We Are ‘Lucky’ to Have Hollywood Brown

“Hollywood Brown is a good speed receiver, he can play inside or outside and I stay away from saying a deep threat although he can do that, he can play within the offense and do all of the different routes that we asked. He’s a nice addition and he has some experience and production,” Reid said during his press conference.

According to Matt Harmon of Reception Perception, the routes Brown had the highest success rate with during the 2023 season among the ones he ran the most were out routes (88.9%), post routes (81.5%), dig routes (79.5%), and curl routes (78%).

Kansas City’s offense struggled to consistently make plays downfield during the 2023 season. That is in part because base defenses in the NFL have changed to try and eliminate deep plays. But the Chiefs also struggled to take advantage of the plays they had available to them downfield.

Reid and Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy Brown should be able to scheme up ways to get Brown open regularly in the intermediate and deep portions of the field, which will help unlock another layer of Kansas City’s offense. That will be a much-needed addition, especially now that Rashee Rice‘s NFL future is in jeopardy.

Brett Veach Says 2024 WR Class is Deep

When asked to give his evaluation of this year’s WR draft class, Veach spoke highly of the prospects.

“I think it’s one of the deeper [receiver] classes,” Veach said. “I think the good thing about the wide receiver position – this is typically every year – is they provide depth really one-five and there’s always pockets of players – I think there is a large group of receivers in the first 50 picks that we have great grades on. Then I think there’s another pocket right behind that, I think that is a positive.”

The 2024 NFL Draft will take place from April 25 to April 27 in Detroit, Michigan, and will be available to watch on ESPN, ABC, and NFL Network.