Kansas City, Mo. ? It was a sight to gladden the heart of every player and coach in Kansas City.

There was Trent Green out there on the practice field. The Pro Bowl quarterback who underwent surgery Aug. 30 to put a stent in an artery in his lower-left leg seemed almost 100 percent.

Although he missed all but a few plays of the final two exhibition games, everyone said he looked every bit like a quarterback who will be ready for Sunday’s season opener.

“It’s always nice to see Trent out there,” Pro Bowl guard Brian Waters said. “He’s our leader. He’s the guy who makes this thing work.”

Green said later in a radio interview that modern medicine “is pretty unbelievable.”

“It’s been a pretty rapid recovery,” he said. “They’re still limiting me a little bit. But everything feels great. I haven’t had any setbacks.”

The Chiefs open Sunday at home against the New York Jets.

“He was out there throwing the ball extremely well,” fullback Tony Richardson said. “One guy I know will be there is Trent. I don’t care if he had to go out there with one leg. He’s a competitor. He’s the guy who drives our ship.”

Green, whose career passer rating of 87.9 is higher than that of Tom Brady, Brett Favre or Dan Marino, had experienced numbness in the left foot and lower-left leg. After the procedure, he was also put on blood thinners.

Monday’s practice was restricted.

“They just wanted to make sure I wasn’t jumping into the deep end of the pool right away,” he said. “So, basically, that was it. Instead of going full force day one. On Wednesday, I’ll be ready to go and take everything. I felt ready to go today.”

Coach Dick Vermeil said Green “looked very good.”

Todd Collins, Green’s backup who fractured his throwing hand in the first preseason game, also practiced Monday on a limited basis. He will be the third quarterback against the Jets, Vermeil said. Damon Huard, who sustained head trauma while going 1-for-12 in an exhibition loss to Arizona on Aug. 20, will be designated No. 2.

“Common sense would tell you that when you see your starting quarterback out there practicing, and knowing what he has gone through and all the little concerns and all the things you think about when you go through what he went through, it’s a relief to see him back on the field and having fun and throwing the ball down field 50 yards, strikes,” Vermeil said. “I think that’s all behind us now.”

Kick returner Dante Hall was held out of practice with a bruised knee.

“He will probably practice on Wednesday,” Vermeil said. “There’s still a little soreness in the knee. He worked out hard. But we didn’t put him in the real competition as far as pass coverage, against man coverage.”

In the meantime, the Chiefs signed nine players to their practice squad, including wide receiver Jeris McIntyre, who had been thought of as a good bet to make the 53-man roster.

The others were safety Scott Connot, running back Samkon Gado, tight end Aaron Golliday, guard Peter Heyer, cornerback Alphonso Hodge, running back McKenzi Smith, wide receiver Craphonso Thorpe and defensive end Zach Ville.