Chiefs notebook: Croyle healthy but ‘rusty’

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Croyle healthy but ‘rusty’

Chiefs coach Herm Edwards said quarterback Brodie Croyle has healed from his separated right shoulder, but he still has timing issues the team hopes to correct before Croyle resumes his place as starter next week against Tennessee.

“He’s just rusty,” Edwards said. “That’s what’s good about the bye week. (The Chiefs) have three more practices.”

Croyle returned to practice last week and has taken first-team snaps this week. Edwards said Croyle’s arm has looked strong but his timing is off.

Croyle missed the last four games after injuring his shoulder in the season opener against New England.

Mistaken identity

Chiefs rookie cornerback Brandon Flowers said that for months he’s been mistaken for a man linked with last year’s shooting of former Denver Broncos wide receiver Darrent Williams.

A different Brandon Flowers was in the limousine with Williams last year when Williams was fatally shot after a New Year’s Eve party in January 2007.

Investigators on Wednesday indicted 25-year-old Willie D. Clark in connection with Williams’ shooting.

The Chiefs’ Flowers, the team’s second-round pick in this year’s draft, said he’s used to being mistakenly linked, but that doesn’t make it any easier.

“I just got a lot of phone calls,” Flowers said. “That kind of incident, you know, having it end the way it did and having my name pop up in it like that, it just makes you think.”

Injuries

Punter Dustin Colquitt was sore Thursday and did not practice, Edwards said.

Linebacker Donnie Edwards (ankle) also didn’t practice.

| Kent Babb, kbabb@kcstar.com

Posted on Thu, Oct. 09, 2008 10:15 PM

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