Chiefs WR Hollywood Brown 'getting close' to return

Wide receiver Marquise "Hollywood" Brown might be ready to make his Kansas City Chiefs debut as early as this weekend.

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said Monday the free-agent acquisition would be evaluated later in the week.

"He's getting close," said Reid, who admitted that Brown still could need another week of recovery time. "I know he's feeling better, and we've just got to kind of see where it goes from here. They've been ... making sure that he's headed in the right direction with scans and all that."

The Chiefs are set to face the Cincinnati Bengals at home Sunday after winning their season opener 27-20 over the visiting Baltimore Ravens on Thursday.

Brown, 27, was signed as a free agent in March after three seasons with the Baltimore Ravens and the past two with the Arizona Cardinals.

The former 25th overall draft pick in 2019 came away with a painful shoulder injury during the preseason opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Aug. 10. He spent a few hours in a Jacksonville hospital after coming away with a dislocation of his sternoclavicular shoulder joint.

"We'll see where Hollywood is at with all his tests that he is going to have this week," Reid said.

Brown, who received a one-year, $7 million deal, had 51 receptions for 574 yards and four touchdowns last season in 14 games for the Cardinals. He had career bests of 91 receptions and 1,008 yards in 2021 during his third and final season with the Ravens.

Brown has 313 career catches for 3,644 yards and 28 touchdowns in 72 games (65 starts).

--Field Level Media