Chiefs WR Worthy set to return Sunday vs. Ravens

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Xavier Worthy, the Kansas City Chiefs' fastest receiver, is expected to play successful Sunday's crippled against the Baltimore Ravens. Coach Andy Reid said Friday that Worthy, who missed the past 2 games with a close enarthrosis injury, did good connected the signifier tract successful mentation for Sunday's game.

"He feels good," Reid said of Worthy. "We don't person to interest astir his legs. He's been capable to support himself successful bully signifier and he's acceptable to go."

In the play opener against the Los Angeles Chargers, Worthy suffered a dislocated close enarthrosis connected the 3rd play of the game. The wounded occurred erstwhile Worthy collided with choky extremity Travis Kelce, who was moving a crossing way successful the other direction.

The Chiefs began the play with an 0-2 grounds successful portion due to the fact that the offense, led by backmost Patrick Mahomes, struggled portion having to execute with a short-handed radical of receivers. Rashee Rice, Mahomes' apical receiver, began the play serving a six-game suspension for violating the NFL's idiosyncratic behaviour argumentation and rookie Jalen Royals missed the archetypal 2 games due to the fact that of a close genu injury.

This week, Worthy was seen moving routes during the unfastened information of signifier without other padding connected his close arm. He is expected to play against the Ravens portion wearing a tiny harness connected his close shoulder.

For the archetypal clip this season, Mahomes is expected to person astir of his dropbacks diagnostic walk catching options specified arsenic Kelce and a radical of receivers that see Worthy, Hollywood Brown and Tyquan Thornton, who leads the Chiefs with 171 yards and 2 touchdowns. The Ravens participate Sunday's games with the 31st-ranked defence successful points allowed.

"I emotion that dude, man," Kelce said of Worthy. "He's specified a hard worker, a invaluable piece. He draws truthful overmuch attraction due to the fact that of his velocity and his quality to marque plays with the shot successful his hands. It's truly speechless connected however overmuch helium impacts a crippled erstwhile he's retired there.

"Getting him backmost determination is decidedly going to alteration a batch for us."