{"id":139010,"date":"2025-06-18T07:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/139010\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T07:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:09:11","slug":"chiefs-marquise-brown-opens-up-on-last-seasons-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/139010\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs&#8217; Marquise Brown Opens Up On Last Season&#8217;s Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/kansas-city-chiefs-marquise-brown-opens-up-last-season-struggles-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chiefs&#039; Marquise Brown Opens Up On Last Season&#039;s Struggles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chiefs&#8217; Marquise Brown Opens Up On Last Season&#8217;s Struggles<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Athlon Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 season was supposed to be Marquise Brown&#8217;s bounce-back year with the Kansas City Chiefs, but the football gods had other ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>After going through all of preseason, Brown, on the first play of Kansas City&#8217;s preseason game, injured his shoulder, which required surgery and ruled him out until Week 16.<\/p>\n<p>And when Brown did return, he posted 91 yards from nine receptions in two regular-season games, before five receptions and 50 yards in three playoff games.<\/p>\n<p>So it wasn&#8217;t what &#8220;Hollywood&#8221; had in mind, but did his output bother him?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, because I really leaned into my faith, I wasn&#8217;t coming back expecting anything,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiefs.com\/video\/hollywood-brown-i-m-back-100-press-conference-6-17\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brown said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brown said<\/a>. &#8220;I was coming back just trying to help whichever way I could, that was my mindset. It helped carry me through the end of last year. I was just really grateful that I had the opportunity to come back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Marquise Brown (5).Mark J&amp;period; Rebilas-Imagn Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"694\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/196c8e08973e96dd7f7e3969e70851bb.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Marquise Brown (5).Mark J&amp;period; Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Brown was signed last offseason to help <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/chiefs-exuding-confidence-mahomes-backup-230641900.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Patrick Mahomes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a> get his deep ball back, but when you are out for nearly all of the regular season, things don&#8217;t just click straight away, and the Chiefs found that out.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But now, Brown, again, has been involved in the offseason workouts as minicamp continues; however, he&#8217;s been here before, and while it isn&#8217;t known if he will participate in any preseason games, the receiver is looking to hit the ground running in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Injury stole most of his 2024 season, and Brown is now ready to put that in the past and develop into a consistent weapon for Mahomed and Andy Reid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/travis-kelce-gets-special-shoutout-013214118.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Travis Kelce Gets Special Shoutout During Taylor Swift&#039;s Hospital Visit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Related: Travis Kelce Gets Special Shoutout During Taylor Swift&#8217;s Hospital Visit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/travis-kelces-slimmer-frame-could-230926593.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Travis Kelce&#039;s Slimmer Frame Could Improve Play;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Related: Travis Kelce&#8217;s Slimmer Frame Could Improve Play<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/kansas-city-chiefs-marquise-brown-opens-up-last-season-struggles-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Athlon Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 18, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chiefs&#8217; Marquise Brown Opens Up On Last Season&#8217;s Struggles originally appeared on Athlon Sports. 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