KANSAS CITY, Mo — Hollywood Brown is likely to miss at least a month, which puts his availability for the start of the Kansas City Chiefs’ season in jeopardy.
Brown’s injury was the biggest takeaway from the preseason opener Saturday in Jacksonville.
Brown, a former star at the University of Oklahoma, was the Chiefs’ biggest free-agent acquisition during the offseason.
He only signed a one-year deal worth $7 million, but the former first-round pick by Baltimore in 2019, who topped 1,000 yards in his third season before forcing a trade to Arizona, was expected to revitalize Kansas City’s big-play capability.
Brown didn’t get to flash those skills Saturday in the Chiefs’ 26-13 loss at Jacksonville.
He caught an 11-yard pass on the game’s opening snap then left the game after suffering a shoulder injury on the tackle.
Coach Andy Reid said after the game that Brown suffered the same injury that sidelined Tyreek Hill for four weeks early in the …