Chiefs' Marquise Brown Won't Need Surgery After Shoulder Injury; Week 1 Status TBD

The Kansas City Chiefs received some positive news regarding the dislocation of the sternoclavicular shoulder joint wide receiver Marquise Brown suffered during Saturday's preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

"They were able to get the joint back into place without surgery, which is a positive,'' head coach Andy Reid said Monday, per ESPN's Adam Teicher. "Then we'll just see on the recovery. He is back in Kansas City now. He stayed over in Jacksonville until they got that thing situated.''

Reid was noncommittal about whether Brown, who was hospitalized with the injury, would be available for the Sept. 5 season opener against the Baltimore Ravens.

ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Sunday that Brown was released from the hospital and able to return to the Chiefs.

Reid previously compared the injury to the one Tyreek Hill suffered in 2019 as a member of the Chiefs that forced him to miss four regular-season games.

"As far as the injuries go, Hollywood Brown has that same thing that Tyreek had down here, actually," the coach said, per Jordan Foote of Sports Illustrated. "Sternoclavicular post dislocation. They've taken him to the hospital. They'll check him out, and they're working on that as we speak.

"I think he'll miss some time. We'll just see where it's at. We're kind of going through it right now. We'll know more later on here."

Brown would miss out on the opportunity to play against the team that drafted him in the first round in 2019 if he is sidelined for the contest against the Ravens. He played three seasons for Baltimore before the AFC North team traded him to the Arizona Cardinals ahead of the 2022 campaign.

He was at his most productive with the Ravens, posting a career-best 1,008 receiving yards in 2021 and a career-best eight touchdown catches in 2020.

The 27-year-old finished last season with 51 catches for 574 yards and four touchdowns for the Cardinals.

Kansas City signed Brown this offseason as part of its overhaul of the wide receiver position that also included selecting Texas speedster Xavier Worthy in the first-round of the draft. If Brown is sidelined, Worthy will likely be asked to assume an even larger role in the offense.