Kansas City Chiefs players woke up Sunday morning ready for their afternoon matchup against the New England Patriots. Some of the team’s gear, however, was nowhere to be seen.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, an equipment container that held some of the Chiefs’ shoulder pads, helmets and footballs was not unloaded on Saturday and instead accidentally made its way to Newark, N.J. The Chiefs did not take the equipment off the plane, Schefter notes, and the mix-up is Kansas City’s responsibility.
“I never heard that before,” Schefter quoted a source as saying.
The equipment is now being rushed back to Boston in time for the team’s 4:30 p.