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Adam Teicher
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Large receiver Hollywood Brown by no means thought-about shifting on after his one temporary season with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. Brown merely has an excessive amount of unfinished enterprise.
“I knew all alongside I wished to be again,” mentioned Brown, who re-signed with the Chiefs earlier than free company began on his second one-year contract. “They voiced their opinions, wanting me again … I do know had a fantastic begin to my camp (earlier than) getting damage. All of us wished to see it come collectively. So glad we received it finished.
“They know the kind of man I’m, the kind of work I put in and primarily that is one of many causes I received introduced again is as a result of a number of video games I performed, I used to be in a position to open issues up for the offense so much.”
The Chiefs acquired Brown final yr together with rookie Xavier Worthy within the hope the 2 quick receivers might convey the large play again to the passing recreation. The 2 had been to affix Rashee Rice to offer the Chiefs what they believed could be their deepest group of wideouts in years.
The three had been by no means on the sphere on the similar time. Brown suffered a sternoclavicular damage on the primary play of the preseason and by the point he returned late within the common season, Rice was out for the yr with a knee damage.
Brown performed in simply two common season video games, catching 9 passes for 91 yards. He additionally performed in all three Chiefs postseason video games, getting 5 receptions for 50 yards.
The Chiefs nonetheless noticed sufficient from Brown to make his re-signing a precedence earlier than he was in a position to get on the free agent market.
“What impressed me a lot about Hollywood is that everyone advised me he was a quick man however not everybody advised me how a lot he can truly do on the soccer discipline and you might see it,” quarterback Patrick Mahomes mentioned. “He can run these over-the-middle routes. He can run actually good routes and he can run deep. It is not like quick is the one factor that he can do.”
Rice was main the league in catches with 24 when he was injured in Week 4. Worthy had a promising rookie season with 59 catches and 638 yards. He additionally scored 9 touchdowns.
The Chiefs re-signed Brown to offer the group of three receivers one other do that yr.
“The sky is the restrict,” Brown mentioned. “We discuss on a regular basis about historical past … our historical past as a gaggle, our historical past as particular person gamers and that is stuff we communicate on and that is stuff we’re striving for by the offseason, by our coaching. We’re making an attempt to push one another to be the most effective. Finally I do really feel like we might do one thing that is by no means been finished earlier than.”
That may rely on Brown contributing because the Chiefs envision he’ll. Rice, the Chiefs’ high broad receiver in 2023, and Worthy, their main wideout in 2024, are established in Kansas Metropolis.
Brown is the one who’s unproven, no less than in considered one of their uniforms. However the Chiefs made no secret earlier than Brown was re-signed that they wished him again.
“Each time Hollywood catches the ball, it is only a burst of vitality,” tight finish Travis Kelce mentioned. “We missed that man so much (throughout his damage). I used to be watching him in observe when he first received again. I used to be like, ‘That is it. That is the man.’ We missed that man.
“He is a kind of guys that you might really feel his presence while you’re on the market on the sphere with him.”
Brown, 27, hasn’t performed a full NFL season due to accidents since 2021, when he was with the Baltimore Ravens. That season, he had profession highs with 91 catches and 1,008 yards.
He might not get these numbers for the Chiefs even when he performs for a full season. The Chiefs may also get the ball to Rice, Worthy, Kelce and others.
However Brown recommended private stats weren’t an important consideration in re-signing.
“I feel simply the surroundings,” Brown mentioned. “The environment on daily basis coming to work simply felt like for the primary time in my profession I used to be getting the place I wished to be on daily basis, coming to work, getting higher and getting higher. So I knew that was a spot and surroundings I wished to remain in.”
