Injured lineman Jones expected to end stay in hospital today

Willie Jones was injured during Monday's Hall of Fame game.
CANTON (AP) -- Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Willie Jones was recovering from a sprained neck and was expected to be released from the hospital today.
Chiefs president Carl Peterson said Jones was doing better Tuesday, a day after he was injured while making a block during the Pro Football Hall of Fame game.
"I'm pleased to report that Willie has feeling in all of his limbs and seems to be on the cautious road to recovery," Peterson said.
A nursing supervisor had said earlier Tuesday that Jones had been released from Aultman Hospital. Aultman spokeswoman Jodi Knapik wouldn't comment on the discrepancy later and referred all calls to the Chiefs.
Motionless for 10 minutes
Jones crumbled to the turf with 17 seconds left in the second quarter after briefly blocking Green Bay Packers linebacker Marcus Wilkins on a pass play.
After going down limp, Jones, who suffered temporary paralysis on a similar play in practice last season, laid motionless for nearly 10 minutes before being removed from the field on a stretcher.
"He's been through this before, so he sort of has a history with it," Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil said. "This wasn't anything like the last time he did it, though."
Kansas City's 9-0 win over Green Bay was called in the third quarter because of a thunderstorm.
While the 27-year-old Jones was being attended to, players on both sidelines knelt in prayer and the crowd of more than 20,000 inside Fawcett Stadium fell silent.
"It was horrible," Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez said. "I felt like my heart stopped. That's the worst feeling in the world, to see a player lying there and not moving. It's good to hear that he's doing better."
Jones didn't appear to fall awkwardly or sustain any significant blow to the helmet.
Last-minute starter
The 6-foot-6, 355-pound Jones was a last-minute starter, replacing John Tait. Jones appeared in six games with the Chiefs last season.
He hurt his neck in a Nov. 7 practice, missed two games and was placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season.
Jones, who went to Grambling, won a Super Bowl ring with the St. Louis Rams in 1999 after making the team as an undrafted rookie free agent.
This was the second straight year that a player has been seriously injured in the Hall of Fame game.
Last year, Houston safety Leomont Evans was temporarily paralyzed in the expansion Texans' preseason opener against the New York Giants.
Evans bruised his spinal cord in the third quarter while rushing a punt.