Baltimore Ravens linebacker Kyle Van Noy criticized the Kansas City Chiefs’ medical team for their slow response to his eye injury during the teams’ season opener last week.
Van Noy hurt his right eye in the third quarter on Thursday night and said he was “disappointed” with how long it took for the Chiefs’ doctors to come to the locker room after he left the field.
“When you get hurt, especially with something as serious as my injury, you’re supposed to depend on the team’s training staff or doctors, and I was supposed to see an ophthalmologist,” Van Noy said Tuesday on his podcast with retired defensive tackle Gerald McCoy.
“It took them an entire quarter to come down and talk to me in the locker room, which to me is unacceptable because then you start thinking, ‘What if I was trying to go back in the game?
What if I was really, really hurt? I know mine was moderate, but it was still serious because it’s an eye, and you expect the training staff to have more urgency.’”
A Chiefs spokesperson said the team had no comment on Van Noy’s remarks, which also mentioned the organization received a poor grade for its training staff on NFLPA report cards.
“I understand why Kansas City players gave that training room an ‘F’ because based on my experience, I probably would have given them an ‘F,’ too,” Van Noy said. “As a player, you expect professionalism and support in times of need, and I felt like I didn’t get that.”
In July, just before training camp, Chiefs president Mark Donovan was asked about the “F” grades from players.
