Courtesy Blogbeat.com

Close your eyes for a moment and picture the Kansas City Chiefs in a football game. The Chiefs are on offense, and quarterback Brody Croyle (who?) is about to take the snap.

Croyle takes the football, turns very deliberately toward the backfield and hands to none other than Priest Holmes.

Wait a minute, I meant Larry Johnson, right?

Wrong. The rumor that former star tailback Holmes could return is now looking like a fact.

Holmes, who suffered a spinal injury that knocked him off the football field indefinitely back in October of 2005, has been cleared by doctors to take part in training camp.

With Johnson's potential holdout, this could be a huge break for Kansas City. If Holmes can live up to his old form, Johnson may not even be missed.

Holmes is one of the NFL's real good guys, too, so this couldn't have happened to a better person.