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Brown

Brown’s fourth quarter touchdown was his first road score since the 2022 season while with the Cardinals. He continued to play well behind the top trio of Rashee Rice, Travis Kelce, and Xavier Worthy, keeping him heavily reliant on touchdowns to return usable fantasy weeks. That is unlikely to change ahead of a difficult matchup with the Texans in Week 14.

Brown has caught more than two passes one time over his past five games. He opened the year as an emergency WR1 for the Chiefs. He has since been relegated to rotational No. 3 duties with Xavier Worthy healthy and Rashee Rice active. Fantasy managers shouldn’t worry about Brown for Week 13, even in a good matchup versus the Cowboys.

Brown played only 30 snaps — behind Noah Gray and splitting time with JuJu Smith-Schuster — en route to this line. With Tyquan Thornton also mixing in for some deep shots, Brown looks to be in the FLEX touchdown-or-bust bucket in Week 12 against the Colts.

We never love to see a mid-week downgrade. If Worthy isn’t able to make it to Sunday, Hollywood Brown will get a fantasy boost against the Broncos. A healthy Worthy is probably a WR3 play against the Broncos’ stellar defense in Week 11, while Brown stepping into the second receiver role would probably be a FLEX play.

Both of Brown’s catches were on busted coverages, with one going for 40 yards and the other for 33 yards. It’s nice to see the veteran being used on big plays down the field, but his role remains a small one, and he really benefited from defensive lapses in this game. You can likely find better options on your waiver wire.

Brown was targeted only once and took a backseat in the offense in the second game with Rashee Rice, playing well behind Rice and Xavier Worthy while splitting time with JuJu Smith-Schuster. His days of fantasy utility appear to be in the rearview mirror unless the injury bug strikes again ahead of him.

Brown has now seen four targets in back-to-back games, but has also found the end zone in consecutive games. With that said, the return of Rashee Rice will undoubtedly eat into his workload after Rice saw 10 targets in his first return to action since Week 4 of last season. The Chiefs spread the ball around to nine different players in Sunday’s win, with four players seeing four or more targets. Brown will be hard to trust as anything more than a deep flex play in Week 8 against the Commanders.

It was the first multi-touchdown game since the 2021 season for Brown, who shook free on two crossers near the end zone for easy scores in this one. Brown’s role is almost assuredly set to change with Rashee Rice due back to the field in Week 7 after serving his six-game suspension. Brown could be relegated to prayer FLEX status moving forward.

The eight looks were the most he’s seen since his 16-target, Week 1 eruption due to the injury to Xavier Worthy. He made his presence in the offense felt early and continued the momentum into the final quarter, catching a toe-tapping ball down the sideline on the team’s penultimate possession, eventually leading to the team retaking the lead with under two minutes to play. Fantasy managers will want to track the status of Xavier Worthy, who briefly departed with an aggravation to the ankle injury that had him listed as questionable coming into the game, ahead of a Week 6 showdown with the Lions.

Brown’s touchdown — his first of the 2025 season — came on a fourth and one in the red zone with the game out of reach for Baltimore. After a big opening night game against the Chargers, Brown has mostly been an afterthought in the Kansas City offense, though he has drawn a target on 24 percent of his pass routes, the highest rate on the team. Brown will be a passable WR4 option next week against the pass-funnel Jacksonville defense.