I would call this good news from Kansas City Chiefs LB Derrick Johnson ...

Derrick Johnson said he’s still on track for a training camp return. — Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) April 17, 2017

... It also seems a little aggressive. We’ll see. DJ was hurt in December so a training camp return would mean a roughly nine month recovery. Even if he does come back for camp, they might take it easy on him. Nothing says the 34-year old Pro Bowl linebacker has to be a full-go.

The age combined with the Achilles has me, for the first time, wondering if DJ can be the same guy. I thought I saw a small decline last year. I don’t know how he’s going to respond to this. There’s a chance, if we’re optimistic, that he comes back the same DJ he was before. If that’s the case and Allen Bailey and Jaye Howard return, the Chiefs run defense woes could be behind them.

There’s also the chance that DJ doesn’t come back the same guy. That they’re in the same hole they were last year without him. Ramik Wilson did a nice job stepping up las tyear but when I try to imagine the Chiefs deep playoff run it’s with a healthy DJ.