Priest Holmes - NFL Deep Dive

[ChiefsFanatic]

So, since Priest is going to be banging the drum this weekend, I thought I would share this video from my phone.

I think if Darrell Williams scores a rushing TD on Sunday, he is should honor Holmes by doing the Priest Slide into the end zone.

https://youtu.be/ufKojy1du6g

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[Halfcan]

PH should be in the HOF. Best of his era.

[ChiefsFan123456]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

PH should be in the HOF. Best of his era.

I do not know if he has the stats to make it in the Hall of Fame but I will say that it is bullshit Terrell Davis got in mainly because of his Superbowl wins

[Holladay]

Nice post.

Always loved watching him play.

Amazing.

They should show that video to the HOF committee.

[Bowser]

1) It's easy to forget how good Priest was. We basically took him and that offense for granted back then for how they kept us in games and covered up how awful those defenses were

B) Carl Peterson was a goddamned ego maniac and an asshole

[threebag]

Priest Freaking Holmes, a true Chiefs Legend. He was so fun to watch play.

[Raiderhater]

That was a fun [re]watch. Priest will always be one of my all time favorite Chiefs.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Raiderhader

That was a fun [re]watch. Priest will always be one of my all time favorite Chiefs.

It was cool, but also depressing. All that talent and they still didn't win a goddamn thing.

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by Frazod

It was cool, but also depressing. All that talent and they still didn't win a goddamn thing.

Yeah, while watching it I was just trying to focus on his individual achievements and block out the rest of it. I would have bet the house we were SB bound in 2003 (thankfully I didn't have a house to bet). And the video left out Priest's only fumble of the season in that playoff loss. It was (is) hard to be mad at him when he put up a historic season with only the one fumble. But that one and only fumble came at the worst possible time.

Ultimately though - ****ing _efense. There was absolutely no reason he, nor the rest of the offense should have had to have been the epitome of perfection. One. ****ing. Stop.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Raiderhader

Yeah, while watching it I was just trying to focus on his individual achievements and block out the rest of it. I would have bet the house we were SB bound in 2003 (thankfully I didn't have a house to bet). And the video left out Priest's only fumble of the season in that playoff loss. It was (is) hard to be mad at him when he put up a historic season with only the one fumble. But that one and only fumble came at the worst possible time.

Ultimately though - ****ing _efense. There was absolutely no reason he, nor the rest of the offense should have had to have been the epitome of perfection. One. ****ing. Stop.

I think if we'd faced anybody else in the playoffs that year but those hellspawn Colts we'd have advanced. They were the only team capable of going punch for punch with us.

[JohnnyV13]

1. Priest was great, but holy crap that line was insane. Look at T Rich getting out in front way down the field. How many times did Holmes have multiple blockers in front? He was a master at setting up and using those blocks, but he did have a lot of help.

2. The Chiefs early '00s offense was a testament to front office success in free agency and trades. They assembled a roster of guys other teams moved on from and turned them into an all-time great offense. Trent Green and Willie Roaf came in trades. T Rich was an undrafted rookie FA. Veteran FAs were Priest Holmes, Jonnie Morton, and Casey Weigmann. Eddie Kennison and Brian Waters were waived by other teams. The only draft picks were, Tony G., Will Shields, and John Tait

3. The plan was to draft a defense to go with the offense. The strategy was fine. D players tend to develop faster than on offense, and a young, fast, physical defense flying around should have been enough with that offense The problem was execution.

4. Peterson's failure came down to two huge draft blunders: Ryan Sims instead of John Henderson in 2002 and Larry Johnson instead of Troy Polamalu in 2003.

[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by Frazod

I think if we'd faced anybody else in the playoffs that year but those hellspawn Colts we'd have advanced. They were the only team capable of going punch for punch with us.

They always refer to that as the No Punt Game, but we actually forged a punt, but were called for a 5 yard penalty (5 yards I think, but either way) to give them the 1st down.

When Hall broke free on that kick return for a TD, Arrowhead was louder than I have ever heard it. I was in the lower bowl, about the 45 yard line, about 13 rows up, and I could feel the concrete shaking.

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[CoMoChief]

Priest was fantastic. I remember when FFL really started to blow up during that time, and I was living in CoMo with a bunch of Chiefs/Rams fans. It was always fun fighting over who was gonna draft Priest and Faulk.

[Pointer19]

I was kinda upset when my grandma bought me a PH jersey that draped like a dress when I was so young.. now I'm thankful since I can still wear it!

[Romeo64]

Thanks for the video.
That brought back a lot of great memories.
Priest "freaking" Holmes!