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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Larry Johnson wants to return to K.C..... Larry, i think you got Fired.... but i could be wrong?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Larry Johnson is a Kansas City outsider now, even if he does still say "we" when he's referring to the Chiefs. He's part of the past, even if he does want to someday return and break the team's career rushing record.

Whether his release was what Johnson wanted or what he needed, that's the way it is for the 29-year-old running back. And in his first public comments since a series of Twitter posts began a career-changing mess, Johnson told a syndicated radio show Tuesday that he didn't want out of Kansas City — but that he thought it was time to move on.

"It just felt like it was just time," Johnson said on the Dan Patrick Show. "I just felt like I gave Kansas City all that I had as far as being on the field and being upbeat. It was just time."

Attempts by The Kansas City Star to reach Johnson through his agent, Peter Schaffer, were unsuccessful. Johnson wasn't claimed by another team Tuesday during the 24-hour window that NFL teams can pick up waived players. Because that window closed, the Chiefs are required to pay the remaining $2.1 million left on this year's salary. Johnson can sign a free-agent deal with another team, which could be for as little as the pro-rated league minimum, in effect giving Johnson a raise for the rest of the 2009 season.

Johnson in part blamed the Kansas City media for further spreading that Johnson is a volatile man who's not always in control of his words and actions, and he blamed a battered Chiefs offensive line, a revamped playbook and a young team for Kansas City's — and his own — struggles this season. He said he wanted to win so badly that he sometimes lost control.

"It's not anger issues. I think I have competitive issues," he said. "Sometimes that gets the best of me, and I become overly competitive. Sometimes I lose myself in that and understanding that I don't have to try to win every battle.
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