It’s happened again. The Kansas City Chiefs did not keep rookie wide receiver Xavier Worthy a secret very long into the 2024 season.

Worthy caught three passes and had one carry in the team’s season-opener against the Baltimore Ravens, but two of his touches went for touchdowns.

Quickly, the rest of the league, and more specifically the AFC East, realized their collective mistake in allowing the speedster out of Texas to drop to the then two-time defending Super Bowl champions.

Worthy’s star started to shine brighter for the Chiefs and he found himself being relied upon much more. Rashee Rice went down with a season-ending injury early on and the need for Worthy’s contributions became more apparent. Like all rookies, he had his ups and downs.

But as the Chiefs retool for another run to the Super Bowl next season, Andy Reid has made it clear that he sees Worthy expanding his game.

At the same time, given the weekend’s breaking news – the University of Texas product Worthy has been arrested in Texas on assault charges – Reid and the Chiefs need to see some other things with clarity, too.

“We learned Xavier is more than a deep threat. He also has the ability to do that and we probably could have tapped into that even more,” Reid said. “I’m not sure we’ve tapped that out. I think there’s more, and that’s exciting.”

“I think there’s more”? Those 4 words resonate on the field. But what about off the field? The aforementioned Rice got in legal trouble in Texas last offseason.

Now comes this allegation. The football part of this is easy.

What will that Worthy role look like next season?

Despite all of Worthy’s merits, there is a glaring weakness for this team at the wide receiver position.

Travis Kelce led the team in receiving with 823 yards, the lowest total of his career.

Evidenced in the Chiefs’ Super Bowl LIX loss, the committee experiment has reached the end of the road.

The young receiver showed flashes of course, however, he is not a No. 1 receiver just yet. If the Chiefs are looking at an improved roster corps next season, Worthy is likely the No. 2 or No. 3 in that scenario depending on Rice’s progression back into the fold.

But that is not a bad thing. As Kansas City evolves, they are likely expecting the same from Worthy along that timeline.

Once the Chiefs unlock a new element of their team, perhaps then they will, as Reid puts it, “tap into” what more Worthy has to offer. And on paper and on the field?

Worthy and Rice look like a quality combo. But off the field? The look isn’t very “quality” at all.