{"id":139786,"date":"2025-06-18T14:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/139786\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T14:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:12:14","slug":"chiefs-news-hollywood-brown-now-in-the-best-group-of-pass-catchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/139786\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs News: Hollywood Brown now in the best group of pass-catchers"},"content":{"rendered":"

After joining the team as an unrestricted free agent a year ago, wide receiver Hollywood Brown was expected to be a major contributor to the 2024 Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But unfortunately, Brown missed most of the campaign while recovering from a preseason shoulder injury. He returned in December, finishing with only nine catches for 91 scoreless yards \u2014 and adding five more grabs during the playoffs. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was coming back, really, just trying to help whichever way I could,\u201d the wideout said of last season\u2019s return, speaking after Tuesday\u2019s mandatory minicamp practice. \u201cThat was my mindset. That helped carry me through the end of last year. So I was just really grateful that I even had the opportunity to come back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since his first season in Kansas City brought frustration for both himself and the team, returning was far from a certainty. But in early March, Brown signed another one-year contract<\/a> with the Chiefs. He\u2019s spent the offseason continuing to get back into football shape.<\/p>\n

\"NFL:<\/p>\n

Photo by Scott Winters\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of training, really,\u201d he explained. \u201cLast year was a good transition back into football, but now \u2014 being able to train and build my body the way I want to \u2014 I\u2019ve been enjoying the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown is also looking forward to being part of an offense featuring Rashee Rice \u2014 another wide receiver returning from injury \u2014 along with second-year speedster Xavier Worthy seeking to build on a strong rookie season and a slimmed-down version of tight end Travis Kelce. <\/p>\n

\u201cBest [group] I\u2019ve been a part of, for sure,\u201d he said of Kansas City\u2019s pass-catchers. \u201cWe compete like no other. We push each other \u2014 and you know we\u2019re excited for the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

During last year\u2019s minicamp, Brown and Worthy were still digesting the Chiefs\u2019 playbook. This year, the veteran sees a difference in what the two can do on the practice field.<\/p>\n

\"NFL:<\/p>\n

Photo by Mark Alberti\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all can go in any spots now,\u201d Brown declared, \u201cPushing each other, fighting [to be in] certain plays? It\u2019s been fun just competing \u2014 and not really having to think about the playbook as much as last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now entering his seventh season out of Oklahoma, Brown has an appreciation for the importance of the offseason program and minicamp.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely important,\u201d he observed. \u201cI said that today: \u2018Let\u2019s set the foundation for everyone\u2019s offseason training and heading into the training camp.\u2019 So it\u2019s very important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown says he has a 2025 goal that is more important than any stat line.<\/p>\n

\u201cGod willing, [having] a healthy season,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s my No. 1 goal \u2014 just being able to really showcase what I can do. That\u2019s all I\u2019m looking to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After joining the team as an unrestricted free agent a year ago, wide receiver Hollywood Brown was expected…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[921,1873,4888,32686,346,7,29,7157,11531,723,118,110,922,1193,2438,2437,88,6,907,152,4042,151,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-139786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-arrowhead","9":"tag-best","10":"tag-brown","11":"tag-catchers","12":"tag-chiefs","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-front-page","15":"tag-group","16":"tag-hollywood","17":"tag-in","18":"tag-kansas-city","19":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","20":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-news","21":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-roster","22":"tag-kansascity","23":"tag-kansascitychiefs","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-nfl","26":"tag-now","27":"tag-of","28":"tag-pass","29":"tag-pride","30":"tag-the"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114704780402183084","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}