ExtremeRavens Posted September 13 Posted September 13 Ravens outside linebacker Kyle Van Noy said he’s optimistic he’ll play against the Las Vegas Raiders, 10 days after he fractured the orbital bone around his right eye in the team’s season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs. “I’m feeling really good,” Van Noy said Friday after returning to practice for the first time since his injury. “I’m feeling optimistic. I still have two days, obviously, and [I’m] just trying to do everything I can.” Van Noy is listed as questionable to play on the team’s final injury report. He added that he’ll wear a visor to protect his eye if he does play and will talk with team doctors and equipment staffers about any other necessary adjustments to his helmet. Earlier in the week, Van Noy criticized the Chiefs’ medical staff as “unprofessional” for taking too long to send a specialist to examine his injury. He laughed Friday when asked if he has more to say on the subject. “Yeah, of course I have more to say, but I’m not going to get into that,” he said. “I’m honestly all focused on the Raiders now. I obviously have a lot to say about it, but at the same time, there’s no point to continue to go back and forth. ‘You’re right or I’m right.’ I’m just focused on the Raiders and excited to potentially play.” Chiefs vice president of sports medicine and performance Rick Burkholder also addressed the situation with Kansas City reporters Friday, saying he had reached out to Ravens coach John Harbaugh to “clear the air.” “We respect the Ravens, we respect their medical staff,” Burkholder said. “I respect Kyle as a player and I’m pretty upset that he was upset. I’ve talked at length with their doctors and actually exchanged text messages with John Harbaugh to clear the air.” Burkholder said the Ravens did not initially request an ophthalmologist after Van Noy was hurt: “They didn’t at the time, they evaluated him and then when they wanted an ophthalmologist, we made the phone call up into the stands and got the ophthalmologist out of the locker room in 12 minutes.” During a Thursday visit to the Ravens’ training facility, NFL Players Association executive director Lloyd Howell said teams are required to be responsive to injuries as “quickly as possible.” “I think this was an unfortunate situation where that did not occur,” Howell said. “We just can’t have that.” NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy replied that “it’s disappointing the NFLPA would publicize unsupported conclusions without attempting to understand the facts.” McCarthy said the league reviewed Van Noy’s treatment with both teams’ medical staffs and is “comfortable he received appropriate care.” When asked how doctors have treated his injury since the Chiefs game, Van Noy said, “When you have a bone break, it’s just time, right? That’s with any bone, whether it’s a finger or anything like that. You could obviously have surgery, but just time is probably going to be the best.” View the full article Quote
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