31 January 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — Former Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Trent Green weighed in on the team’s upcoming trip to Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII coming up in just under two weeks.
The veteran quarterback said there’s not much advice he can give to his generational successor Patrick Mahomes, saying, obviously, he has it pretty well figured out.
On Tuesday he was among some of the team’s biggest fans at the Ronald McDonald House in Kansas City, where the team’s performance this week really buoyed the spirits of families there going through rough times.
That feeling of hope is so important at the housing, where families can stay while their young loved ones receive care. That’s not to say there isn’t some stress related to football during and anticipating the playoffs, but Green said it really looks like everything’s under control.
Out of the pocket and into the play kitchen, Green played with Rowan and Xavier Smith at the Ronald McDonald House as their very new brother, Isaiah, spent time in the NICU at Children’s Mercy Hospital of Kansas City.
“Yeah, he’s actually more alert now that his feeding are going very well,” Megan Glynn, their mom, said.
Glynn said Isaiah was born five weeks early after a crash on an icy road.
“And there was like a deer on the right side of the road, so I started slowing down even more. And the deer just like popped out from the highway, and I clipped the side of it,” Glynn said. “I don’t know if I was in pain or if my mind was just freaking out and making me think I was in pain.”
There were no injuries, but the moment allowed doctors to detect a fading fetal heartbeat.
“At first, I was terrified of losing my child, and then they saved his life. Got him out,” dad Zach Smith said. “This is one of those miracles that came into our life in a form that we didn’t even know it was going to come.”
“Honesty, I think the deer was a sign from god saying, ‘You need to go to the hospital,'” Glynn said.
The meeting with Green celebrates Isaiah’s progress, with Green helping draw a comparison, saying rough starts can blossom with support.
Just look at the Chiefs.
“Did it all go smooth? No,” Green said.
“It starts out with the opening loss against Detroit, which I think took everybody and shocked everybody a little bit. Chris Jones wasn’t signed. He was in the stands watching that game,” Green said.
“Then, all of a sudden, the drops are an issue. Then all of a sudden, Nick Bolton gets hurt,” Green said. “Then all of a sudden, when the post-season happens, here you’ve got a team loaded with experience. And I think all those lessons they learned during the course of the season have paid off in the play-offs.”