QB Green cleared to play

? More than two months after he was knocked unconscious in Kansas City’s season opener, quarterback Trent Green has been given medical clearance to play again.

The Chiefs said late Tuesday the two-time Pro Bowler was given the go-ahead by doctors earlier on Tuesday.

Whether he or Damon Huard will start on Sunday against Oakland remains unclear, however. Coach Herm Edwards said earlier in the day that whatever decision he made would remain a secret until game time.

“We’re very pleased to report that we received information this evening that Trent Green has been cleared to begin full practice with the team starting (today),” Chiefs President Carl Peterson said.

Huard played exceptionally well in Green’s absence, going 5-3 as the starter and keeping the Chiefs in the playoff hunt.

Green, who had more yards passing the past five seasons than any other quarterback except Peyton Manning, has been working his way back slowly and carefully since getting knocked out in the third quarter of the Sept. 10 season opener.

Injured quarterback Trent Green, left, talks with replacement Damon Huard (11) after he was pulled from a blowout loss in Pittsburgh on Oct. 15. Green is cleared to play Sunday against Oakland, but coach Herm Edwards said he would not reveal his starter before the game.

The first few weeks he didn’t even drive a car. But the past two weeks he has suited up and been on the sideline.

Now the Chiefs (5-4) trail Denver and San Diego by two games in the AFC West and are probably competing for a wild-card playoff spot. They face two key division games in the next eight days, hosting Oakland on Sunday and then playing host to the Broncos four days later on Thanksgiving.

Whoever lines up under center against the Raiders will be confronting one of the bleakest situations the Kansas City offense has found itself in years. Out for the second week in a row will be Pro Bowl left guard Brian Waters and starting right tackle Kevin Sampson.

And gone too, in all probability, will be Pro Bowl tight end Tony Gonzalez. The Chiefs’ leading pass receiver, Gonzalez sprained his left shoulder on one of the final plays of last week’s 13-10 loss at Miami.

Edwards said on Monday that Gonzalez would definitely be out this week, but said Tuesday he would be listed as “doubtful.”

So might he play?

“Oh, maybe. But he’s doubtful,” Edwards said. “Last night he said he wanted to be the third tight end. Said he wanted to be the third-down tight end. That’s Tony, though.”