Forced To Forfeit? KC Chiefs ‘Helmets, Shoulder Pads Footballs’ Mistakenly Sent To NJ Ahead Of Sunday NE Game

NEWARK, NJ. (THECOUNT) — An equipment container containing the Kansas City Chiefs‘ shoulder pads, helmets and footballs, accidentally made its way to Newark, New Jersey – And is now is being rushed back to Boston in time for Sunday’s 4:30 p.m. ET kickoff between Kansas City and the New England Patriots, per league sources.

It was roughly 35 players’ bags, according to ESPN.

Kansas City is responsible, not the Patriots or the league. The Chiefs did not take the equipment off the plane.

“I never heard that before” said one source.

The Chiefs’ left-behind equipment is expected to arrive between 3 and 3:30 p.m. ET, in time for Sunday’s kickoff. It the Chiefs didn’t have the equipment by the the time the game started they would have to forfeit, per a source.

How much it impacts certain players that could be missing helmets or shoulder pads in warm-ups is uncertain. But the Chiefs now are doing what they can to rectify the situation.

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