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Thanks Again, Priest Holmes

Leitch — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:30:01 EST

It's a sad day, folks: It looks like Priest Holmes is going to retire. Obviously, the brief snapshots of Priest Holmes we've seen this season haven't even remotely resembled the Priest Holmes fantasy wunderkind we once knew, but that doesn't mean we didn't enjoy them immensely. It was just nice to see him again.

Holmes' comeback didn't amount to much, not for us anyway, but it wasn't really for us: It was for Priest. In this way, he got his One Last Game. It's difficult not to admire that. For one more time, he was allowed to run out and start as an NFL running back. Few people have the opportunity once, and hardly ever twice. More power to him; it sure beats showing up on Pros vs. Joes, which he'll surely be doing next year.

Priest Holmes Got His One More Game [Dave's Football Blog]

Hey, Priest? It's probably best you be quiet...

Leitch — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:32:00 EDT

Hey, Priest? It's probably best you be quiet for a bit. [Arrowhead Pride]

You Cannot Destroy Priest Holmes

Leitch — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:40:00 EDT

Of all the possible ways for a retired athlete to deal with the crushing blow of realizing that the only skill he's ever possessed is suddenly beyond his grasp, we supposed an "ill-fated comeback attempt" is above "winning 'Dancing With The Stars'" ... but just barely.

That said, it'll be pretty cool to see Priest Holmes back in a football uniform; we want to draft him first in our next fantasy draft just out of habit. Though we're not so sure we'll actually see him in that uniform; even Chiefs coach Herman Edwards sounds skeptical. We appreciate that Chiefs fans are holding out hope, though.

As I and others have repeatedly mentioned before on this site, we would most certainly welcome a healthy Priest Holmes back into the Chiefs' fold. The guy is inevitably a ghost of his record breaking 2003 self. But I imagine that if he is healthy, Priest still has a few 40+ yard screen pass TDs and probably a thousand more yards in his system.

Yep, no matter what, definitely beats dancing on national television.

When Priest Holmes Comes Back for the Kansas City Chiefs... [Arrowhead Pride]

Happy Trails, Holmes

Leitch — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 13:35:00 EST

In very sad news, Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes is out for the season and, according to several sources, could end up retiring. (A Chiefs spokesperson denies the retirement rumors.)

Whether Holmes is retiring or just going to miss the season, it's clear he'll never be the same again, and that makes us all wistful. He's a notoriously nice and hard-working guy, and, in our favorite Priest Holmes moment ever, he once apologized to fantasy football owners who drafted him when he was too injured to play on his official Web site. We always loved that. Good luck, Priest.

Chiefs Spokesperson Denies Retirement Rumors [KC Star]
Is The Priest Retiring? [Show Me Your Blog]
PriestHolmes.com [Official Site]