Tribal Warfare
09-10-2011, 01:43 AM
Chiefs notes | Muir ready to make the play calls (http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/09/3132195/chiefs-notes-muir-ready-to-make.html)
Offensive coordinator Bill Muir spoke Friday for the first time about his role as the team’s offensive play-caller, a new trick for him.
“You see all this gray hair?” Muir, 68, said after the team’s morning practice at Arrowhead Stadium. “I’m done being nervous.”
Muir, who was Tampa Bay’s coordinator when the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl after the 2002 season, deferred play-calling duties then to head coach Jon Gruden. He said Friday that he had suspected he would be the choice of Chiefs coach Todd Haley to call plays.
“There was an ongoing process,” Muir said. “It’s really not a big deal one way or another. I was prepared to do it. … Do I think I’m qualified to do it? Yes. I’ve been coaching in the National Football League for 34 years. I don’t think calling plays is going to be something I’m not up for.”
Tribute for Sept. 11
The NFL has relaxed its normally rigid uniform policy and will allow players to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles said on his Twitter account that he plans to wear Reebok-issued gloves and cleats to honor the day.
Charles posted a picture online that showed an all-red bottom surface around the cleats beneath a white shoe with large blue stripes wrapped around it and white stars along the heel. The back of the glove is all red, with the words, “Never forget,” circled around the date, Sept. 11, 2001. The palm of the glove is blue, with white stars.
“I never forget,” Charles tweeted.
•Four A-10 Thunderbolt planes will fly over Arrowhead at noon Sunday to commemorate the anniversary.
The planes, from the Air Force Reserve’s 442nd Fighter Wing, will take off from Whiteman Air Force Base, near Knob Noster, Mo., in time for the flyover.
Injury report
Several more Chiefs players joined the injury report Friday, including offensive tackle Jared Gaither’s return to the sideline. Gaither didn’t practice, and he wore a wrapping on his left leg. He was listed as questionable for Sunday’s game because of a knee injury.
Wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin (thumb) missed practice for the third consecutive day and is out for Sunday. Quarterback Matt Cassel (rib) and wide receiver Steve Breaston (hamstring) are probable.
For Buffalo, linebacker Arthur Moats (knee) is out. Nose tackle Torrell Troup (lower back) and wide receiver Marcus Easley (illness) are questionable.
Offensive coordinator Bill Muir spoke Friday for the first time about his role as the team’s offensive play-caller, a new trick for him.
“You see all this gray hair?” Muir, 68, said after the team’s morning practice at Arrowhead Stadium. “I’m done being nervous.”
Muir, who was Tampa Bay’s coordinator when the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl after the 2002 season, deferred play-calling duties then to head coach Jon Gruden. He said Friday that he had suspected he would be the choice of Chiefs coach Todd Haley to call plays.
“There was an ongoing process,” Muir said. “It’s really not a big deal one way or another. I was prepared to do it. … Do I think I’m qualified to do it? Yes. I’ve been coaching in the National Football League for 34 years. I don’t think calling plays is going to be something I’m not up for.”
Tribute for Sept. 11
The NFL has relaxed its normally rigid uniform policy and will allow players to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles said on his Twitter account that he plans to wear Reebok-issued gloves and cleats to honor the day.
Charles posted a picture online that showed an all-red bottom surface around the cleats beneath a white shoe with large blue stripes wrapped around it and white stars along the heel. The back of the glove is all red, with the words, “Never forget,” circled around the date, Sept. 11, 2001. The palm of the glove is blue, with white stars.
“I never forget,” Charles tweeted.
•Four A-10 Thunderbolt planes will fly over Arrowhead at noon Sunday to commemorate the anniversary.
The planes, from the Air Force Reserve’s 442nd Fighter Wing, will take off from Whiteman Air Force Base, near Knob Noster, Mo., in time for the flyover.
Injury report
Several more Chiefs players joined the injury report Friday, including offensive tackle Jared Gaither’s return to the sideline. Gaither didn’t practice, and he wore a wrapping on his left leg. He was listed as questionable for Sunday’s game because of a knee injury.
Wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin (thumb) missed practice for the third consecutive day and is out for Sunday. Quarterback Matt Cassel (rib) and wide receiver Steve Breaston (hamstring) are probable.
For Buffalo, linebacker Arthur Moats (knee) is out. Nose tackle Torrell Troup (lower back) and wide receiver Marcus Easley (illness) are questionable.