Hollywood Brown injury latest and everything you need to know after Chiefs first pre-season game

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As well as losing on the scoreboard, the Kansas City Chiefs also lost out on injuries and were affected by the NFL’s new kickoff rules.

The reigning champions made their pre-season debut in defeat. The franchise was beaten 26-13 by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

As usual in pre-season games, in the first game the starters play and from then on the responsibility falls to the rookies.

It’s a time for them to rotate while September doesn’t arrive and the coaching staff is still analysing who will make the team until the kickoff.

Here are all the key takeaways you need to know about the matchup against the Jaguars.

Hollywood Brown suffered an injury that scares the team for the season

Hollywood Brown is the big jewel of 2024. The hype surrounding his signing is huge, as the wide receiver comes with the promise of giving the Chiefs more speed and depth.

However, his debut in KC was short-lived. Early in the first quarter, the pass-catcher was injured in the ensuing tackle by Jaguars cornerback Montaric Brown.

Basically, after colliding with his opponent, Brown fell in a way that put pressure on his shoulder, causing a sternoclavicular joint dislocation.

He was initially listed as ‘questionable’ to return to the game, but naturally ended his appearance after the first quarter with the rest of the starters.

Head coach Andy Reid, when giving an update on the player’s status, made a comparison with the same injury that Tyreek Hill suffered in 2019 and took him out of four games during the regular season.

That year, the Chiefs won the Super Bowl after 50 years and it’s no coincidence that Hill was a crucial part of their offensive success.

“Hollywood Brown has that same thing that Tyreek (Hill) had down here, actually, the sternoclavicular joint dislocation. They’ve taken him to the hospital; they’ll check him out; they’re working on that as we speak,” said Reid after the game.

The WR was released from hospital on Sunday morning and was left out of training last Monday.

Despite this, the HC brought good news to the fans: “They were able to get the joint back in place without surgery, which is a positive,” claimed.

“We’ll just see on the recovery. He’s back in Kansas City now. He stayed over in Jacksonville until they got that thing situated.”

Chiefs were the first team in the NFL to commit a gaffe under the new kickoff regulations

It was a foregone conclusion that at some point one of the 32 NFL teams was going to mess up with the new kickoff rules. Between you and me, they’re really confusing.

And KC went out there and set the ball rolling for all the other franchises to watch out so they don’t make the same mistake.

Mecole Hardman was placed as a returner under the new rules and ended up giving the Jaguars two free points.

He let the ball bounce instead of making a normal reception. When he and a teammate realised the ball was in play, Hardman knelt in the end zone and touched the ball, which hadn’t crossed the goal line.

At the time of the play, the referees concluded that it was a touchback, but after a more severe review after coach Doug Pederson made a complaint, they ruled that it was a safety.

Andy Reid took responsibility for the mistake at the kickoff

There’s bound to be a bit of confusion with all the new rules the NFL has implemented.

Luckily, there’s plenty of time for it to be corrected before September, when the games kick off for real.

Andy Reid brought his comments on Hardman’s miss that resulted in a safety for Jacksonvile.

“We’re on top of the kickoff and the (new kickoff) rule – it’s a little different than last year, so the ball normally goes in the endzone (and) it’s a dead ball, and that’s not how it is this year,” explained.

“(The ball) goes in and comes back out (and) you can’t scoop it back in, obviously. Again, they’re (the league) still looking at all of this, so we’ll see where it goes from here.”

He assumed that the second review of the referees was extremely important for the way in which the technical commission will conduct the changes.

“I think it was good for the officials to see it and I think it was good for us to see it. We understood the part of it where if it (the ball) goes in, it’s still alive. Again, that’s similar to the sideline where you can be outside (of the lines) and reach back in – that part got clarified; it’s not like that, so that’s a live ball.”

As the play went on, Mecole Hardman and Deneric Prince were there to receive the ball.

“(Number) 34 (Deneric Prince) should have taken it and gone,” noted Reid. “Then, Mecole was trying to make it right, but what Mecole should have done was picked it up and gone, but listen, that’s not his – that’s our responsibility for making sure that it’s clarified.”