Does EA even watch NFL in early 2000s? Priest Holmes is a powerback
whhh?? power backs live on contact. Priest Holmes best plays he never got touched lol
All I know is his jumping should be 99 and he should be able to jump over the D-line for a touchdown... Front the 10 yard line haha
He was a balanced back not a power back he was on my fantasy teams back in the day so I watched him a lot and he was not Earl Cambell or Jerome Bettis.
They also put Julio Jones....the best route runner since Jerry Rice as a physical WR. They're nerds and/or diversity hires who never watched a football game in their life
Quit the franchise. You'll be better for it.
A lot of players seem to have an odd choice of archetypes this year. Like WTF is Devin Hester doing with a route runner archetype?
Those Chiefs teams from 2001-2006 scored 148 rushing TDs. Think about that. Holmes had 76 himself from 2001-2005 (didn't play in 06), which is hall of fame level for that timeframe, but LJ and the other backs on the team during that span also had 72.
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He scored ALL of his TDs running away from guys to the corner of the end zone. He was absolutely NOT a power back. True balanced back along Edg James and Faulk.
I mean, he was like 210 lbs, so I don't know if I would call him a straight up power back. He had great vision, great patience following the blocks of that incredible offensive line, and terrific balance. He also had very good receiving skills, though he didn't split out wide like Marshall Faulk did. I would call him "shifty" more than anything else. He was also money on the goalline, and one of the best screen backs I've ever seen.
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They should know Holmes was a power-back/china doll. He might of thought he was a power back… injuries tell another tale.
No way Holmes was a power back. C'mon.
Idk if Holmes was much of a power back, but clay Mathews wasn’t a run stopper
When I think of powerbacks I think of runners like Derrick Henry, Jerome Betis, Earl Campbell, Adrian Peteson, Jamal Anderson, Chistian Okoye, Beastmode, etc . . type of runners who LOOKS for contact (usually initiates it). I know EA has Nick Chubb as a powerback, but he is the current NFL player that is kind of similar in running style to Priest Holmes, just a bigger version. If you see them run, their initial instinct is to make the first defender miss, both halfbacks have great vision to run inside and enough speed to run outside equally.
i remember him as an elusive runner and no one touching him as he got into the endzone repeatedly. Having said that i didn't watch many KC games back then.
I recall Holmes being a combo of speed and power. I wouldn't put him in the elusive category....not that he couldn't be....but I'd lean more towards power over elusiveness.
I swear whoever comes with the stats is a Gen Z. Don't know crap about old players. Why they gave him only 77 trucking