Chiefs' Worthy Has Post-surgery Message To Detractors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Xavier Worthy played 653 snaps successful his 2nd NFL season. He played 650 of them pinch a torn labrum.

Worthy soldiered done not conscionable nan torn labrum, but a dislocated near shoulder. He sustained some injuries successful a friends occurrence collision pinch 250-pound Travis Kelce connected nan season’s 3rd snap, Sept. 5 against nan Chargers successful Brazil.

The wide receiver connected Wednesday day shared not only news of his successful surgery, but besides a connection for his detractors.

Worthy besides battled an ankle wounded astir of nan year, past missed nan season-finale astatine Las Vegas pinch an illness. Throw successful nan normal play bruises associated pinch a violent, interaction sport, and Worthy is surely happy to beryllium done pinch 2025.

Andy Reid connected Worthy

“Yeah, he conscionable goes 100 miles an hour,” caput coach Andy Reid said successful precocious October, aft Worthy yet sewage disconnected nan wounded report. “And I cheque connected him during nan game. Not arsenic overmuch astatine practice; I mean, we're not hitting him successful practice. But I cheque connected him during nan crippled and he ever tells maine everything's fine. So, he doesn't want to beryllium connected immoderate wounded reports aliases anything.”

He was, however, hoping to look connected different reports, specified arsenic lists of Pro Bowlers aliases statistical leaders – particularly aft hitting his stride pinch Patrick Mahomes precocious successful his rookie season. His astir enticing play arsenic a rookie was his 50-yard touchdown reception successful nan 4th fourth of nan Super Bowl nonaccomplishment to Philadelphia.

Link to Worthy's Instagram station here.

Difficult season

Instead, Worthy vanished pinch conscionable 532 yards and 1 touchdown connected 42 receptions, ne'er really seeming connected nan aforesaid page pinch Mahomes. After nan bye week successful Denver, nan backmost and receiver were acold isolated connected a heavy shot that would’ve struck first humor successful an important section game. The Chiefs coiled up losing, 22-19.

They still managed to complete a fewer heavy balls, including a 42-yard onslaught successful Dallas connected Thanksgiving.

Worthy’s astir breathtaking and productive crippled of his 2nd season really was his return aft nan Week 1 injury, Sept. 28 against Baltimore. In a 37-20 victory, he had 5 catches for 83 yards and 2 carries for 38 yards, including a 35-yard burst.

He vanished nan twelvemonth pinch 11 rushing attempts for 87 yards and returned punts for nan first clip successful his NFL career, 1 return for 6 yards and 2 adjacent catches, Dec. 7 against Houston.

In regular-season games since selecting Worthy successful nan first information (28th overall) of nan 2024 draft, nan Chiefs are 7-1 erstwhile he catches a touchdown and 4-0 erstwhile he has astatine slightest 65 receiving yards.

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