Priest Holmes Offers Larry Johnson Some Friendly Advice

Thank God Priest Holmes is such a team player. Otherwise, we'd never be exposed to his nuggets of wisdom, surely voiced through the media to make us all better people. It's no secret that Larry Johnson is living the Curse of 370 through the first five weeks of the NFL season. Luckily, Holmes is happy to tell us why:

Nobody wanted to come out and say Larry Johnson isn't running well. Nobody, that is, except Priest Holmes.

"I talk to Larry about being more creative," Holmes said. "I think that's something he needs to work on. When the other team is putting everything to trying to stop you, you can't get frustrated. That's the worst thing you can do. You have to study them and find their weaknesses, and exploit those. There are no excuses. You have to find a way to get yards. And when you get your opening, you have to hit the home run."

Harmless enough, those words, but anybody else think they're kinda ... I don't know, pretentious? You mean as an NFL running back you have to exploit the other teams' weaknesses and find a way to get yards? Riveting.

The Kansas City Star's Joe Posnanski thinks LJ would be wise to read Holmes' words everyday because "that one paragraph is the essence of what made Priest Holmes a great football player." Of course, Posnanski ripped Johnson a new one last week, so maybe he'll try anything to motivate the two-time 1,700-yard rusher.

Jason Whitlock, I'm guessing, would have fewer nice things to say about Holmes. Still, I take Posnanski's point: in 2001, Holmes rushed for 1,500 yards behind a suspect offensive line; now, LJ is pouting about his poor start. Holmes was undrafted and never felt like he was owed anything; LJ was a first-round pick and former head coach Dick Vermeil suggested he "take the diapers off." Whichever side of the debate you fall, there's one constant: Kansas City is in for a long, long season.