The evaluation of his medical condition is still ongoing. Right now, we're in just a holding pattern there and he is, too. |
The NFL office has approved the compensation if or when we come to an (contract) agreement with Herm. |
The other suggestion was to play in Kansas City at noon Sunday, ... We don't expect any hurricanes here. That was considered, but the league made its decision. It creates some real problems for us with travel, and with trying to squeeze a Thursday, Friday and Saturday practice all into Thursday. But we have to do what the league orders us to do. |
The police were there and they were very pleased to have Trent there, and the incident is over with. |
There are some similarities to what the Packers are going through and what we did, |
There are special people in your life that you meet along the way. You can see they're going places. |
There was one guy out there with a football after a Saturday walk-through and it was Priest, ... He's practicing scoring a touchdown, catching the football, turning and running to the pylon in slow motion. The next game he catches a pass, runs to the pylon and I say to myself, 'I've seen this play before.' |
There were other times when people tried to count him out and then he shocked and surprised everybody, so it's too early to say. I would just say right now, if he had to start the football season, he couldn't because the doctors have not cleared him for contact. But we don't have to start right now. We'll see where we are in June or July. |
There were some people here at the game that I missed. I didn't see him in my booth. I'm going to send him a note and tell him I wish he'd come up and said hello. |
This decision was made based on the advice of our medical staff and two expert outside medical consultants, |
This decision was made based on the advice of our medical staff and two expert outside medical consultants. The consensus was that Priest should cease to have physical contact for a minimum of 30 days and will then be re-evaluated. |
This will be a super bonanza for people who wish to work and those who wish to learn and improve their skill sets. If people wish to have upward mobility and to achieve a higher standard of living through a greater income, this is your opportunity to be prepared for the occasion when it presents itself. |
We do not talk about (retirement), ... We'll talk about that at the conclusion of the season. But I have to prepare that he will not be here. This is the end of his contract. He was at one point very definitive about it. But now is not the time to talk about it. . . . He's focused and I'm focused on this football team right now. |
We don't think this represents the conclusion to Mike's NFL career. By releasing him at this time we give him the opportunity to return to the Chiefs in the future if he can get himself ready to play. |
We fully expect that Larry Johnson will once again perform admirably in place of Priest, much like he did at the end of last season. Priest will continue to attend meetings and conduct his rehabilitation here in Kansas City. We fully anticipate that despite his absence on the field, Priest will continue to contribute to the success of Larry and our other running backs, as well as our entire football team. These are never easy decisions, but we believe this is the correct one for Priest at this time. |