Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown needs shoulder surgery and is going on injured reserve, with head coach Andy Reid saying that Brown could be sidelined for months.
“There are not a lot of these (injuries) that we have information on. We have to ride it out and see where we’re at,” Reid said. “It’s not going to be weeks, it’s going to be more like months.”
Brown is set to undergo surgery on Monday in Colorado.
He missed the season-opening win against the Baltimore Ravens and will be required to sit out at least the next four games with the move to injured reserve. His earliest return date would be after Kansas City’s bye in Week 6.
Brown has not practiced since dislocating the sternoclavicular joint in his left shoulder on the Chiefs’ first offensive play in their Aug. 10 preseason opener.
“Disappointed, frustrated, and Sad was the first wave of emotions once I realized I would need surgery but that only lasted a day or so because Of my Faith in God,” Brown wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Knowing that this (too) shall pass, no matter the great opportunity I had in front of me. It’s not over and that’s not the path God wanted for me and I’m perfectly fine with that now.”
Brown, 27, signed a one-year, $7 million deal with Kansas City as a free agent in March. He had 51 catches for 574 yards and four touchdowns in 14 games (all starts) last season for the Arizona Cardinals.
He was a first-round draft pick (25th overall) by Baltimore in 2019 and has 313 career catches for 3,644 yards and 28 touchdowns in 72 games (65 starts) with the Ravens (2019-21) and Cardinals (2022-23).
–Field Level Media
