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Herman Edwards said Wednesday that Holmes will not be in Kansas City when off-season practice starts in two weeks because he hasn't been medically cleared. Holmes has been seeing a spinal specialist, Robert Watkins, after getting the worst of a helmet-to-helmet collision with Shawne Merriman at midseason in San Diego. "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.
Reported by the Kansas City Star
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Holmes hasn't been taking part in the team's off-season conditioning program, but that's not unusual. In most years, he's done his conditioning at home in Texas. But he was in mini-camp last year after his 2004 season ended with a knee injury. Asked whether Holmes' absence should be interpreted as a sign he may not come back, Edwards said: "Until you hear it from Priest Holmes that he's not going to play, in my mind, he's playing. ..."
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