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Priest Holmes may not play Sunday

I'm surprised Larry Johnson can't take the number 2 running back spot from Blalock. I know its only 1 year out, but if he can't even climb up the depth charts, thats a first round bust. To think he was in the same draft class as Dommink Davis.
 
If we can keep the mistakes to a minimum we truely have a shot this weekend.



Well if you keep mistakes to a minimum you have a shot every weekend but we need this one :boxing:
 
jacquescas said:
I'm surprised Larry Johnson can't take the number 2 running back spot from Blalock. I know its only 1 year out, but if he can't even climb up the depth charts, thats a first round bust. To think he was in the same draft class as Dommink Davis.
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To think alot of us, including me, wanted to pick him. idonno:
 
This is pretty much one of those games I think the Chiefs will think they should win and so I'm guessing if there is a 1% chance Priest can play that he will.
 
With the way this Texans' team has been playing overall....my little girl could be in the back field taking over Holmes's spot and the Chiefs would win...

Texans had better go in there and take advantage of their weakness. They should have exploited last week and they didn't do it........last week there were definitely no excuses for another 2 fumbles game for Domanick and it happened again. Let it stop already!!! :wacko:
 
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't "ankle sprains" one of those injuries that most players can play with? Don't they just tape them up strong, give them a shot of painkiller or whatever and have them go at it?

I know for a RB it might be really hard if your ankle is hurt though.

I guess with the NFL injury rules you have to report a hangnail these days too.
 
Priest is likely to play. Vermeil said that the injury is not as bad as first thought.
 
Reddevil63 said:
If we can keep the mistakes to a minimum we truely have a shot this weekend.



Well if you keep mistakes to a minimum you have a shot every weekend but we need this one :boxing:
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I am with you Reddevil. If we move the ball like we have the past two games and don't make those stupid mistakes, we will beat KC.
 
WWJD said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't "ankle sprains" one of those injuries that most players can play with? Don't they just tape them up strong, give them a shot of painkiller or whatever and have them go at it?

I know for a RB it might be really hard if your ankle is hurt though.

I guess with the NFL injury rules you have to report a hangnail these days too.
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Ankle sprains are tricky because they can be of varying severity. Deuce McCallister (sp?) of New Orleans is expected to miss up to 4 weeks with a sprained ankle. Then there is the dreaded high ankle sprain that one of the Browns suffered against Dallas, and I think he's expect to miss most of the season.

I still think Priest will start because he's a key to their offense when it's clicking.
 
jacquescas said:
I'm surprised Larry Johnson can't take the number 2 running back spot from Blalock. I know its only 1 year out, but if he can't even climb up the depth charts, thats a first round bust. To think he was in the same draft class as Dommink Davis.
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He cant climb the depth chart because the Chiefs never really wanted him in the first place. Remember that the only reason they drafted him was so they could have insurance at the beginning of last season because Holmes was going to hold out until he got a big money deal....

I would love to see him get some playing time and carries against us.....

And I wouldnt call him a bust just yet because he has only 20 carries in his career (with a 4.3 yards per carry averege)
 
I'm really dumb about injuries. I've never heard of a high ankle sprain. Sounds very painful though!
 
Larry is a great player and a wonderful person. I really hope he gets his shot to prove to the rest of the world what hes proved to me
 
Vinny said:
Priest is likely to play. Vermeil said that the injury is not as bad as first thought.
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They have him listed as questionable. I wouldn't trust anything that Vermeil says--he denied the injury had anything to do with Holmes coming out of the game as well. Doesn't mean he won't play, just wouldn't trust Vermeil.
 
Priest will play. The Chiefs, like us, see this as a must win game. Nobody wants to be 0-3. Unless his foots in a cast, he'll be suited up and ready for Sunday.
 
Fiddy said:
He cant climb the depth chart because the Chiefs never really wanted him in the first place. Remember that the only reason they drafted him was so they could have insurance at the beginning of last season because Holmes was going to hold out until he got a big money deal....
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Also I believe Holmes was coming off that hip injury, and the Chiefs were concerned about how he would perform and his durability thereafter.

