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| 8th August, 2007 - 6:12 pm |  NFL.com - Kansas City running back Priest Holmes has a message for holdout All-Pro Larry Johnson: If you don't want the job, I'll take it.
Holmes, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, will turn 34 in October and has been out of football since 2005 after suffering what many figured was a career-ending injury. The Chiefs are not planning on him being anything more than a situational back, if he returns to the field at all.
But he created a stir in July with his surprise return, and said this week his comeback attempt is going well as he works himself back into game shape.
"Somebody has to get the money," he said. "Hey, if L.J. wants to leave the money out there, guess I'm going to take it. If he wants to come get it, it's rightfully his to take. He's earned it. But if he chooses not to come back, well, somebody has to take it. Why won't it be me?" [READ] |
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