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Chiefs Looking To Add 1 Key Element To 2025 Offense
Chiefs Looking To Add 1 Key Element To 2025 Offense originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
When Patrick Mahomes first emerged on the scene for the Kansas City Chiefs, the offense was one of the best in football.
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That was due, in part, to the Chiefs' ability to get big, explosive plays in the passing game as Patrick Mahomes averaged over 280 passing yards per game and has at least 37 passing touchdowns in four of his first five seasons as a starter.
But over the past couple of years, that long bomb has disappeared from the playbook, and despite the Chiefs stating last offseason they wanted to bring it back, Mahomes didn't dial up the launch codes often.
However, this offseason, Mahomes has been wanting to get that part of the offense back. But offensive coordinator Matt Nagy knows that saying they want to do it and actually doing it are two different things.
"Talk is cheap, right?'' Nagy said. "You can't talk about it. You've got to be able to do it. So I think it's a mentality of every day in practice trying to make sure you stress not only the importance of talking about it but then doing it in practice.
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"It's our job as coaches to emphasize it more and then let these guys go out there, and then their mindset, too, is cutting it loose every now and then and not every one is going to be perfect, but so far up to this point it's been beautiful with the attack mindset."
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) throws as guard Joe Thuney (62) provides coverage against Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Da'Shawn Hand (93).Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images
So the Chiefs want to get downfield this season.
They have the quarterback to do it, and with the return of Rashee Rice, a healthy Marquise "Hollywood" Brown, and Xavier Worthy, there are receivers who can motor downfield in a hurry.
Now it is all about practicing it, and then when the regular season rolls around, doing it with live bullets flying.
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Kansas City didn't have much of a deep threat last season with Mahomes having his lowest ever yards per completion (10.0), but it is clear the franchise wants to give Patrick license to go deep far more often.
Time will tell if it translates to production in the regular season.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 8, 2025, where it first appeared.
