Fox Sports is reporting that Larry Johnson injured foot looks completely healed.
From all appearances, L.J. is back.
“It felt good to come out here and still be able to come out and run,” Johnson said after the 90-minute practice on Tuesday. “Body-wise, I’m 100 percent.”
It’s taken a long time for the rough-and-tumble running back to say that. After rushing for more than 1,750 yards in 2005 and 2006, he missed most of training camp in a contract dispute and never regained his stride. But he’d scored two touchdowns on Oct. 4 when a Green Bay linebacker jumped onto his back and rode him to the Arrowhead Stadium turf late in the fourth quarter.
Start moving LJ up your draft board. He has a lot of miles on his odometer, but he’s only 28 and he missed half of the season with the injury, which means his legs should be relatively fresh heading into the season. I can only think of five guys that I’m sure I’d take over LJ if my draft were today – LaDainian Tomlinson, Joseph Addai, Adrian Peterson, Steven Jackson and Brian Westbrook. There are three other candidates – Frank Gore, Marion Barber and Clinton Portis – but a strong preseason might push Johnson ahead of them.
