The appropriate response is to accept Larry Johnson&#8217;s apology and wish him well in recovery.</p><p>We don&#8217;t need to express our disapproval of his poor behavior, throw away his jersey or pray that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell hands Larry a season-long ban. There&#8217;s no reason to spend time publicly speculating on when he&#8217;ll screw up next.</p><p>We have nothing to lose by taking Johnson&#8217;s apology at face value.</p><p>I believe him. He&#8217;s disgusted with himself, humiliated, remorseful and at a loss to define exactly who he is and what makes him happy.</p><p>We&#8217;ve all been there at some point. We&#8217;ve all had to take stock of ourselves and work to eliminate the behaviors that limit our emotional, intellectual and physical evolution.</p><p>I struggle with my diet. You might struggle with alcohol or honesty or fidelity or drugs. We all symbolically stand in front of a mirror and pledge to do better. Our intentions are sincere. Our execution is unpredictable.</p><p>Larry Johnson, among other things, seems to have a problem interacting with women without losing his temper or participating in a dispute with them. That&#8217;s a very serious problem, one that if left uncontrolled could lead to some serious trouble.</p><p>What I heard from Johnson on Wednesday was a grasp of the seriousness of his situation. I didn&#8217;t hear an athlete groveling for leniency from the commissioner. I didn&#8217;t hear an athlete begging to save face with a fan base. It didn&#8217;t sound like a jailhouse conversion.</p><p>I heard someone who finally realizes that he&#8217;s the problem, not the coaches, his teammates, the women at nightclubs or the elite liberal media who have it in for hockey moms and Penn State running backs.</p><p>Johnson said he&#8217;ll accept whatever punishment/suspension Goodell views proper.</p><p>Four games would be about right. Larry needs the time off. You can&#8217;t confront the kind of issues he outlined on Wednesday while preparing to play an NFL game 10 to 12 hours a day.</p><p>&#8220;I anticipate seeking help to get better as far as getting my life on track,&#8221; Johnson said, &#8220;and knowing what I want out of this life, not necessarily football.&#8221;</p><p>The problem for the Chiefs is Larry just might discover football isn&#8217;t all that important. In a non-negative way, I&#8217;ve always doubted Larry&#8217;s love of the game. The guys who love the game of football and never want to give it up are generally the guys who aren&#8217;t smart enough to think of doing anything else, the guys whose entire identities and self-confidence are built around being football players.</p><p>Larry plays football because he&#8217;s good at it, because his father is a coach and because it turned into a means to make a lot of money.</p><p>Once he proved he was one of the best and received a big contract, football lost its purpose.</p><p><strong>QB quandary: </strong>You cannot develop an offense with Tyler Thigpen, Ingle Martin and Quinn Gray playing quarterback. That quarterback trio also makes it very difficult to develop a defense, too.</p><p>The season-ending injuries to Brodie Croyle and Damon Huard pretty much signal that Kansas City&#8217;s rebuilding effort comes to a complete halt for the remainder of the season.</p><p>It&#8217;s done. This entire season is a waste.</p><p>The Chiefs can&#8217;t develop Dwayne Bowe or any of their other young receivers. You have to have a legitimate quarterback to develop timing among your receivers. Opponents will stack the line of scrimmage and further strangle KC&#8217;s running game.</p><p>Thigpen, Martin and Gray also cannot provide KC&#8217;s defense legitimate competition as scout-team quarterbacks. Kansas City has two rookie cornerbacks. They won&#8217;t get tested in practice.</p><p>I&#8217;ve campaigned for years that some wise NFL team should sign Jeff George. If nothing else, he could be a good third-string/scout team quarterback. He can still wing the football. He can give your secondary a strong test during practice.</p><p>I&#8217;m not saying the Chiefs should sign Jeff George. A QB playing in Kansas City this season is risking his health and life.