Chiefs’ B.J. Thompson Attends Super Bowl Ring Event After Health Scare

And recently Turnage thought about “a very scary event.”

“You know, it’s very hard to watch someone in bed,” he said. Fox 4 June 11. “Like you said, you can’t control the situation. You can’t do anything immediately to snap your fingers and make things better.”

However, Turnage said Thompson, who was drafted by the Chiefs in 2023 and played one game during his rookie season, has already begun his road to recovery.

“BJ is doing much better,” he added. “He left the hospital. He is at home. He communicates, has normal activities, and the prognosis is good. There’s still some confusion as he tries to figure out what tests are doing and what they’re not doing, but he’s definitely feeling a lot better now.”