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Injuries put cloud over Chiefs win
Brian Waters' hurt right knee is one of many knocks suffered
By Tully Corcoran
The Capital-Journal
ST. LOUIS -- Herm Edwards was still glowing from the Chiefs 31-17 win at St. Louis, but that's just because he hadn't gone into the locker room to assess the casualties.
"Once I walk in the locker room," he said, "I won't enjoy it anymore."
Here's the list: Greg Wesley (shoulder, MRI to come), Derrick Johnson (ankle, left on crutches), Keyaron Fox (cramps), Tamba Hali (hip, "We'll see where he's at.") and, maybe biggest of all, guard Brian Waters, whose right leg a Rams player rolled onto, injuring Waters' knee.
"We lost one of our big dogs on the offensive line," Tony Gonzalez said.
Waters left the field on a cart with a heavy air cast wrapping his leg. The severity of his knee injury is unknown.
"When it happened, I felt like it was bad," said Waters, who later said once he got back to the locker room, he didn't think the injury was serious.
Already shuffling players on the offensive line, Chris Bober replaced Waters at guard while Kyle Turley, who opened the year starting at left tackle, manned the right spot Sunday. That is, unless John Welbourn was in the game, playing for the first time since last season after serving a six-game suspension for violating the NFL's drug policy.
Welbourn gave up two sacks to Leonard Little, one from the right side, one from the left, but otherwise the Chiefs offensive line appeared to have one of its best days. No one else allowed a sack and Larry Johnson averaged 6.4 yards per carry.
"We had all kinds of guys rotating through there and they all did a great job," quarterback Damon Huard said.
The Chiefs offense operated effectively without Waters. The defense did not fare as well Sunday, allowing 452 yards.
In Derrick Johnson and Hali, Kansas City lost its No. 1 tackler and the two players who entered the game tied for the team sacks lead at 3.5 (Jared Allen passed them Sunday with two sacks for a total of five).
The injury situation got so bad by the fourth quarter that Rich Scanlon, who had been inactive for weeks, was playing outside linebacker in place of Fox, and two rookies -- Jarrad Page and Bernard Pollard -- were playing safety when the Rams were making their final drive, which the Chiefs stopped on fourth down.
"We held it together out there," linebacker Kawika Mitchell said. "We just had to adjust to it. We made the plays when we had to."
None of the Chiefs injured Sunday re-entered the game. Their status for next week at Miami is unknown.
http://cjonline.com/stories/110606/chi_injuries.shtml
Brian Waters' hurt right knee is one of many knocks suffered
By Tully Corcoran
The Capital-Journal
ST. LOUIS -- Herm Edwards was still glowing from the Chiefs 31-17 win at St. Louis, but that's just because he hadn't gone into the locker room to assess the casualties.
"Once I walk in the locker room," he said, "I won't enjoy it anymore."
Here's the list: Greg Wesley (shoulder, MRI to come), Derrick Johnson (ankle, left on crutches), Keyaron Fox (cramps), Tamba Hali (hip, "We'll see where he's at.") and, maybe biggest of all, guard Brian Waters, whose right leg a Rams player rolled onto, injuring Waters' knee.
"We lost one of our big dogs on the offensive line," Tony Gonzalez said.
Waters left the field on a cart with a heavy air cast wrapping his leg. The severity of his knee injury is unknown.
"When it happened, I felt like it was bad," said Waters, who later said once he got back to the locker room, he didn't think the injury was serious.
Already shuffling players on the offensive line, Chris Bober replaced Waters at guard while Kyle Turley, who opened the year starting at left tackle, manned the right spot Sunday. That is, unless John Welbourn was in the game, playing for the first time since last season after serving a six-game suspension for violating the NFL's drug policy.
Welbourn gave up two sacks to Leonard Little, one from the right side, one from the left, but otherwise the Chiefs offensive line appeared to have one of its best days. No one else allowed a sack and Larry Johnson averaged 6.4 yards per carry.
"We had all kinds of guys rotating through there and they all did a great job," quarterback Damon Huard said.
The Chiefs offense operated effectively without Waters. The defense did not fare as well Sunday, allowing 452 yards.
In Derrick Johnson and Hali, Kansas City lost its No. 1 tackler and the two players who entered the game tied for the team sacks lead at 3.5 (Jared Allen passed them Sunday with two sacks for a total of five).
The injury situation got so bad by the fourth quarter that Rich Scanlon, who had been inactive for weeks, was playing outside linebacker in place of Fox, and two rookies -- Jarrad Page and Bernard Pollard -- were playing safety when the Rams were making their final drive, which the Chiefs stopped on fourth down.
"We held it together out there," linebacker Kawika Mitchell said. "We just had to adjust to it. We made the plays when we had to."
None of the Chiefs injured Sunday re-entered the game. Their status for next week at Miami is unknown.
http://cjonline.com/stories/110606/chi_injuries.shtml