The Chiefs on Thursday withdrew their request for Arrowhead Stadium to host the 2015 Super Bowl, after yet another setback in plans for a rolling roof at the Truman Sports Complex. Owner Lamar Hunt said in a statemnt Arrowhead Stadium renovations would move forward without a roof to make it and the adjacent Kauffman Stadium climate-controlled, a condition for hosting the Super Bowl. "We tried our very best," Hunt said, "but found that the combination of a lack of consensus from the various political interests, the business community and the Royals, as well as the need for promptness on the beginning of construction at Arrowhead would not permit us to pursue the rolling roof at this time."

Priest Holmes continues to make progress and Herm Edwards still has him in his plans. If the season started today though, Holmes would be unable to play. ?At this time of year, there are a lot of people who call about players,? Edwards said. ?We call about players. That?s what you do during the offseason. At this point he?s not here, we haven?t brought him in here, and we haven?t talked about him collectively as a group with the powers that be. ?I think he?s a good player, but we?ve got good players here. I think sometimes we lose sight of the players that we have here. I?m going to coach the players that we have here. Let?s get the players here to play up to their potential and play at a consistent level where we can be a playoff team.?

The Kansas City Chiefs released 10-year veteran safety Jerome Woods. A Pro Bowl selection in 2004 after recovering from a severe leg injury, Woods played little last season and his future with the Chiefs seemed shaky after two safeties were taken in last month's draft. His 720 career tackles rank seventh in team history. Taken as the 28th overall choice in 1996, Woods played in 128 games. He had 15 interceptions, returning two for touchdowns. He had a career-best four interceptions in 1997, when the Chiefs led the NFL in scoring defense with 14.5 points a game.

Ty Law was at the barbershop last week when he talked to Chiefs coach Herm Edwards, and their conversation, as always, went on and on. It was just like last summer, when Edwards was with the Jets and Law was an out-of-work Pro Bowl cornerback. They?d talk once a week, until finally Law said he was ready to come to New York and Edwards said, ?Come on in.? ?We?ve had a relationship for a long, long time,? Edwards said. ?That?s why we probably got him to come to New York last year because of our relationship. ?We?ll talk again. He?ll call me or I?ll call him this week. ? If things work out, it would be great.?

Larry Johnson made the Pro Bowl last season, but remains far from content. "No, I'm never happy," the running back said Thursday. "When I feel like I'm successful in my own right, I will never be happy with anything, period. I haven't started one full season yet. I haven't gotten this team to a Super Bowl. As far as my career, it's still starting off late, I feel. So I can't overall be happy about where I'm at right now, 'cause like I said, I feel like I'm still playing catch-up."

Head coach Herman Edwards told The Kansas City Star on Wednesday that Priest Holmes will not be with the team when it begins offseason practices in two weeks because he has not been medically cleared. "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."