{"id":2007340,"date":"2025-09-08T21:18:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2007340"},"modified":"2025-09-08T21:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:18:22","slug":"chiefs-could-be-without-wrs-xavier-worthy-jalen-royals-against-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chiefs-could-be-without-wrs-xavier-worthy-jalen-royals-against-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs could be without WRs Xavier Worthy, Jalen Royals against Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 The Kansas City Chiefs could be without Xavier Worthy and rookie Jalen Royals because of injuries in a depleted wide receiver group when they face the Eagles in a Super Bowl rematch on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.<\/p>\n

Worthy hurt his shoulder in the opening minutes of the Chiefs\u2019 season-opening loss to the Chargers<\/a> in Brazil, when he collided with tight end Travis Kelce on a crossing route. Chiefs coach Andy Reid did not provide much of an update on Monday, when he spoke briefly with local reporters, saying only that the team was taking it \u201cday by day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s rehabbing and working his shoulder,\u201d Reid said, \u201cand we\u2019ll just see where it goes. See where we end up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Royals, a fourth-round pick, did not practice last week and missed Friday night\u2019s game while dealing with a knee injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cJalen is doing a good job with his rehab. We\u2019ll just see how that ends up this week,\u201d Reid said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a couple of days here that we\u2019ve had. Guys are making good progress. But we\u2019ll see where it rolls. If neither [Worthy nor Royals] play, we\u2019ve got guys that we played with the other night that are good football players.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, the loss of Royals and Worthy would leave Kansas City without three of its primary wide receivers against the Eagles. Rashee Rice already was serving the second game in his six-game suspension for violating the NFL\u2019s personal conduct policy. It is part of his punishment following a March 2024 car crash on a Dallas highway that injured several people.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs were hoping that the speedy Worthy would help them deal with Rice\u2019s absence early in the season, especially after a breakout rookie season in which he led their wide receivers with 59 catches for 638 yards and six touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Instead, Worthy was the victim in a friendly fire incident reminiscent of last season, when Rice tore ligaments in his knee when Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes collided with him while trying to make a tackle following an interception.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just one of those deals. Sometimes that happens,\u201d Reid said. \u201cYou hope it doesn\u2019t very often, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marquise Brown, who missed most of last season with a shoulder injury, led the Chiefs against Los Angeles with 10 grabs for 99 yards. JuJu Smith-Schuster had five catches for 55 yards and Tyquan Thornton had two for 41 yards.<\/p>\n

\u201cTyquan and Hollywood and JuJu did a great job of filling some of those roles,\u201d Mahomes said after the 27-21 defeat<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s someone [in Worthy] that was a huge part of our game plan, and someone that we\u2019re counting on to go out there and make plays against some of the man coverage that they played. I thought guys did a good job kind of stepping up in those roles.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other news, Reid tried to sidestep questions about the open-handed slap that Chargers defensive tackle Teair Tart delivered to Kelce in the third quarter. Tart was given a personal foul penalty, but because it was an open-handed punch rather than one that was delivered with a closed fist, the officiating crew allowed him to remain in the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t understand that rule. I didn\u2019t \u2014 you know, I guess it\u2019s open-hand, fist, whatever. I don\u2019t know all that, what their decision was on that,\u201d Reid said. \u201cHe definitely got hit in the head pretty hard, whether it was an open fist or a closed fist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure how you determine that,\u201d Reid added, \u201cwhich hurts more.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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