{"id":32380,"date":"2025-03-12T01:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T01:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32380"},"modified":"2025-03-12T01:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T01:31:19","slug":"chiefs-announce-major-decision-on-32-million-wr-in-nfl-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32380","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Announce Major Decision on $32 Million WR in NFL Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After losing to the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a040-22 in\u00a0Super Bowl\u00a0LIX, the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0enter the offseason with a chance to improve their roster.<\/p>\n<p>They can approach this in a few ways, whether by signing new players in free agency, building up in the 2025\u00a0NFL\u00a0draft, or even retaining their own players with expiring contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Wide receiver Marquise &#8220;Hollywood&#8221; Brown was one player the Chiefs were bracing to hit the open market until signing him to a\u00a0one-year deal worth up to $11 million, which could add nicely to his already\u00a0$32.2 million career earnings.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-3a59ca73e07b47b88db8d6056f31e524\" data-google-query-id=\"CLiJm-ixg4wDFZWJ6QUdXtw67Q\" data-ad-size=\"300x250\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs_2__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"4\" data-rhp=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Now, on Tuesday, the Chiefs officially announced the move with a social media post captioned &#8220;Credits ain\u2019t rolling yet. We\u2019ve officially re-signed\u00a0 @Primetime_jet!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-twitter-embed\">\n<figure class=\"m-embed mm-embed--twitter l-inline\">\n<div class=\"rna-container rh-ineligible\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chiefs\/status\/1899551149642125554\" data-rhp=\"1\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=e30%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1899551149642125554&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fathlonsports.com%2Fnfl%2Fkansas-city-chiefs%2Fkansas-city-chiefs-announce-major-decision-on-32-million-wr-marquise-brown-in-nfl-free-agency&amp;sessionId=d5fd54f5fe8a59bcb2b1d6f77d79fd7b90ff1056&amp;siteScreenName=athlonsports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1899551149642125554\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is now the second year in a row that Brown has joined Kansas City on a one-year deal, but unfortunately appeared in just five games in 2024, including the playoffs after suffering a\u00a0sternoclavicular injury that required surgery in September.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-231e9397bf3747bcbf4b66e0e5c65f5a\" data-google-query-id=\"CO2-muixg4wDFdSH6QUdYYk6sw\" data-ad-size=\"0x0\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs_6__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/4fad3fd7fea4d1555a03c68ce872c853.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"1\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Even when he returned, though, his usage was limited, being targeted 28 times and accumulating 14 receptions, 141 yards and zero touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>This is now the second year in a row that Brown has joined Kansas City on a one-year deal, but unfortunately appeared in just five games in 2024, including the playoffs after suffering a\u00a0sternoclavicular injury that required surgery in September.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-231e9397bf3747bcbf4b66e0e5c65f5a\" data-google-query-id=\"CO2-muixg4wDFdSH6QUdYYk6sw\" data-ad-size=\"0x0\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs_6__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/4fad3fd7fea4d1555a03c68ce872c853.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"1\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Even when he returned, though, his usage was limited, being targeted 28 times and accumulating 14 receptions, 141 yards and zero touchdowns.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\"><\/div>\n<p>However, if Brown can return to putting up similar numbers as his 2021 season, the only year he&#8217;s started at least 16 games, racking up 91 receptions, 1,008 yards and six touchdowns, he could become a force in the Chiefs&#8217; 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