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Hollywood Brown needs surgery; Chiefs now placing him on IR

According to a report by Jordan Schultz, the Kansas City Chiefs are placing wide receiver Hollywood Brown on the team’s Reserve/Injured list.

Sources: The #Chiefs are placing WR Marquise "Hollywood" Brown on IR, and he will undergo surgery to repair his dislocated SC joint. After multiple imaging studies, it was determined that, although Hollywood felt better, his injury was not healing correctly. Without corrective… pic.twitter.com/xtRRMvmseq

— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) September 13, 2024

While it was originally thought that the sternoclavicular joint dislocation he suffered in preseason Week 1 would not require surgery — which would have allowed him to return in 4-6 weeks — additional imaging has determined that it is not healing properly.