Holmes reveals true colors

[The_Philster]

The first dividend of the impending sports-talk radio war transpired Wednesday on Kevin Kietzman's "Between the Lines" show. Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes chatted in studio for an hour and unwittingly revealed quite a bit about himself.

Holme$ just might be Carl Peterson's equal when it comes to willingness to do anything to win a contract negotiation.

Wrapping himself in his new charity endeavor, "Team Priest," and talk of starting a Kansas City Chiefs football dynasty, Prie$t announced that he would sit out the Sept. 7 season opener if Peterson didn't give him a fat signing bonus and a new contract or extension....
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[Cntrygal]

pathetic.

[LtBillsFan66]

Wow. He wants as much money as he can get. Surprising...

[The_Philster]

Don't expect to ever see the Holmes we used to know

By Jason Whitlock
Please, God, let me be wrong, but my gut feeling is that we'll never see the real Priest Holmes on the football field again. Not the Priest Holmes who was one part Walter Payton, one part O.J. Simpson, one part Emmitt Smith and an occasional dash of Barry Sanders.

That Priest Holmes disappeared near the Denver Broncos goal line, dragged to the ground from behind, failed by an overworked and tired hip.

I didn't have the courage to write this the other day, in the hours after Priest broke his silence with the local media and talked about his injury and contract status....

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