Kansas City Chiefs TE Travis Kelce accepts blame for Xavier Worthy's shoulder injury

The Kansas City Chiefs' Week 1 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers stung more because they lost speedy wide receiver Xavier Worthy to a shoulder injury in the opening minutes.

During the latest episode of New Heights, Travis Kelce openly accepted the blame for the inadvertent collision that led to the shoulder injury.

"I'll take the most accountability myself. I wasn't ready for that first drive, I ran into one of my guys and offed him out of the game," said Kelce, "That's one of the most frustrating parts and it's hard to get your juices going knowing you just hurt a guy."

Worthy was initially labeled as questionable following the injury, but was downgraded to out in the locker room.

"I'm supposed to be running my route at depth for Worthy, so it's frustrating for me. I was trying to set up my guy to be able to get in a position to, and it all just happened pretty quick, I just got to be better, man." said Kelce, "I'm 13 years in the league, there's no excuse for me running into my own guys like that and being able to play fast and help him out. Worthy had his guy beat, and we're out of the gate, and that game starts completely different."

Head coach Andy Reid called Worthy's status day to day, but the team and Kelce understand how impactful the second-year receiver is to the offense.

This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Chiefs TE Travis Kelce accepts blame for Xavier Worthy's injury