Playing cornerback in the Kansas City Chiefs jersey from 1966 to 1978, Emmitt Thomas returned to Kansas more than 20 years after he retired from the Chiefs. His new job with the team is defensive backs coach.
He is going to work with Bernie Parmalee, who was signed by the Chiefs to be tight ends coach, and Otis Smith, who was added as head of defensive quality control.
As a five-time Pro Bowler, Thomas was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008. He was among the Kansas City Super Bowl teams in the late 1960s and set a franchise record of 58 interceptions, which is still the team’s all-time record.
Since retirement, Thomas has become an experienced coaching staff. He worked for the Atlanta Falcons as an assistant coach for the last eight years, being the team’s interim head coach for the final three games in 2007. Before the job with Falcons, he also used to work as defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles.
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Larry Johnson signed with Bengals
As it was guessed yesterday, running back Larry Johnson signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as a backup, an insurance policy in case of injury, as described by Bengals Coach Marvin Lewis yesterday.
It seemed that the running back would have his career up-and-running soon after being released by the Kansas City Chiefs for using some gay slur. Lewis has said that it was possible for Larry to ply in some form this Sunday in Bengals’ game against the Oakland Raiders if starter Cedric Benson is still limited by a strained hip.
Even already knowing that he would be only listed as fourth on the depth chart to start, Johnson still decided to put on the Bengals jersey, perhaps because he was expecting to play against the team released him despite his on-field performance, as the Bengals will play against the Chiefs on Dec. 27 at Paul Brown Stadium.
It seemed that the running back would have his career up-and-running soon after being released by the Kansas City Chiefs for using some gay slur. Lewis has said that it was possible for Larry to ply in some form this Sunday in Bengals’ game against the Oakland Raiders if starter Cedric Benson is still limited by a strained hip.
Even already knowing that he would be only listed as fourth on the depth chart to start, Johnson still decided to put on the Bengals jersey, perhaps because he was expecting to play against the team released him despite his on-field performance, as the Bengals will play against the Chiefs on Dec. 27 at Paul Brown Stadium.
Friday, October 30, 2009
A gay slur will likely bring Chiefs RB Johnson more troubles
For using a gay slur on his Twitter account and repeating it to reporters the next day, the Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson has already received a two-week suspension, but that seems far from the ending of troubles.
Johnson’s agent, Peter Schaffer, said there had been no progress in discussions with the team over the future of the suspended running back. Schaffer said after the announcement of suspension on Wednesday that he had spoken with the players’ union and would appeal.
The two-time Pro Bowler needs only 75 yards to break Kansas City’s career rushing record but he is in danger of losing his job for violating some contract provisions. Being suspended for one week will cost him more than $600,000, but if his agent’s talk with the team does not go well, he will be losing more- he is at the moment still an official player wearing Chiefs jersey, however, it is very unsure whether he will continue to be in near futur.
Johnson’s agent, Peter Schaffer, said there had been no progress in discussions with the team over the future of the suspended running back. Schaffer said after the announcement of suspension on Wednesday that he had spoken with the players’ union and would appeal.
The two-time Pro Bowler needs only 75 yards to break Kansas City’s career rushing record but he is in danger of losing his job for violating some contract provisions. Being suspended for one week will cost him more than $600,000, but if his agent’s talk with the team does not go well, he will be losing more- he is at the moment still an official player wearing Chiefs jersey, however, it is very unsure whether he will continue to be in near futur.
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