The Kansas City Chiefs escaped their preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars mostly healthy, although two players did suffer noteworthy injuries. One of them was wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, who left Saturday’s outing after just one play.

It’s a sternoclavicular dislocation for Brown, which head coach Andy Reid confirmed after the loss. At the time, Reid said the 27-year-old wideout was at a local area hospital receiving further evaluation and possible treatment. Sunday morning brings some more significant news, as Brown is officially on the road to recovery.

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN on X, Brown was discharged from the hospital on Sunday morning and is returning home.

“Chiefs WR Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown, who suffered a dislocation of his sternoclavicular shoulder joint Saturday night, was discharged from a Jacksonville-area hospital this morning and now has been cleared to return to Kansas City,” the tweet read.

When Reid confirmed the injury, he acknowledged that Brown would “miss some time” before making his return to action.

“I think he’ll miss some time,” Reid said. “We’ll just see where it’s at. We’re kind of going through it right now. We’ll know more later on here.”

It was a short preseason debut for Brown, who registered one catch but was injured on the ensuing tackle by Jaguars cornerback Montaric Brown. Landing on his side put pressure on Brown’s shoulder area and led to the posterior dislocation. Reid compared it to the same injury Tyreek Hill suffered five years ago, also down in Jacksonville. That specific ailment caused the All-Pro receiver to miss four games – roughly a month.

Right now, it’s unclear what Brown’s individual recovery timeline will be. It’s unfair to put him on the same track as Hill, as different players heal in different ways and we’re still waiting on more information. Hill’s injury was reduced under anesthesia instead of direct surgery, shortening his time missed. A typical inactivity period for something like this is oftentimes a window of four-to-six weeks. The next time head coach Andy Reid speaks to the media, he very well may provide a more defined update on where Brown stands.

Until then, Kansas City’s prized free agent pickup will have his eyes set on a full recovery.

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Wide receiver Marquise Brown left the Kansas City Chiefs’ preseason game against the host Jacksonville Jaguars in the first quarter with a shoulder injury on Saturday at EverBank Stadium.

The Chiefs said Brown has a shoulder injury and was questionable to return to the game, but Kansas City put its backups in during the second series of the game, making it unlikely he would play again.

Brown caught a pass on the first play from Patrick Mahomes for an 11-yard gain but immediately after headed to the sideline to be examined by medical personnel.

Brown was one of the Chiefs’ biggest free agent additions during the offseason. The Chiefs are expecting Brown and first-round draft pick Xavier Worthy to improve their wide receiving play, a disappointment last season.

Last season, with the Arizona Cardinals, Brown had 51 catches for 574 yards and four touchdowns.

TOPEKA — Democrat Patrick Schmidt brought old-fashioned door-to-door campaigning to east Topeka on a sizzling day ahead of the primary election, but the 97-degree temperature was eclipsed by scorched-earth opinions of some voters who stepped onto the porch to talk about the Kansas Senate primary.

Schmidt, who walked a neighborhood east of the Capitol wearing a long sleeved U.S. Navy shirt, reminded folks he was running in the newly formed District 19. He moved through those streets knowing Gov. Laura Kelly’s Middle of the Road PAC had his back. Schmidt’s chief rival was Kansas House Minority Leader Vic Miller, who had spent decades in public life in state and county government and as a Topeka municipal judge.

“Is there anything I could do for you?” Schmidt asked repeatedly. “Can I count on your vote?”

Most declined to share their personal political agenda. There were offers of verbal support for Schmidt. A registered Libertarian wished him well. Others weren’t certain they’d take part in the Aug. 6 primary election. Several who answered their door along Lime and Lake streets said they were exasperated by Miller’s style of politics and ready to see the names of a new generation of Democratic candidates on the ballot.

“We voted for you, dude,” an elderly man told Schmidt.

It was anecdotal evidence the Senate campaign wasn’t shaping up to be a cake walk for Miller, who possessed the most significant name recognition and the deepest reservoir of policy decisions to pick apart.

The Kelly nudge

On Tuesday, registered Democrats put an end to speculation. Schmidt carried 53% of the vote, drawing support of 2,554 Democrats. Miller trailed with 1,638 votes or 34% of the total. In third place was Topeka community activist ShaMecha King Simms, who captured 601 votes or 13%.

“I was just really humbled and grateful for the trust and support of everyone I met,” said Schmidt, who gained financial and voter traction through Kelly’s endorsement. “I knew Laura Kelly is highly respected and accomplished in this district.”

During the campaign, Miller told voters the gap between himself and the governor wasn’t wide. He said he would “be there to help Governor Kelly deliver a safe, secure and fiscally sound Kansas, lower residential property taxes and bring an expanded Medicaid program to 150,000 uninsured Kansans.”

In May, Miller created controversy at a candidate forum by telling Simms, who is Black, she ought to run for office “another day, another place.” The governor’s Middle of the Road PAC denounced Miller for supporting a Republican bill that would have created a single-rate, flat income tax in Kansas that was opposed by Kelly.

Schmidt, an officer in the Navy Reserve, said the 19 percentage point margin between himself and Miller in the primary was somewhat of a surprise.

“It’s hard to read the label from inside the bottle,” Schmidt said. “I kind of thought we were somewhere around that just by what I heard knocking at the doors.”

Schmidt, who was born in Johnson County and moved to Topeka, lost a campaign for the U.S. House by 35,000 votes against incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner in 2022. Schmidt filed for the state Senate race in late 2023.

The new Senate district up for grabs extends from central Topeka to northern Lawrence. It includes a swath of rural Shawnee and Douglas counties that takes in the cities of Lecompton and Tecumseh and parts of Kanwaka, Wakarusa and Soldier townships. Overall, the district leans Democrat.

‘Refuse to talk bad’

In the November general election, Schmidt will face Republican Party nominee Tyler Wible, a Topekan who defeated moderate Cynthia Smith in the primary by a comfortable 61% to 39% margin.

Wible said he was a constitutional conservative concerned about erosion of individual rights. He said he brought to the Senate campaign an appreciation for the region in which he ​attended school, faced poverty, bought his first ​home and built a construction business.

He said voters there lacked representation from someone committed to lowering taxes and minimizing the size of state government.

“We’ve got to keep government out of private industry,” Wible said. “The bigger that government is, the more interference with our rights.”

Wible said he wasn’t familiar with Schmidt’s positions on key issues, but had no interest in taking part in the style of campaigning illustrated by Miller and Schmidt.

“I refuse to talk bad about anybody,” Wible said, noting Schmidt could come after him during the fall campaign. “I’m ready for it. I’m not going to lose myself to run for politics.”

Miller and Schmidt engaged in back-and-forth assaults with a series of mailers sent to potential Democratic voters. Schmidt included on the postcards a mugshot of Miller’s 2019 DUI booking, while Miller placed an image of Schmidt’s face on the body of a woman spinning yarn on a wooden spindle.

A central element of their conflict was Miller’s vote for a 2017 bill that expanded state regulation of abortion clinics. The law was struck down by the Kansas Supreme Court. Schmidt referred to Miller’s vote as a “betrayal” of women and a vote that helped “extremist Republicans.”

In response, Miller sent out a colorful postcard that claimed “Schmidt and his dark money special interests are working overtime to spin yarn about Vic Miller.” Miller, who didn’t respond to a request for post-election comment, said in his mailers that he voted 16 times in support of abortion rights and reproductive freedom during the past two legislative sessions.