Chiefs confirm WR Hollywood Brown is out for Thursday night's game vs. Ravens

the Kansas City Chiefs are set to play the first game of the 2024 season on Thursday as they face the Baltimore Ravens for the first time since the AFC Championship game in January this week one matchup could have major implications toward the end of the season and head coach Andy Reid is expected to utilize all available players for the game on Tuesday the Chiefs released their full injury report ahead of Thursday's game which had wide receiver mares Hollywood Brown listed as out brown hasn't practiced all week and shouldn't be risked by the Chiefs other players on the injury report were Chris Jones Nick Bolton Joe funy and more however aside from Brown all the players on the Kansas City injury report have been full participants in training so they're likely to play in week one according to Bleacher Report mares Brown was released from the hospital on Sunday after suffering a collar bone injury known as aernal clavicular joint dislocation Chief's coach and Reed compared Brown's injury to one sustained by Tyreek Hill while with the Chiefs in 2019 Hill suffered the injury in week 1 of the 2019 season and went on to miss four regular season games before returning to the grid iron just over one month later thus fans can expect a similar timetable for brown the Chiefs will rely heavily on their depth at wide receiver to fill the Gap left by the temporary loss of brown with the additions of Xavier Worthy and JuJu Smith Schuster in the off season Andy Reid's offense is expected to remain productive with quarterback Patrick Mahomes at the helm Brown signed a one-year contract with the Chiefs in March with the deal worth up to $1 million he will miss the chance to play against his former team in the Ravens who drafted him 25th overall in 2019 Brown spent the past two seasons with the Cardinals he caught 51 receptions for 57 four yards and four touchdowns with the first two being career lows