Ambulance shows up at Arrowhead practice
The Chiefs apparently had a player taken away from the practice field by ambulance after the media members watching the opening portion of the workout were escorted from the field Monday.
An ambulance arrived at the practice facility in the latter stages of the workout. Coach Todd Haley didn’t confirm the Chiefs had an incident at practice other than to indicate something might have happened to one of the team’s injured players.
“There’s nobody I know of right now,” Haley said when asked about the issue after practice. “The guys out there practicing practiced hard. I didn’t see anything occur where … We’re fighting through some things with some guys you’ve been aware of.”
Tackle Ryan O’Callaghan, defensive end Alex Magee and linebacker Cameron Sheffield are the three players on the active roster who were conditioning rather than practicing during the media access portion of practice. O’Callaghan and Magee were spotted in the locker room after practice.
The Chiefs don’t have to file with the league an injury report for Monday night’s game against San Diego at Arrowhead Stadium until later in the week.
Wide receiver Jerheme Urban, who was placed on the injured-reserve list over the weekend, walked through the locker room after practice wearing a hefty brace that would indicate a broken hand or wrist. Urban is out for the season.
•Haley selected captains for each of the preseason games and opted for the seven draft picks before the final exhibition game last week against Green Bay. Sheffield, a fifth-round draft pick, didn’t suit up for the game but joined the other rookies for the coin toss at midfield before the game.
“I’ve had a different purpose for everybody I had out there,” Haley said. “The purpose for that particular group was … ‘We need you now. We don’t need you next week or next year.’ That was my point to them and to the team, that this is what’s happening and step it up, everybody. It gave them a chance to kind of smell that area of leadership.”