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KANSAS CITY \u2014 Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrated his 30th birthday Wednesday by welcoming Xavier Worthy and Jalen Royals back to practice.<\/p>\n
The two wide receivers have hardly played after Worthy hurt his shoulder in a collision with Travis Kelce early in their season opener, and Royals was left dealing with a knee injury from training camp. But after Worthy practiced a bit late last week, coach Andy Reid said Wednesday that neither would have any restrictions in preparing for Sunday night\u2019s game against the New York Giants.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just excited to get those guys back and, you know, go out there and try to have some success on offense better than we did last week,\u201d said Mahomes, who is off to one of the worst starts of his NFL career for the winless Chiefs.<\/p>\n
Mahomes has completed just 58.8 percent of his passes and averaging 222.5 yards passing in losses to the Los Angeles Chargers and Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n
Spotty protection from an offensive line that the Chiefs have poured financial and draft resources into during the past few years is one of the problems. But another has been the absence of three wide receivers expected to make a big impact on the team.<\/p>\n
Along with the injuries to Worthy and Royals, Rashee Rice is in the midst of a six-game suspension for violating the NFL\u2019s personal conduct policy.<\/p>\n
Few teams can withstand those kinds of losses, and the Chiefs have been no different. Marquise Brown is their only pass catcher with more than six receptions total, and that includes tight end Travis Kelce, who had a touchdown pass bounce off his hands for an interception at the goal line in their Super Bowl rematch Sunday against Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been reminiscent of last season, when the Chiefs had to withstand a season-ending knee injury to Rice and a shoulder injury to Brown that caused him to miss almost the entire regular season. In that case, Worthy stepped up with a rookie season that far exceeded most expectations, and that made him a focal point of the Chiefs\u2019 offseason plans for the offense.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think more than anything,\u201d Mahomes said, \u201chaving him out there is a threat in general. He can at any moment take a pass, short or long, and he can take it to the house. Having him on the practice field was very encouraging last week. Obviously we didn\u2019t know after the injury in Brazil (how long he\u2019d be out), but seeing him out there \u2014 he wanted to stay out there. We were kind of holding him back. Hopefully we can go through a good week of practice and have him out there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The same goes for Royals, whom the Chiefs picked in the fourth round of the draft out of Utah State.<\/p>\n
While Worthy has game-breaking speed, Royals offers a similar kind of shifty quickness as Rice, which means he would have been a good option to take on some of the suspended wide receiver\u2019s workload during the first six weeks of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll just see how he does,\u201d Reid said. \u201cHe\u2019s been out for a while. We\u2019ll see how he comes around.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Mahomes didn\u2019t sound as if he had many other birthday plans Wednesday. The fact he\u2019s on an 0-2 team for the first time since his sophomore year at Whitehouse High School in Texas has kind of put a damper on things.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always hard to have a birthday in general \u2014 especially this year with the losses \u2014 but being so early in the season, you\u2019re so focused on football and trying to get going in the right direction,\u201d Mahomes said. \u201cWe celebrated in the offseason. We went down and I hung out with my friends; we all grew up together. I\u2019m a little ahead of them but all of them, their wives are pregnant, they are getting their jobs that they\u2019re going to have for the rest of their life, stuff like that. So it\u2019s cool to see.\u201d<\/p>\n
Besides, Mahomes said, \u201cI\u2019ve been saying, I\u2019ve got kids, man. I\u2019ve been 30 forever.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Notes: DE Mike Danna (quad) and CB Kristian Fulton (ankle) did not practice Wednesday. \u2026 Reid brushed aside Wednesday any notion of \u201cload management\u201d for Kelce, who turns 36 next month, especially after his slow start. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s an age thing or anything,\u201d Reid said. \u201cWe try to keep an eye on him the best we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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