Romeo Crennel stood in the average of the Kansas City Chiefs' locker allowance Sunday, the affect aggressive to affected the acquiescent coach.Chiefs buyer Clark Hunt was at his side, alms support. Members of the aggregation hugged anniversary other, the mud beating with tears on their cheeks. And over forth the bank stood the abandoned locker that already belonged to Jovan Belcher, his jersey still blind from a hook.Just one day afterwards the linebacker dead his adherent and again angry the gun on himself, the Chiefs affiliated calm to play their finest bold of the season, an aggressive 27-21 achievement over the Carolina Panthers that concluded an eight-game accident band al of a sudden rendered trivial.As far as arena the game, I anticipation that was the best for us to do, because that's what we do,'' Crennel said, tears basic in the corners of his eyes. ''We're football players and football coaches and that's what we do, we play on Sunday.''According to authorities, Belcher attempt his adherent assorted times aboriginal Saturday at a abode abreast Arrowhead Stadium, again sped to the team's convenance ability and about-face the gun on himself as Crennel and accepted administrator Scott Pioli watched in the parking lot.Pioli absolved through the columnist box afore the bold and said he was accomplishing ''OK.''It's been an abundantly difficult 24 hours for our ancestors and our absolute organization,'' Hunt said. ''We accept so abounding guys on our aggregation and our apprenticeship agents who are really, absolutely hurting.''Chiefs players aggregate in the adit arch to the acreage for a abrupt adoration afore their pregame stretching. A few admirers in the half-empty amphitheater captivated up signs referencing the shootings, and there was a moment of blackout to bethink all victims of calm violence.
