Kansas City, Mo. ? A thundering, two-headed running attack. A nasty, swarming, physical defense. A quarterback who looked like he’d never even met a vascular surgeon, let alone recently been treated by one.

Checking off the list of good things that happened in their 27-7 victory over the New York Jets made the Kansas City Chiefs feel like a lottery winner counting his money.

One look at the injury list, however, goes a long way toward taking the shine off.

Cornerback Patrick Surtain, one of the newcomers who seem to have transformed a hideous defense, will be listed as questionable this week and have an MRI, coach Dick Vermeil said Monday. Surtain sustained mild head trauma when he was tackled while returning an interception.

Also questionable, Vermeil said, would be Pro Bowl fullback Tony Richardson, who had a mild knee strain.

But as preparations began for Sunday night’s game at Oakland, the immediate outlook for defensive tackle Ryan Sims and offensive tackle Willie Roaf was not so good. Sims hurt his foot, and Roaf, a 10-time Pro Bowler, pulled a hamstring.

Without going into detail, Vermeil said both would probably be listed as doubtful.

Otherwise, all was bright for a team coming off a busy offseason. Running backs Priest Holmes and Larry Johnson combined for 195 yards and three touchdowns. Trent Green, less than two weeks after doctors implanted a stent in a leg artery, hit 15 of 26 passes for 200 yards and experienced no physical problems at all.

Kansas City cornerback Patrick Surtain breaks loose after intercepting a pass against the New York Jets. Surtain suffered mild head trauma on the play Sunday in Kansas City, Mo.

One game ball was given to defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham. The other, in an unusual move, was presented to somebody who neither played nor coached. Vermeil thought it should go to president and general manager Carl Peterson, who oversaw the trading, scouting, drafting and free-agent signings that seem to have produced a significant upgrade on defense.

“I thought there were a lot of visions of an old defense that we have all seen here in Kansas City before,” said Peterson.

Altogether, the defense has four new starters – five counting punter Dustin Colquitt.

“I could just see, from watching practice against our offense, it was going to be a much better defense,” Vermeil said. “Did I anticipate shutting out the Jets? No. But I thought we could slow them down a bit because we can all run. They can all run. I think the blitzing packages kept them off balance a little bit.”

The Jets also self-destructed with dropped passes, missed assignments and atrocious execution of the shotgun formation. Although they had 333 yards passing, quarterback Chad Pennington constantly was under pressure. He lost two of his six fumbles and threw an interception.

“When you make a mistake, sometimes it tends to snowball, and that is what happens the rest of the day,” Pennington said. “Somewhere along the line someone has to put a dam in the bridge or in the gap, and we didn’t do that.”

For Jets running back Curtis Martin, the defending NFL rushing champion, the loss was “more than tough.”

“It’s embarrassing,” said Martin, who was held to just 57 yards on 20 carries. “I think we are all ashamed of the way we played today. There are no excuses. I don’t know exactly what happened. We just didn’t play the way we are capable of playing.”