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This was my first thought too. Too bad my WW is closed for the offseason. At the end of last season, guys were grabbing Ricky Williams, Chris Brown, Domanick Williams (nee Davis) and rolling the dice. Priest actually crossed my mind but I thought "no way". Certainly would make for some good trade discussions now if I had rostered him. I think I'll pick up Barry Sanders at the end of this season...
WAY to early to tell.......ask in 4 weeks
I don't think he makes the team. Just my guess.
Rhonda Moss, who originally broke this story last night, says her contacts in the Chief organization are all saying Priest will be the 3rd down back. Who knows, though, if LJ holds out?
I trust 610 Sports and Ms. Moss as much as I trust a used car salesman.
Meh, maybe she's been wrong in the past, but she certainly got it right that Priest would report to practice. She was the first to report this last night.
No. And it's not a ploy to get LJ into camp either. I don't know what Priest can do but he's got more pride than to be used like that. He's also an intensely private person who would not go thru this if he did not feel like he had a chance to contribute. Nor would he risk injury to his neck if he was not serious. He's in camp to play football, just don't know what he has left. Even if he's suffered little to no drop off in his skill level he won't be running behind a great line anymore, something which impacts him more than LJ since Priest was one of the better runners in finding the open hole.Any chance HBO is kicking a little side money to Priest in order to generate an intriguing story on the upcoming 'Hard Knocks'?
Garrison Hearst.
I just hope in 6 months Im saying, "boy I stole him off the waiver wire for a kicker"i wish him the best, i just hope that in 6 months we're all not saying to ourselves "What was he thinking??"
Priest is under contract to play for the Kansas City Chiefs. If medically cleared, he would be playing regardless of who else was here.When you agree on a contract and you have the means to fulfill that contract, anything outside of doing just THAt would be wrong.What do you want CLark Hunt and Carl Peterson to tell him? "Don't come back so we don't anger Larry?"
(Rotoworld) Kansas City Star writer Jason Whitlock believes the return of Priest Holmes is simply a negotiating ploy on the part of GM Carl Peterson.Impact: Whitlock says Priest's return will force Larry Johnson's hand in contract negotiations and points to the fact that Holmes' personal trainer says he hasn't been working out. Priest is due to report to Chiefs camp on Saturday.
What I want them to do is NOT call Priest and say "hey, can you help us out here? Johnson has us by the shorties"It just seems awfully coincidental that LJ threatens a holdout and suddenly out of the blue Priest Holmes is cured and ready to party like it's 1999.
This tells me all that I need to know.
If you would read the written word in the KC Star article and the Chiefs press release, it says explicitly that Priest CALLED THEM!
suuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrre he did.If I were the Chiefs brass / Priest H., that's the story I'd stick to as well.
I wish him the best as well. I just hope he doesn't go so far as to endure training camp and exhibition game contact, and end up paralyzed. If I'm remembering correctly, he had a condition with his spinal column that made it vulnerable to getting pinched at any time. And he already lost all the feeling in his limbs or body once, for a short period of time after a play, wasn't he?i wish him the best, i just hope that in 6 months we're all not saying to ourselves "What was he thinking??"
Kevin, what do you hear about KC RB Derrick Ross who was the 2007 NFL Europe Co-MVP for the Cologne Centurions?http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2007/06/21/rb..._of_nfl_europa/
Wouldn't a call to someone like Corey Dillon be a more effective move for the Chiefs brass, if this is their strategy?
Corey might actually want some real money to be part of the dog and pony show.
I hear ya... I'm in a 1 keeper (12 team) league as well ...had Priest, now LJ... but also have Maroney, Bush and Wesbrook (1pt. PPR). I just have a hard time imagining Priest as being able to come back in force enough to first effect LJ's decision and second to carry much of a load this year. I suppose however, if I am wrong, that is another concern about keeping LJ, if Priest does miraculously get fit quick, spells LJ a good bit and steels some easy TD's. Holmes knows how to sniff out the goaline.