WWJD said:
I've never heard of a high ankle sprain. Sounds very painful though!
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Yeah I couldn't tell you much about it either, but it seems to be a nagging type of injury like the 'Turf Toe' that Walker suffered from last season.
 
There also was no good news on the status of running back Priest Holmes, who has led the NFL the past three years with 4,590 yards rushing, 6,566 total yards from scrimmage and 61 touchdowns. Holmes came out of Sunday's 28-17 loss to Carolina with about eight minutes left, and doctors said Monday he had an ankle sprain.

Without him, the Chiefs' already-struggling offense could be devastated. Holmes hurt his hip in the 14th game of the 2002 season and the Chiefs totaled only 97 yards rushing in their next two games.

``What it amounts to is how long it takes for the ankle to feel comfortable and go back to work on,'' Vermeil said. ``It's not a severe sprain. I think we have to list him at questionable.''

Even more pessimistic is the report on Eddie Kennison, the Chiefs' best receiver. He hurt his hamstring on a fly pattern Sunday, further weakening a position that's already been hurt by the loss of Marc Boerigter and versatile rookie Kris Wilson.

``He's our fastest receiver,'' Vermeil said. ``You take him out, it doesn't help you in any way. But I still have a degree of optimism he might be able to go.''
 
I hope Priest Holmes does play. At least we will have some sort of an excuse for losing if he plays. :twocents:
 
If he doesn't play, the Chiefs might as well not show up...well, their defense never shows up anyhow...
 
Against the team that has been out on the field the past two weeks, even the Priestless Chiefs have a chance until we can turn it around.
 
If we can't turn it around against the Chiefs, without Holmes, with their crappy defense, their lack of WR's, and crappy play from their QB, we might as well start thinking about next year...
 
bckey said:
I hope Priest Holmes does play. At least we will have some sort of an excuse for losing if he plays. :twocents:
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HAHA...The Way Our D Has Been Playing, We Could Make Blaylock Look Like Priest Anyways, So It Doesn't Really Matter Who Starts... :thumbdown
 
HAHA...The Way Our D Has Been Playing, We Could Make Blaylock Look Like Priest Anyways, So It Doesn't Really Matter Who Starts...
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Our defense is 11th in the league in total yards allowed...the offense is giving it up in or near the red zone too much...
 
Imagine if the O was getting it into the end zone and the opposing team had to go the whole length of the field...
 
texan279 said:
Our defense is 11th in the league in total yards allowed. . .
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....we are also 31st in scoring defense and scoring defense is the only one that matters...
 
....we are also 31st in scoring defense and scoring defense is the only one that matters...
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You can't exactly blame the defense entirely when the offense gives up the ball so much on the other end of the field...
 
texan279 said:
You can't exactly blame the defense entirely when the offense gives up the ball so much on the other end of the field...
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Good point, but the defense has to force turnovers. They have only one take away...
 
its been 2 games, still too soon to analyze the statistics from the young season.

But our defense has not lost the game for us, both games were lost because of turnovers.
 
Good point, but the defense has to force turnovers. They have only one take away...
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But if the defense only has say 30-40 yards to try and force a turnover after a Houston turnover, it is less likely going to happen than say if the defense has 70-80 yards to try and force a turnover after a Houston kickoff after a Houston TD or FG...Like I have said before, I am not saying the defense has been perfect, but our offense is making it really hard on our defense...
 
We couldn't beat an average team on the road last week, and we couldn't beat a bad team at home the week before that. I'm not sure Holmes' absence is enough for our trip to KC--but I wouldn't care a bit if it helped us get a W.

If KC's smart, they rest his injury this week anyway, because for them it's a home game against a (currently) bad team.
 
Chiefs | Holmes Unlikely to Play - from www.KFFL.com
Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:07:17 -0700

Adam Teicher, of the Kansas City Star, reports Kansas City Chiefs RB Priest Holmes (ankle) did not practice Wednesday, Sept. 22, and is unlikely to play in Week 3 against the Houston Texans.
 
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