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Backfield time share: more and more teams are enjoying the health and benefits of dual ownership at running back.(NFL)
The Chiefs didn't dally in the new wrinkle in their offense this season. Took all of 60 seconds. After Priest Holmes ran 5 yards around right end and 35 yards up the middle on the first two plays of the opener against the Jets, he came out and Larry Johnson came in. On the next play, Johnson swept left end for a 35-yard touchdown.
The plan had been for Holmes to play the first two series and Johnson to enter the game on the third possession. After the game, offensive coordinator Al Saunders asked Holmes why he left the field after only two plays. "I just wanted to get Larry involved in the game real early," Holmes said. "But if I had known it was going to be a ...
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