Chief. Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/10268502(July 25, 2007) -- Unpredictable stories go to training camp along with players. But none can be any more unlikely than this: While Michael Vick will not be at training camp, it now looks as if Priest Holmes will.Chiefs players are now telling each other that, after nearly two full years away from football to nurse a spinal injury, the 33-year-old Holmes has been given medical clearance to play and he is planning to participate in this summer's training camp.Running backs Michael Bennett and Larry Johnson, to name two players, are aware of Holmes' plans. Holmes' agent, Todd France, declined comment.There also are other strong signs pointing to a Holmes comeback. With camp kicking off Friday, Holmes still has yet to inform anyone in the Chiefs organization that he plans to retire. The feeling within the organization now is that he will attempt to resume his career.If he does, he would be on the field Friday, while the embattled Vick is not."Priest is counting on our roster right now as an active player," one Chiefs official said recently.Nor does it seem as if it will change anytime soon. Holmes' return, if it indeed happens as now is expected, makes sense on a number of levels. For starters, Holmes is a player that has been counted out his entire career. Many, once again, thought he would be unable to return from his neck injury.But Holmes repeatedly has defied odds throughout his career, whether it was going from an undrafted free agent to a Pro Bowl running back, or coming back from other injuries that others thought he might not be able to overcome.Holmes also never filed retirement papers; nor does he have any plans to do so any time. Holmes has been feeling better, good enough to attempt what many thought to be an unlikely comeback.And if Holmes returns, it also provides the Chiefs with an additional dose of leverage in their contract disagreement with Johnson, who has one year remaining on his current deal.Johnson and the Chiefs are at least $14 million apart in guaranteed money, and the total might even be as high as $17 million. Each side appears to be entrenched in its stance, and Johnson intends to skip camp until he has a new contract.With Holmes healthy and on the field, the Chiefs would have, if nothing else, a slightly higher degree of security at the running back position. They still would not know whether Holmes would be able to make it to and through the season, but they would have a back that has produced like few others in NFL history.It all creates an intriguing storyline, one few expected. In a year when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's two biggest issues have been dogfighting and "making it rain" -- and who could have predicted that -- there now is another unlikely storyline shaping up in Kansas City.Training camp is on Holmes' radar; it is not on Vick's.Pretty interesting in regards to how the running game could change and how Larry Johnson's contract is resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 They have to force the Mike Vick story into every damn thing...All I can say about this is good luck to Priest Holmes. I hope he's healthy enough to resume his career. He was a hell of a player before the injuries. However, I don't think LJ is any danger of losing his starting job. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 They have to force the Mike Vick story into every damn thing...Of course. Just like every story about Bush includes the war, every story about Bill Clinton includes fat girls with cigars in their vaginas, and every story about Pee Wee Herman includes him working it in a porno theater. It's hard to get mainstream media off script. Right now, football is about Michael Vick, baseball about Barry Bonds, the NBA about bad refs, MLS about David Beckham, etc. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 fat girls...vaginas...working it in a porno...Mmmm. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez Street Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 This goes one of two ways......If this info is from the Chiefs: It's a message to Larry Johnson to end his holdout for more money. Albeit a lame message. Larry knows his spot in is no danger.If this infor is from Priest Holmes: It's to justify the team to continue to pay him. @DavidStreeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmat Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I pray he makes it. I only come around here once in a while to annoy you people, and by people I mean you mutha :censored:as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 He makes it...but the Chiefs' now sub-par line gets him killed by week 4, if not during the preseason. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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