Quarterback Brodie Croyle will miss the Chiefs' game Sunday against the Chargers with a "deep, deep bruise" in his lower back, and veteran Damon Huard will start in his place. Croyle wasn't able to practice at all this week, Coach Herm Edwards said Friday. "He threw a little bit but just can't move," he said. Croyle will not suit up but could be ready next week, Edwards said. The second-year pro had started the last two games and is designated as Kansas City's quarterback of the future.

Quarterback Brodie Croyle missed Kansas City's practice Wednesday with a sore back, and his availability for this week's game against San Diego could be in question. Croyle, making his second start, was kicked in the back early in the Chiefs' 20-17 loss to Oakland on Sunday. He played the rest of the game but has been too sore to do much all week. "He's sore, pretty sore," said Chiefs' Coach Herm Edwards. "We'll see tomorrow where he's at, if can go. Tomorrow we'll find out. We'll wait as long as we can." A second-year pro who had a history of injuries during his college career at Alabama, Croyle was first thought not to be seriously hurt. But by Monday, Edwards said it still looked bad.

Some NFL players will donate part of their paychecks from the league's Dec. 23 games to help needy retired players. Kansas City Chiefs' lineman Kyle Turley said at a news conference to announce the plan Tuesday at Mike Ditka's restaurant that he will donate his entire $25,000 paycheck. Ditka has been vocal in publicizing the plight of former players who struggle with the effects of lingering physical problems. "We make a lot of money playing this game, and it's because of the guys that played before us," Turley said.

Kansas City Chiefs' President Carl Peterson announced on Tuesday that the club has agreed to terms of a one-year contract with veteran free agent K John Carney. As per Chiefs' policy, no other terms of the agreement were made available. ?With the results of our offense, it calls to find a very experienced and accurate field goal kicker,? Peterson commented. ?John Carney fits that description, and we?ve admired his performance over many years in the NFL.?

Pick a streak. Any streak. If it's bad, the Oakland Raiders may have just snapped it. Getting 139 yards rushing from Justin Fargas and a big defensive stop on fourth down, the Raiders handed the reeling Kansas City Chiefs a 20-17 defeat Sunday that ended three different kinds of football failure. Until those final seconds ticked away, the Raiders had lost 17 straight AFC West games. They'd dropped nine in a row to Kansas City. And, they'd also lost six straight overall.

Four-time Pro Bowl tailback Priest Holmes, who returned to the field with the Kansas City Chiefs last month following nearly two years of inactivity, has decided to leave the game and announced his retirement at a Wednesday afternoon news conference. Holmes, 34, spent the past few days counseling with family members and friends and speaking with medical experts about a re-occurrence of the neck problems that sidelined him for two years, two sources close to him told ESPN.com on Tuesday night. The decision to retire came after Holmes suffered three hits in last Sunday's game at Indianapolis that left him with some tingling in his extremities. Chiefs' team President Carl Peterson told Holmes to go home Tuesday and to take the night to sleep on his decision, ESPN.com's John Clayton reported. According to a source, it wasn't that Holmes re-injured his neck as much as he experienced a recurrence of the symptoms that led to his 18-month layoff. "After the third [hit]," a source close to Holmes told ESPN.com on Wednesday, "it was like Priest thought, 'Maybe this is God's way of telling me this is it.' [Coach) Herm Edwards asked him, when he came out after the third hit, if he could go back in, and it was like, 'Uh, let me think about this.' He kind of knew that was the message that this was it for him."

Four-time Pro Bowl tailback Priest Holmes, who returned to the field with the Chiefs last month following nearly two years of inactivity, is considering retirement after re-injuring his neck in last Sunday's loss to the Colts. Holmes, 34, has spent the past few days counseling with family members and friends and speaking with medical experts, two sources close to him told ESPN.com on Tuesday night. He is expected to reach a decision on his future shortly.

A lengthy injury list is forcing the Colts to improvise in practice. With as many as 14 players either sidelined or seeing limited work this week, the coaching staff has shuffled healthy players to new positions, practiced with limited hitting and, in some cases, without pads. Still, as the Colts prepare for Sunday's game against Kansas City, coach Tony Dungy said Friday the team has adjusted well.

The swelling in Larry Johnson's injured right foot is subsiding, though not enough for the Kansas City Chiefs' running back to play this week against the Indianapolis Colts. Johnson, who rushed for more than 1,750 yards each of the past two years, was injured in the fourth quarter of Kansas City's 33-22 loss to Green Bay in Week 9. "The swelling continues to decrease in Larry Johnson's injured right foot. He is continuing to receive rehab treatments twice a day," Chiefs' President and GM Carl Peterson said in a statement Tuesday. Peterson said Johnson will see a foot specialist on Nov. 19. "His playing status for this Sunday's game in Indianapolis has been determined as out," Peterson said.

Damon Huard is out and Brodie Croyle is in as starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs. Coach Herm Edwards said Monday the strong-armed Croyle, who came in for a shaken-up Huard against Denver on Sunday, would start at Indianapolis this week as the Chiefs try to snap a two-game losing streak and revive one of the NFL's weakest offenses.