It's obvious now after Thursday night's game that my predictions aren't going to be 100 percent.

You have to admit my B.J. Sams/Dantrell Savage prediction looked good when Savage fumbled the opening kickoff. It looked even better when Sams returned a punt 34 yards. And I still believe I would have been right on this had Sams not been injured.

I wouldn't have had the Chiefs keeping rookie linebacker LeRue Rumph if I had known Rumph was going to piledrive that poor Rams running back helmet-first into the ground. The last thing the Chiefs need is an undisciplined rookie.

Nick Novak will be the Chiefs kicker when they open the regular season Sept. 7 at New England.

The Chiefs informed Novak today and told rookie Connor Barth that they would be placing him on waivers, ending the camp-long battle between the two players.

Both kickers made 86 percent of their field goals during training camp and were two of three in the preseason.

The Chiefs apparently decided to go with the more experienced Novak, who has kicked in 16 NFL games, making 65 percent of his field goals for Washington and Arizona.

The Chiefs announced the ticket sales at 65,686. Actual attendance was far less.

But plenty of hardy souls are still here, well into the third quarter and currently sitting through a driving rainstorm.

One of the Chiefs' doctors, Joe Waeckerle, was injured when a player collided with him along the sideline after the play had gone out of bounds.

Medical personnel tended to Waeckerle along the sideline for minutes as play continued. He eventually was taken from the field on a cart.

The Chiefs said Waeckerle had a compound fracture of his ankle.

Quarterback Trent Green had a quick night's work for the St. Louis Rams in Thursday night's preseason game against the Chiefs.

Three plays.

After two runs by Antonio Pittman, Green attempted his only pass of the night, and he threw it behind Pittman, who was coming out of the backfield.

Josh Brown made a 35-yard field goal, and the night was over for Green, the former Chiefs quarterback who is now Marc Bulger's backup in St. Louis.

Though he wasn't listed by the Chiefs, Tony Gonzalez also didn't dress for the game.

Larry Johnson is suited up, but didn't start and probably won't play.

Dantrell Savage might have killed his chance to make the roster. He fumbled the opening kickoff tonight and the Rams recovered.

He was replaced on the next kickoff return by B.J. Sams, who returned 30 yards.

Savage stepped out of bounds on the Chiefs' 2 after fielding a kickoff last week in Miami.

The Chiefs announced moments ago that tonight's game will kick off at 7:05 p.m., as another storm is expected to roll through.

Players will return to the field around 6:45, and the teams hope to begin the game shortly after the top of the hour.

The Chiefs will not start tonight's game on time. The thunderstorm sweeping through eastern Kansas City has forced kickoff to be delayed by at least 15 minutes and probably longer.

Chiefs public relations director Bob Moore said the delay might be upward of 45 minutes. As of the announcement, a storm is centered directly over Arrowhead Stadium and reaches as far west as Overland Park.

The Chiefs have entered into an agreement with a marketing company to help the team sell naming rights to Arrowhead Stadium. Such a move would be the first time the 36-year-old stadium would have an alternate name.

The Chiefs are aligned with the company IMG, which would help pursue a sponsor to help offset some of the team's $375 million renovation expenses.

No timeline has been announced in which the stadium would take on another name.