KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Large receiver Marquise Brown, one of many Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ largest offseason additions, is not going to play in Thursday evening’s season opener in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens, coach Andy Reid stated.
“Hollywood will not be again this week and we’ll simply see the way it goes [from there],” Reid stated. “However the child’s wonderful. I imply, his progress has been unbelievable, however I would not predict him being there this week.”
Brown dislocated a shoulder on the Chiefs’ first offensive play of the preseason.
The Chiefs deliberate to not have Brown for the sport earlier within the week once they stored seven broad receivers on their energetic roster. The listing consists of Xavier Worthy, the Chiefs’ 2024 first-round draft decide, Rashee Rice, their main broad receiver final season, and JuJu Smith-Schuster, who signed with the Chiefs this week.
Reid stated he deliberate to play the opposite six receivers in opposition to the Ravens. He stated quarterback Patrick Mahomes has labored sufficient with all of them, together with Smith-Schuster.
Smith-Schuster was the Chiefs’ main broad receiver in 2022. He performed final season with the New England Patriots and was launched throughout coaching camp.
“He appears nice proper now and he jumped proper again in and had some good practices for us,” Reid stated. “So it is only a matter of him getting banged round slightly bit. … He’ll get all that because the season goes, however it’s good to have him again within the combine there, for positive.”
Reid stated that whereas Worthy has not but performed in a regular-season NFL recreation, he has carried out properly in follow.
“One that’s unknown is Worthy having not performed in an NFL recreation, an actual NFL recreation aside from a preseason recreation with him and follow,” Reid stated. “However what I’ve seen is that they have a fairly good factor going and we’ll simply see the way it goes when issues are flying right here quick and livid.
“He spent numerous time with Pat and receivers, the veteran guys, simply determining what Pat’s anticipating or the place he must be or what the coaches are asking him to do. He isn’t afraid to ask after which he is been keen to attempt every thing. So whether or not it is an inside route, a kind of intermediate routes with lengthy routes, he is been very keen to get in there and blend it up. So I like what I’ve seen. Identical to with any rookie that is coming into this factor, you need to see how they do within the video games, however you’d assume [Worthy would] most likely do [well].”
