Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said that wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown will not need surgery for the shoulder injury he got during the team’s preseason opener in Jacksonville.
Brown spent Saturday night in a Jacksonville hospital but was released Sunday morning and did not attend Monday’s practice.
“They were able to get the joint back in place without surgery, which is a positive,” Reid said. “We’ll just see on the recovery. He’s back in Kansas City now. He stayed over in Jacksonville until they got that thing situated.”
Reid mentioned after Saturday’s game that Brown had a sternoclavicular posterior dislocation.
Reid also noted that Brown’s injury was similar to the one former Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill had during the 2019 regular-season opener. Hill missed four games before coming back.
However, Reid did not set a specific timeline for Brown’s return, especially with the regular-season opener against the Baltimore Ravens on September 5. “We’ll see how that goes,” Reid said.
Brown’s absence for upcoming practices and possibly Week 1 creates a gap in Kansas City’s offense.
The Chiefs signed Brown to a one-year contract in March as part of an updated wide receiver group. They also selected Xavier Worthy in the first round of the draft.
Reid believes the team has enough depth at the position.
“The positive there is he’s going to be back,” Reid said about Brown. “But without him in there — his experience and that in the league — but we’ve also got other guys who can step in and play. We’ll be OK there. We’re pulling for him to get back.”
Worthy agreed with his coach.
“Obviously, he’s a key to our offense, so just getting him back,” Worthy said. “I think he’s in pretty good spirits. He’s just looking to come back and get back ready to work.”
The Chiefs have other players who can step in while Brown is out, including Skyy Moore, Kadarius Toney, Mecole Hardman, and Justin Watson, who could continue to rotate with the first-team offense during practices.
