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Holmes ends two-season absence

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes appeared on the practice field for the first time in two years Wednesday.

Chiefs Coach Herm Edwards said there was a chance Holmes could play Sunday in Oakland.

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"He's got fresh legs and he was bouncing around good," Edwards said. "He was excited about practicing, there is no doubt about it."

Holmes missed the latter portion of the 2005 season and all of 2006 with a hip injury that required surgery. He is contracted to play for the Chiefs through the 2009 season.

"It's just a matter of how his body feels after the next few days," Edwards said. "It's like people that ski, I would assume. When the skiing season is over and you go back to skiing you are pretty sore the first day. Sometimes, on the second day, you really don't want to go skiing again. He'll practice again tomorrow and we'll see how he feels. That's the key."

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