Larry Johnson and the Chiefs are working on a settlement to decide the running back's future, Johnson's agent, Peter Schaffer, told The Star in an e-mail Thursday.
Asked whether that settlement would involve a separation from the team, Schaffer said: "Not necessarily."
Schaffer said Johnson's side is working on an appeal of the two-week suspension the team handed down Wednesday for detrimental conduct. Schaffer said Wednesday night that he hoped an appeal would be filed early Thursday, and it's possible that settlement talks could delay that appeal.
Johnson would lose more than $600,000 if he serves the full two-week suspension. He also could face further punishment from the league and the Chiefs when this suspension expires Nov. 9.
The Chiefs wouldn't comment on Johnson or his situation Thursday.
There is no reason for a settlement if he wasn't going to be released. What is there to settle? It's just to bad that it took him doing this to get ran. Why couldn't it have been is terrible running, and lack of ability that did it!