year, so he might be holding cap space in reserve so the Chiefs will have the money they’ll need to sign picks taken early in the 2010 draft. It won’t be cheap.

I wouldn’t expect Pioli to admit this publicly – “Hey, this team just can’t be very good this season, so we’re saving cap space for another top five pick in next year’s draft” probably wouldn’t play well to season ticket holders – but it may very well be part of his thinking.

The Kansas City Chiefs and the National Football League are continuing to investigate the alleged comments made by Larry Johnson. Until that review is complete, the Chiefs have instructed Larry to refrain from practicing with the Chiefs or participating in other team activities. A decision regarding Larry’s status will be made once the investigation has concluded.

“Larry Johnson has been asked by the team to not participate in team activities until further notice. Not a suspension, but not with the team”

We all thought the same about Waters when he talked down about haley, we were all saying the same thing, “can his ass”. Due to LJ’s new desire and attitude this year, and how haley has spoke highly of him so far, I think LJ will talk his
way out of it with Pioli and Haley.

And as for who is to blame with this 1-6 start…?
someone made a good point on how maybe clark has not let pioli do and spend money like he needs to. we dont have the real inside info to truely determine ho is to blame.All I know is that we sucked before, and it takes more than one draft and 7 games to make you a good team, (denver excluded, ha)

as for haley, I really like this dude! I know we dont know how good of a hc he can be, but the way he acts is good enough hope for me right now. I got sick and tired or herm just standing on the sidelines, saying and doing nothing. ATLEAST haley is demanding things from his players, coaches and himself. HE doesnt make excuses for the play calling or lack of offensive performance. He will staight up tell you me made a mistake or he was at fault and he needs to get better too. its a process and hes part of it. I like his personality, and it will pay off in the future.

give him a chance

Haley showed that he is growing in his position & is a classy individual by the way he has handled the LJ situation so far. Personally, I believe after the “investigation”, LJ should be suspended for conduct detrimental to the team just as Herm did. He should be traded or cut after the year is over. He doesn’t fit this offense & his quickness of acceleration is maybe half of what it was. His value is minimal to KC.

Other teams know we’re better, but they also know we “just don’t have the horses yet”. That was a telling statement by an opponent. That gives me hope that others in the league that become free agents won’t necessarily discount us when considering a change of scenery.

No, they can’t “think” themselves into a winning team. But, they can PLAY themselves into a winning team. Or at least, into winning some games. Are the Chiefs lacking talent? Of course. But, EVERY SINGLE PLAYER ON THIS TEAM is capable of playing better than they have.

Haha, the chiefs defense can hold a lead?? How come they couldn’t against the worst QB in the NFL?? It would have been 2 wins already this season… The chiefs D is the worst of all the new 3-4 defenses in the NFL, and you can’t just say that they dont have the talent for a 3-4, look at GB and Denver, niether team has all the components to run a 3-4 yet they look good and they have players that have never played in a 3-4 also…

Good. The ball is in Pioli’s court now. Time to see if the “we only want players who want to be Chiefs” was just talk, or not.

As far as the cap, who cares, we have plenty of space and the league is uncapped next year, right? If we keep him into next year, we pay more actual money, so save the most cash and cut him now.

He’s acted like a child one too many times for me.

Do you think the league will/should suspend LJ…as some are speculating?

Personally, I don’t think the leaguge should be in the business of suspending players for something that is SAID…no matter how ignorant it is. If there’s any disciplinary action on this, I think it should come from the Chiefs.

Absolutely. Thier jobs depend on wins and losses. As does all GM’s and coaches in the NFL. My best guess is that Haley will get two years to produce visable results. Pioli, a little longer. GM’s have the luxury of having the coaches to blame for lack of success.

LJ’s cap hit? Not sure. I thought I understood that if he was on the opening day roster, he got all his money for the season. Maybe he had some sort of “conduct clause” in his contract, though? Since he’s been in trouble before? Don’t know. I’ve never paid that much attention to contracts and “guaranteed money” and all that. That’s for the man that signs their paychecks to worry about, I figure.

But on the subject of LJ, at what point is it time to just “cut your losses” and send a player on his merry little way? Personally, I believe that time has come for Johnson. Is he helping the team…or hurting the team? Is he part of the problem? He sure doesn’t seem to be part of the solution. I hope I never see him in a Chiefs uniform again. He doesn’t deserve it. But, that’s just me. I don’t get to make the decision, so who knows what will happen?

I don’t think he helps win games, I don’t want him to break the Chiefs rushing record, I don’t want to see him get picked up by another team (after he is cut) and possibly have any success this year.

Just eat the money and send him home.

So #1 thing during the bye find out away to get the offense to put up points. That is what Gailey did last year running the pistol. It was a Gimmick offense but hey it kept us in alot of games it scored points and if we didn’t have such a lousy defense and Herm had better clock management we would’ve won more games.

So message to Haley find an identity on offense that can at least put 20 to 25 pts. The defense is good enough this yr if the offense can put up some pts, the defense can hold a lead.

Also, and this is for the capologists among the posters here, because I really don’t know, and that is, what is the cap hit for the Chiefs if they elect to cut LJ now? How much of LJ’s $$ amount in his contract guaranteed? I’d be interested in knowing those figures if anyone happens to know.

He couldn’t have handled yesterday much better than he did really. Not sure what is going to happen to LJ. I think that they will suspend him for some games. Cause him to lose some money. Bench him on game days so he doesn’t make his incentives, causing him to lose some more money.

Mostly, I just hope that he isn’t allowed to break Priest’s record. Course that isn’t as big a deal to Pioli and Haley, but I think they (especially Pioli) have their ear to the ground enough to know how the fans feel about it.

I’ll go with option #2. Although your point in #1 “Neither has been in the position they now occupy with the Chiefs” cannot be overlooked. However, that doesn’t mean they can’t do their jobs. Everybody has to start somewhere. They have made mistakes…and will likely continue to do so. They’re human beings, not some Football Gods dropped from above that can do no wrong. If they had some magic formula to turn dog sh*t into gold…they would probably be in a different line of work.

#1: P/H are so far in over their heads, they should be wearing Scuba gear. Neither has been in the position they now occupy with the Chiefs and….it’s showing.

#2: P/H know what they’re doing, have a common vision, have sold Clark Hunt on that same vision as their plan and process continue to slowly unfold.

SO, which of the above is the more correct of the two? Right now, for me? Flip a coin.

That has been the case this whole time. The Chiefs have developed a losing attitude these last few years. New coaches, new players…what’s the magic formula to fix it? I have no idea, really. That’s up to Scott Pioli and Todd Haley to figure out. And I think they are probably as baffled as the rest of us. Some how, some way…a winning attitude is going to have come back to this team. Until it does…the Chiefs will continue down this path of losing. Good luck, Scott and Todd. While I don’t agree with everything you do…I am SERIOUSLY pulling for you guys to bring back some PRIDE to my team.