Trent Green Gets Creamed, Carted Off

As if things weren't going bad enough for the Kansas City Chiefs, Trent Green took a vicious hit from Bengals defensive lineman Robert Geathers on a five yard scramble. On the second-and-two play Green got the first down, but he ended up with a concussion for his troubles. The game was delayed 11 minutes while the Kansas City quarterback was put on a gurney and taken off the field. There was no flag on the play, and even though it was tough to watch the replay without feeling a little queasy, it didn't look dirty. Chiefs fans might disagree, however.

With the retirement of tackle Willie Roaf and the absence of running back Priest Holmes, Kansas City had questions about their offense coming into this game. While the team struggled to move the ball, the defense didn't do much either. Bengals running back Rudi Johnson busted off a 22-yarder and Kenny Watson added an 8-yarder to give Cincinnati a 17-3 halftime lead and quarterback Carson Palmer continued to impress after a serious knee injury just eight months ago.

Damon Huard took over for Green and managed to throw a touchdown pass to tight end Tony Gonzalez late in the fourth quarter, in an otherwise quiet offensive performance.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 20)

9-10-2006 @ 4:21PM

kevin Richmond said...

there should been a flag,,,, trents feet was in a slide,,,, and you dont hit a quaterback when sliding,, but i loved the fake punt,,gg guys

9-10-2006 @ 4:18PM

Sheryl said...

Feel better, Trent! We need you!
Chiefs fan since '69..

9-10-2006 @ 5:01PM

David Wallace said...

I agree there should have been a flag thrown because green feet was in a slide. where is the protection quaterbacks should get from plays like that. if the NFL commish don't do some thing about that then quaterbacks better BULK UP!!!!!!!

9-10-2006 @ 5:13PM

Daniel Clark Jr said...

Anytime a quarterback goes into a feet first slide he should be ruled down by ground contact. The hit Trent had taken was not necessary and should have resulted in a penalty. The NFL should should review these type of situations and come up with a permanent ruling for the future. If not you might have careers of quarterbacks cut short with defensive players getting bigger and faster.

9-10-2006 @ 6:12PM

josh said...

It was a major fault of the chiefs offensive linemen to allow him to get hurt like that, that's the real deal

9-10-2006 @ 5:48PM

VIC METOYER said...

GREAT HIT. DEFENSIVE MAN WAS COMMITTED AT THE TIME OF SLIDE, I BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP.

9-10-2006 @ 6:11PM

mike said...

FLAG?????!!!!?!?!?!?
Its football!!!!!!
there are violent colisions every play and if you dont like that dont watch and as for quarterbacks.... man up! this is a great game.

9-10-2006 @ 6:15PM

paul wortman said...

the guy was blocked into him.... THATS why the was no flag....

9-10-2006 @ 6:13PM

Joshua Olivero said...

9-10-2006 @ 6:14PM

carolyn hobbs said...

He had already been sacked 3 times, this was his second time running, who is in charge of this offensive line. Did Trent make you guys mad or what???

9-10-2006 @ 6:17PM

owbaki said...

Its OK. Green WILL come back and take control and do nothing but WIN......

mopauly@aol.com said...

the guy was blocked into him.... THATS why the was no flag...

9-10-2006 @ 6:31PM

Jim T said...

While he's sliding, he's advancing the ball. It is the defense's duty to stop the advance. The tackler was coming up to make the tackle and had committed himself (just watched it again). The only applicable penalty is unnecessary roughness. I think it was necessary, but parties can disagree. What I don't wantis the NFL's Monday-morning, weak, after-the-fact, fine because someone got hurt.

9-10-2006 @ 6:39PM

JOHN said...

The guy didn't even try to pull up even though Green was in a foor first slide. The rules are clear...

9-10-2006 @ 7:31PM

Matt said...

That's the game, you know we dealt with the lose of Palmer here in the playoffs. It is part of the game, stuff happens and you cant change that. Granted I hate to see any player get hurt, but. Now if T.O. got hurt I wouldn't care! He may be the only one that I would have no feeling for.