 Re: Holmes to skip Chiefs' minicamp
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - New Kansas City Chiefs coach Herman Edwards is counting Priest Holmes in for next season, despite counting him out for minicamp.
Edwards told The Kansas City Star on Wednesday that the Chiefs' three-time Pro Bowl running back will not be with the team when it begins offseason practices in two weeks because he has not been medically cleared.
Holmes, 32, has been recovering from a helmet-to-helmet collision with the Chargers' Shawne Merriman during a midseason game in San Diego. He has been seeing a spinal specialist, Robert Watkins, and has been working out at his home in San Antonio during the offseason.
"I told him, ''Hey, when you get cleared, when you get ready in your mind to get back here, you need to be back here,"' Edwards said. "So there's no pressure on him by our people, by us, at all."
Holmes has remained mum about his chances to return next season. He was put on injured reserve in November and has been undergoing a battery of neurological tests and evaluations since.
Holmes is an awesome back....but at 32 with multiple injuires...is he risking a lot coming back?...Should he be hanging it up?  | 
05-08-2006, 08:00 PM
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