The Kansas City Chiefs were already shorthanded at receiver going into the season, with Rashee Rice serving a six-game suspension.
They got even thinner on the first drive of the season.
On a third down in the Chiefs’ season opening 27-21 loss in São Paulo against the Los Angeles Chargers, receiver Xavier Worthy and tight end Travis Kelce collided as each ran crossing routes over the middle. Kelce is much larger than Worthy, and Worthy caught the worst of it.
The Chiefs’ athletic training staff worked on Worthy’s right shoulder as he went to the sideline, then during the Chargers’ first drive he walked back to the locker room for more evaluation. The Chiefs announced he was questionable to return with a shoulder injury. Early in the second quarter, the team announced he would not return. That left Marquise Brown as the Chiefs’ No. 1 receiver for the rest of the game, with JuJu Smith-Schuster picking up extra snaps.
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Worthy, a second-year receiver who was Kansas City’s first-round draft pick last year, was expected to play a huge role with Rice out. Three plays into the season, that became a big question.
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