Chiefs' Johnson still out with injury
The swelling in Larry Johnson's injured right foot is subsiding, though not enough for the Kansas City Chiefs' running back to play this week against the Indianapolis Colts.
Johnson, injured two weeks ago while being tackled from behind by Green Bay's A.J. Hawk, is scheduled to meet with a foot specialist Monday. The team is still calling the injury a mid-foot sprain despite a report last week saying he had a broken foot.
The team ruled Johnson out for Sunday's game at Indianapolis and said his condition will be evaluated each week.
Johnson rushed for more than 1,700 yards each of the previous two seasons and was starting to come around before the injury, surpassing 100 yards three times in five games after a slow start. His injury forced the Chiefs to turn to Priest Holmes, who returned three weeks ago after missing two years with a spinal cord injury.
Holmes looked good in his first full game last week, rushing for 65 yards on 20 carries in a 27-11 loss to Denver, though Chiefs coach Herm Edwards isn't ready to put the full load of Kansas City's offense on his shoulders.
"Obviously, you don't want to max him out," Edwards said Tuesday. "You don't want him to touch the ball over 30 times. That's too much. You're kidding yourself. We're not going to say all sudden you're getting 30 carries. We're just not going to do that."
That means Holmes, a three-time Pro Bowler, will likely share carries with rookie Kolby Smith, who had 2 yards on 2 carries against Denver.
Both backs have a more shifty style than the power-running Johnson, which led the Chiefs to dig a little deeper into their playbook last week.
Trainer pleads guilty: A personal trainer who claims ties to professional football players in Dallas and Atlanta pleaded guilty Tuesday in Sherman, Texas, to conspiring to distribute thousands of units of anabolic steroids. David Jacobs entered the plea as part of deal with prosecutors that remained under seal. No names came up during the hearing.
"I can't disclose any of those names," Jacobs said afterward when asked if he was involved with any Cowboys.
He said he has been instructed to make no more statements. Prosecutors declined comment Tuesday.
Jacobs told Dallas-Fort Worth television station KTVT on Monday that as part of the deal he would tell federal investigators about pro athletes who use steroids.