Arrowhead Pride
On Sunday afternoon, the Kansas City Chiefs got their No. 2 wide receiver back against the Baltimore Ravens. After suffering a torn labrum on the third play of the season opener, Xavier Worthy returned to his teammates for their Week 4 game on GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium — and played a big role in the team’s 37-20 victory. Worthy ended the day with five receptions (and two carries) for 121 yards — and Kansas City now moves into Week 5 with a 2-2 record.
The Chiefs won the kickoff and deferred. Running back Justice Hill took Harrison Butker’s kick in front of the end zone and returned the ball to the Baltimore 30-yard line to start Lamar Jackson and the Ravens offense. The first two passes went to tight end Mark Andrews to move the chains. Derrick Henry’s first carry rumbled for 14 yards to the Chiefs’ 44-yard line. Jackson then found wideout Zay Flowers for a 21-yard gain. The Chiefs were able to get the Ravens to third-down two plays later, but Hill took a handoff for a first down at the Kansas City 12. Two plays later, Jackson found Hill for an 11-yard touchdown pass. Tyler Loop’s extra point opened the scoring at Ravens 7, Chiefs 0.
In his first NFL action after missing the first three games, rookie wideout Jalen Royals returned Loop’s kickoff to the Chiefs’ 32-yard line to start Patrick Mahomes and the offense. The first play went to another receiver returning from injury in Xavier Worthy. After no gain on the swing pass, the Ravens were called for a facemask penalty to move the ball to the Chiefs’ 47. The Chiefs appeared to stall after a short run by Isiah Pacheco and a short pass to Kelce set up third-and-2 just on the Baltimore side of the 50. Rookie running back Brashard Smith could not bring in the pass, but the Chiefs went to Worthy to convert on fourth down. Mahomes went right back to Smith, and the two connected for a 17-yard gain to the Ravens’ 24-yard line. The drive would stall, however, after only four more yards. Harrison Butker came on for a successful 38-yard field goal to trim the lead to Ravens 7, Chiefs 3
Running back Rasheen Ali returned Butker’s kickoff to the Ravens’ 26-yard line. Defensive tackle Jerry Tillery brought Jackson down for a three-yard loss on first down. Safety Jaden Hicks brought Andrews down for only a two-yard gain on the next play, setting up third-and-11, but Jackson was able to evade the rush and just scramble for the first down. After a downfield pass to former Chiefs receiver DeAndre Hopkins was negated by penalty, Jackson found Flowers to move past midfield, and an unnecessary roughness call on safety Bryan Cook would move the drive to Kansas City’s 32-yard line. On the next play, however, Jackson uncorked a deep pass to Andrews that fell into the hands of linebacker Leo Chenal. The Chiefs took...
