QB for the Kansas City Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes, receives a letter of suspension from the NFL manager
It did not take long for him to meet his newest offensive weapon, Patrick Mahomes.
A week or two after Brown signed a deal with the Chiefs, the quarterback went to the gym with recently signed wide out Marquise Brown. Brown, who had spent the previous two seasons with the Cardinals, inked a $7 million one-year deal on March 14th, with a $11 million maximum. Brown will now play in Kansas City for the Mahomes team.
Another member of the receiving corps, Rashee Rice, also participated in the drill. Rice also mocked his quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, by wearing a T-shirt that featured the QB’s famous “dad bod” moment from the NFL season.
Mahomes and the Chiefs must get along with Brown right now if they hope to have a successful 2024 season. In Kansas City’s attempt to become the first NFL club to win the Super Bowl three times in a row, he most likely will play a significant role. Over his career, Brown averaged more than 10 yards per grab, demonstrating his ability to blow the top off defenses.
Brown will be Mahomes’ third option for receiving targets, behind tight end Travis Kelce and the previously mentioned Rice. The Chiefs decided not to re-sign wide receiver Marques Valdes-Scantling, who is similar to Antonio Brown in terms of his big-play potential but has dropped eight passes in the last two years. For what it’s worth, Brown has also dropped eight passes in the prior two years.
On the other hand, when Brown is playing at his best, he can be an excellent pass-catcher. In 2020, Brown achieved the milestone of 1,000 receiving yards in his third NFL season with the Baltimore Ravens. In addition, over his first two professional seasons, he averaged better than 12.5 yards per reception.
Even though he was partnered with former college teammate Kyler Murray, Brown’s 2022 move to the Cardinals didn’t pan out. Due to drops and injuries, Brown was only able to gain 1,283 yards and seven touchdowns on 118 receptions over the course of 26 of the 34 games that he may have participated. Now that he has the best quarterback in the league, he will start again in the NFL.
“From the outside looking in, he appears to be a guy that is extremely passionate, and I’m a very passionate person,” Brown said of Mahomes, as reported by NFL.com.”He won’t stop at nothing to win the battle.” That’s the kind of person you want to play with—someone who will push you and encourage you to take on new challenges. I feel like he fits that description of a person.
Mahomes is a low-risk, high-reward player who the Chiefs acquire.
Brown isn’t guaranteed to start for Kansas City, but it’s important to recognize how valuable he is as Mahomes’ trustworthy third option.
Mahomes will have Kelce as his undeniable top target as long as the seasoned tight end is still playing in the NFL. Mahomes has almost always led the Chiefs in targets since taking over as the starting quarterback, and that won’t change in 2024. Rice nearly reached 1,000 receiving yards in his debut season with 79 receptions and seven touchdowns. He later matured into a good secondary pass-catcher.
As a result of the erratic performances of players like Valentine-Scantling, Skyy Moore, and Kadarius Toney, the Chiefs lacked a reliable offensive third option. They were low-risk players for Kansas City, but their impact didn’t produce exactly the same profits as Brown’s.
Offering Brown a one-year contract was the best thing Kansas City could have done to solve the offense’s most immediate issue, unless they were willing to pursue elite receivers in free agency or the veteran trade market. While Brown lacks the talent of Mike Evans, who signed a big contract with the Buccaneers, or Keenan Allen, who was traded to the Bears, he also isn’t as expensive or risky as Calvin Ridley, who signed a big contract to join the Titans from the Jaguars.
It will take some time to see if this arrangement becomes beneficial. For now, though, Brown’s practices with his new wide receiver and quarterback combination are a significant step in the right direction for both Brown and the Chiefs in 2024.
