On Monday, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs welcomed their new broad receiver Marquise “Name me Hollywood” Brown to their staff facility on the Truman Sports activities Complicated. First on the agenda: the little matter of signing the one-year contract that can pay him $7 million — and maybe as a lot as $11 million — this season.
Nonetheless sporting his swimsuit, Brown then met with reporters through Zoom — and acknowledged to our Pete Sweeney that “fairly a couple of groups” had expressed curiosity in bringing him aboard.
“I used to be actually leaving it as much as my agent,” revealed Brown. “Kansas Metropolis was a spot that I instructed him that I wished to be — if that was the chance — and it sort of simply unfolded. I let him do his job — and God made it occur.”
The sixth-year NFL veteran feels that becoming a member of the Chiefs is one thing that’s been on his horizon for fairly some time.
“I believed I used to be going to get drafted by the Chiefs once I was popping out,” remembered Brown, whom the Baltimore Ravens chosen within the first spherical (twenty fifth general) of the 2019 NFL Draft. “We’ve talked about that since I’ve been right here. They did lots of work on me [during] the pre-draft. So the world’s received a means of getting issues come round like that.”
However he stated that becoming a member of the Chiefs wasn’t solely about fulfilling that draft future. Having the chance to play with quarterback Patrick Mahomes — and for head coach Andy Reid — have been further elements.
“Pat was an enormous a part of it,” he acknowledged. “I imply, with the ability to play with Pat [and] Coach Reid [in a] profitable tradition. [And] the offense. I really feel like I may are available in, I may assist [and] I may slot in. All these issues performed a component.”
From his facet, Mahomes believes that Brown “brings a ton of dynamic playmaking capability” and “there will likely be lots of throwing periods in our future.” Brown instructed reporters that he anticipates getting collectively along with his new quarterback as early as “this week.”
“It simply looks like [Patrick] may be very passionate,” he famous of the three-time Tremendous Bowl winner. “I’m a really passionate particular person [who] needs to win — to do the whole lot essential to win. And that’s any person you need to play with. You need to play with any person [who is] going to convey the perfect out of you — [who’s] going to push your sport to the following degree. I really feel like he’s undoubtedly a type of kind of fellows.”
Brown believes that enjoying in Kansas Metropolis will unlock beforehand unseen potential.
“Being on this system,” he stated, “I really feel like I’ll be capable of showcase my talent set. I nonetheless really feel like [there’s] lots of my sport that I actually haven’t received to indicate folks — and that’s in all probability what I’m enthusiastic about essentially the most [by] being right here: to only put my greatest foot ahead and present what I may do.”
With each the Ravens and Arizona Cardinals — for whom he has performed the final two seasons — Brown thinks this simply wasn’t attainable.
“I really feel like occasions in Baltimore [and] in Arizona, I confirmed aspects of issues that I may do,” he famous, “however not on a constant foundation. So I really feel like, right here, there’s guys round [who are] interchangeable. We will complement one another — and that means the perfect can come out of everybody.”
Nonetheless, he doesn’t have any regrets about asking to be traded out of Baltimore.
“On the finish of the day,” he stated, “[if] you’re not pleased with your self — otherwise you’re not pleased [with] what’s happening — you’ll be able to’t put your greatest foot ahead on the sphere.
“So I really feel like [during] my time in Arizona, I didn’t accomplish stuff I wished to perform on the sphere. However as a person, I grew. I grew nearer with God. I grew nearer with my household. I really feel like God put me in that scenario as a result of I wanted it.”
And now, he’s pleased to be in a scenario through which he can merely be… himself.
“I’m a soccer participant, you already know? I need to play soccer. I need to win. I need to be part of the profitable. And that’s why I’m right here.”
