Green returns; Dolphins beat Chiefs

Those few Kansas City fans who booed Trent Green in the first quarter Thursday were probably ready to beg him to come back in the fourth.

Green looked sharp in his first appearance in Arrowhead Stadium since insisting on a trade to Miami during the off-season. The Chiefs, on the other hand, mostly looked lifeless for the second straight week while trying to find a new quarterback and limp along without holdout running back Larry Johnson.

In the final minutes, Patrick Cobbs scored a touchdown and John Beck slipped into the end zone for the two-point conversion that led the Dolphins to an 11-10 victory and made them 2-0 in the exhibition season for the first time since 1982.

So did it seem weird, Green was asked, playing for a Chiefs opponent in the stadium where he starred for six years?

“The whole thing,” he said. “From traveling into the stadium, to going off to pregame warmups, to the game, looking across the sideline and seeing a lot of guys I spent a lot of time with the last six years. It was definitely different.”

Green, whose 87.3 passer rating is the best in Chiefs history, played the first two series and was four for seven for 41 yards. He led one smart drive that failed when Jared Allen stopped Jesse Chatman for a one-yard loss on fourth and goal from the three.

Kansas City’s rookie kicker, Justin Medlock from UCLA, missed from 37 and 42 yards before finally connecting on his third try, a 34-yarder that put the Chiefs ahead, 10-3, with 8:18 to go.

The New York Giants and Jets closed deals for $1.3 billion in financing for a stadium the NFL clubs are teaming up to build.

“This represents another step forward in the completion of this exciting project,” said Alice McGillion, a spokeswoman for New Meadowlands Stadium Corp.

Each team completed separate $650-million financing deals. CitiCorp is financing the Jets’ portion, and investment banks Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers are financing the Giants’ deal.

The teams got financing help this year when NFL owners approved $300 million in loans to help finance the stadium work. The open-air facility at the Meadowlands Sports Complex is expected to open in 2010 and seat 82,500.

The teams expect a formal groundbreaking ceremony in September. Excavation work is already being done at the site, near the existing Giants Stadium.

The New England Patriots released 11-year veteran punter Josh Miller, leaving the team with two punters in camp, neither of whom has appeared in a regular-season NFL game.

The two remaining punters in Patriots camp are Danny Baugher and former USC standout Tom Malone. Both were on the practice squad last season.