Derrick Johnson won’t be a Chief next year.
That sentence has not been true since before 2005. I had just turned 20 when DJ was drafted. I was single at the time and not attending college. In the time since Derrick Johnson was a Chief, I’ve gotten married, had five kids, completed a bunch of school junk, started a career and became a pastor (20-year-old me would’ve laughed his head off at that last part).
When DJ was drafted by the Chiefs, I had never heard of Arrowhead Pride.
Certain players stick with you more than others for reasons beyond their greatness (and DJ was, indeed, great.