After yet another Super Bowl appearance, the Kansas City Chiefs may lose some offensive firepower to free agency. Wide receiver, Hollywood Brown, will likely test the market and see how valued he may be.
Hollywood Brown in Buffalo?
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler believes that the Chiefs’ nemesis, the Buffalo Bills, could be in on the speedy wideout.
“The Chiefs very much want to keep receiver Hollywood Brown, who should have a good market due to teams’ desire for speed options on the outside,” Fowler said.
He added, “Mahomes advocated for signing Brown last year and will likely do so again. Will another star quarterback — like Josh Allen — be next? People with the Chiefs I spoke to this week believe that Allen has long wanted to play with Brown.”
The Bills’ Performance Without a Solidified No.1 WR
Since 2019, the Bills have had their solidified No.1 WR in Stefon Diggs. Without him, Buffalo outdid expectations, finding their way to the AFC Championship game once again. For the first time since 2018-19, the Bills were without a 1,000-yard receiver. That did not stop quarterback Josh Allen from making his way to the AFC Title game, along with an NFL MVP honor.
In 2024-25, WR Khalil Shakir led the way with 76 receptions, 821 yards, and four touchdowns. Rookie Keon Coleman was the closest to Shakir’s stat line as the Florida State product eclipsed 550 receiving yards in his opening campaign.
Shockingly, without a 1,000-yard pass catcher the Bills still ranked in the top five of PFSN’s 2024 offensive rankings. At an 88.0 regular season ranking, the Bills finished 2024 with a B+. Adding someone like Brown who has WR1 potential, could put the Bills in the spot they have coveted for years now.
Hollywood’s Impact for the Bills
PFSN ranks Brown 43 amongst the most eligible offseason free agents. At 43, Brown lands as the sixth highest rated WR behind Tee Higgins (1), Chris Godwin (4), Keenan Allen (27), Amari Cooper (31), and Darius Slayton (39).
Brown’s 2024 campaign was cut off early due to a shoulder injury that kept him out of the lineup until the second to last week of the regular season. In those two weeks, Brown compiled nine receptions for 91 total yards. In the postseason, Brown had just five receptions for 50 yards.
Before his injury, Brown split his opening five NFL seasons between the Arizona Cardinals and Baltimore Ravens. The Oklahoma product is a one-time 1,000-yard receiver with his best season coming in 2021 with Baltimore. Here, his 91 receptions were enough for 1,008 receiving yards and six end zone appearances.
The 2019 first-round pick comes with some injury concern but has proven his value across his first six seasons.
