[vincesanity82]

Scout.com is reporting that the Packers have offered a first-round pick and a fourth-round pick to the Chiefs for running back Larry Johnson.

If true, the report is a stunner. Packers G.M. Ted Thompson doesn't like to pay big money to strangers to the team, and it's going to take really big money to keep Johnson beyond 2007, the last year of his rookie deal.

And if an offer that big has been made to the Chiefs for Johnson's rights, the Packers surely have reached a tentative agreement with Johnson's agent on a long-term deal. Otherwise, the Packers would be picking up Johnson for only one season before having to either use the franchise tag or let him walk away.

[MJHMarc]

I don't see this deal having potential.

KC won't just let LJ go, like they did to Daunte Hall.

[Lefty Noob]

I believe it. K.C. for whatever reason desperately wants draft picks. The Packers have a need at running back, and LJ's a proven commodity unlike any of they rookies they could land. A first and a fourth is very little to give up when you think about what they'd be getting in return, but it'd be a far better deal than what the Chiefs got for Hall. Guess we'll see what happens.