NFL Says Ravens Linebacker Received 'Appropriate Care' After Claiming Chiefs' Medical Team Was 'Unprofessional'

Mar. 15, 2025

Kyle Van Noy on Dec. 25, 2023.Photo:Ryan Kang/Getty

Ryan Kang/Getty

In a statement issued to theAssociated Presson Thursday, Sept. 12, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said, “It’s disappointing the NFLPA would publicize unsupported conclusions without attempting to understand the facts."

McCarthy said the league has “reviewed the case with the Chiefs' and Ravens' medical staffs” and are “comfortable he received appropriate care,” in the statement.

The 33-year-old Baltimore linebacker sustained an injury to his eye duringthe first weekof the new NFL season on Sept. 5. After the game at Arrowhead Stadium, Van Noy took to his podcast to express his disappointment with the Chiefs' staff for how they handled their opponent’s injury.

The Baltimore Ravens playing against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sept. 05, 2024.Christian Petersen/Getty

Christian Petersen/Getty

Van Noy told listeners ofMcCoy and Van Noythat he was “supposed to see an ophthalmologist” after the hit to his eye.

“When you get hurt, especially something that can be serious like mine was, you’re supposed to rely on the team’s training staff or their doctors,” he explained.

According toNBC Sports, Van Noy fractured his orbital bone during the game.

The linebacker claimed that Kansas City’s medical staff “took an entire quarter to get down to talk to me in the locker room,” calling the delay in treatment “unacceptable” on the show.

“What if I was trying to go back in the game? What if I was really, really hurt? I know mine happened to be moderate, but it still was serious because it’s an eye and your expectation of someone to be down there, as the training staff asked them to be down there, would have had a little bit more urgency,” Van Noy said, noting that the Chiefs organization has received poor feedback for their facilities and player resources in the past.

Kyle Van Noy on Oct. 08, 2023.Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty

Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty

NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell toldESPNthat the league’s Collective Bargaining Agreement requires medical attention “as soon as possible” when a player sustains an injury during the game.

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“I think this was an unfortunate situation where that did not occur,” Howell said, adding that he’s grateful Van Noy’s injury “wasn’t worse.”

“But here we are with the first game of the season; we got many more games to play. We just can’t have that,” Howell told ESPN.

source: people.com