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Chiefs' Xavier Worthy out for game after injuring shoulder

SAO PAULO -- The Kansas City Chiefs experienced their first significant injury on just the third snap of the season.

Xavier Worthy, the Chiefs' fastest receiver, suffered a right shoulder injury while running a crossing route on the team's first third-down play. Instead of finishing his route, Worthy collided with tight end Travis Kelce, who was running a crossing route in the opposite direction.

The play ended with quarterback Patrick Mahomes throwing an incompletion because Worthy, a second-year player, fell to the turf.

A few minutes later, after the Chiefs punted the ball to the Chargers, Worthy walked back to the locker room with a towel over his bowed head.