"Romeo Crennel might look brilliant now for installing Kyle Orton as the Chiefs quarterback last week, but the truth can now be told. Crennel was more than a little nervous that Orton's starting debut with the team might not go as well as hoped.

"To be totally honest, yes," said Crennel, the Chiefs' interim head coach. "He had a finger (injury), hadn't practiced a whole lot. He was new to the team, new to the system. The thing I knew about him is that he's a pro quarterback and played in games in the NFL before and has a good arm."