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Adam Teicher
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Extensive receiver Hollywood Brown by no means thought of shifting on after his one transient 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 I had an incredible begin to my camp [before] getting damage. All of us wished to see it come collectively. So glad we bought it completed.
“They know the kind of man I’m, the kind of work I put in and primarily that is one of many causes I bought introduced again is as a result of just a few video games I performed, I used to be capable of open issues up for the offense so much.”
The Chiefs acquired Brown final 12 months together with rookie Xavier Worthy within the hope the 2 quick receivers may convey the massive play again to the passing sport. The 2 have been to affix Rashee Rice to provide the Chiefs what they believed can be their deepest group of wideouts in years.
The three have been by no means on the sector 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 12 months with a knee damage.
Brown performed in simply two regular-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 capable of get on the free agent market.
“What impressed me a lot about Hollywood is that everyone instructed me he was a quick man however not everybody instructed me how a lot he can really do on the soccer area and you may 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 isn’t 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 provide the group of three receivers one other do that 12 months.
“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 attempting to push one another to be the most effective. Finally I do really feel like we may do one thing that is by no means been completed earlier than.”
That may depend upon Brown contributing because the Chiefs envision he’ll. Rice, the Chiefs’ prime vast receiver in 2023, and Worthy, their main wideout in 2024, are established in Kansas Metropolis.
Brown is the one who’s unproven, at the least in certainly 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 [during his injury]. I used to be watching him in follow when he first bought 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 may really feel his presence whenever you’re on the market on the sector 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 could 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 steered private stats weren’t crucial consideration in re-signing.
“I feel simply the atmosphere,” Brown mentioned. “The environment daily coming to work simply felt like for the primary time in my profession I used to be getting the place I wished to be daily, coming to work, getting higher and getting higher. So I knew that was a spot and atmosphere I wished to remain in.”