Kansas City, Mo. ? Back from his second suspension in two years, there is a great deal that John Welbourn does not want to talk about.

After stiff-arming reporters for a week since he rejoined the Kansas City Chiefs, Welbourn answered “no comment” Thursday to all questions concerning his retirement, unretirement and subsequent six-game suspension.

Welbourn now is working out daily with the Chiefs, playing mostly at backup left tackle. He is only 30 and could have several years left on what’s been a productive career if the Chiefs decide to reinstate him. They have another week to make up their mind.

“This is going to go around and around in circles,” Welbourn said when a throng

of media representatives

kept peppering him with

suspension-related questions and he kept replying with no comment.

“I just don’t want to be a distraction to the team,” he said. “I want to come back and be a contributor.”