suffered in the Chiefs’ eighth game. Since then, he has never managed to regain the form he showed in 2005 or even 2006. He managed to rebound somewhat in 2008, with 193 carries for 874 yards and five rushing touchdowns, but more advanced statistical measures suggest that even then he was one of the league’s most ineffective running backs. The Chiefs eventually cut him mid-season in 2009, when he was averaging less than 3.0 yards per carry and decided his coach’s lack of NFL experience was to blame for his struggles.

Unless he suddenly resumes running the way he did two years ago, Chris Johnson may be hard-pressed to even find Larry’s late-career success. Larry, after all, was a much bigger back, listed at 235 pounds who could bull
573 F.3d 711 (2009)
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Michael YOUNG, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 07-10541.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted November 18, 2008.
Filed July 14, 2009.
*713 Allison Marston-Danner, Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.
Elizabeth M. Falk, Assistant Federal Public Defender, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellee.
Before ALFRED T. GOODWIN, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge GOODWIN; Dissent by Judge IKUTA.

OPINION
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
The Government appeals the district court's suppression of evidence, including a firearm, from Michael Young's hotel room, as fruit of a warrantless search and seizure. After realizing Young had accidentally been given a key to another hotel guest's room, the hotel staff entered Young's room, during his absence from the room, to search for belongings reported missing. The staff