Redskins Sign Larry Johnson

By midseason Montario Hardesty will start for us, anyway. :)

That would be sweet. ;)

But again, he was right in terms of them statistically being 4th and 5th best all time. And the fact that they were able to play consistently well for so long shouldn't be dismissed.

True he was right in that regard. They are definitely great players who played at a high level for a long time, but I just wouldn't rate them top 10 all time. It doesn't really matter though...the fact that they rank so high statistically still supports the original point that was made.

I don't recall him playing on the 1974 team. I remember everyone on that team and he was not one of them. I can actually find no mention of him in any data-bases' associated with the NFL. Wiki/has him playing one year with the Redskins but dosen't mention what year.....maybe someone can share some information I haven't been able to locate.

Redskins Sign Johnson to Strengthen Ground Game (http://www.redskins.com/gen/articles/Redskins_Add_Johnson_to_Running_Backs_Corps_108358 .jsp)

The Redskins have signed free agent running back Larry Johnson, the team announced on Friday.

Johnson, 6-1 and 230 pounds, is a big, bruising back who has compiled 6,219 rushing yards and 55 touchdowns in eight seasons spent mostly with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Along the way, he earned two Pro Bowl berths and 2006 All-Pro accolades.

Johnson joins Clinton Portis, another two-time Pro Bowler, in the Redskins’ backfield.

Johnson, who grew up in Pomfret, Md., called the signing a "dream come true."

"Being from the Maryland area, [I] grew up watching the Redskins," Johnson said during a brief interview at Redskins Park on Friday. "That’s what was on the TV, the Redskins and Cowboys...There’s just so much history. I used to go to their camps--Gary Clark, Art Monk, all of those guys were there.

"It’s great to be in a city with all my family and friends and everybody I basically went to high school and college with that’s still down here. So it’s fun."

Added head coach Mike Shanahan: "We are excited to bring in a running back that has had so much success in this league. Larry is a physical runner who will be a great addition to our backfield."

Johnson, 30, played seven-and-a-half seasons with the Chiefs before he was released midseason last year. He joined the Cincinnati Bengals to close out the season.

In addition to his career rushing yards and touchdowns, Johnson has a 4.4 yards-per-carry average for his career.

As a receiver out of the backfield, he has caught 154 passes for 1,373 yards and six touchdowns.

Johnson has not been without some off-the-field issues in his career, but it’s hoped that he has put those incidents behind him as he returns to Washington.

Johnson entered the NFL as a first-round draft pick (27th overall) by the Chiefs in 2003. He played college football at Penn State.

Johnson had his two best NFL seasons in 2005-06, when he became just the third running back in NFL history to produce 1,750+ rushing yards in consecutive years.

Johnson owns the top two single-season rushing totals in Chiefs franchise history with 1,789 rushing yards in 2006 and 1,750 in 2005. His 1,789 rushing yards were a career high and his 416 rushing attempts that year marked an NFL single-season record.

In addition, Johnson has three of the top five single-game rushing marks in Chiefs history, including a 211-yard rushing performance at Houston on Nov. 20, 2005.

In 2005, Johnson rushed for 1,750 on 336 carries (5.2 yards-per-carry average) despite starting just nine games for the Chiefs.

Johnson’s father, Larry Johnson, Sr., played for the Redskins in 1974. He would later become head coach at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., and then move on to become an assistant coach at Penn State. He currently is defensive line coach for the Nittany Lions.

^ Why is he not listed on any Redskins rosters? That just sounds like a copy from Wikipedia. It's strange.

This should give Portis a lighter workload, so we won't run him into the ground. This would be such a scary backfield if they were both in their prime though.

By midseason Montario Hardesty will start for us, anyway. :)

haha yesss, i would love that move. i dont know that he will still be around when we draft in the 4th though.

haha yesss, i would love that move. i dont know that he will still be around when we draft in the 4th though.

My fear as well. However, in another thread Smootsmack is spinning the scenario where we swap #1's with Cleveland and get two of their third rounders. Montario Hardesty, here we come!

My fear as well. However, in another thread Smootsmack is spinning the scenario where we swap #1's with Cleveland and get two of their third rounders. Montario Hardesty, here we come!

For the record, that scenario is not based on anything but my own wishes

For the record, that scenario is not based on anything but my own wishes

Come on SmootSmack, you got some pull don't you? :)

My fear as well. However, in another thread Smootsmack is spinning the scenario where we swap #1's with Cleveland and get two of their third rounders. Montario Hardesty, here we come!

that would be awesome. only if wishing made it so. i am sp ready for the draft to happen already.