KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A precedence for the Chiefs in the course of the offseason is to extend their variety of huge cross performs.
They signed one quick extensive receiver, Marquise Brown, and drafted one other, Xavier Worthy, within the first spherical. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes mentioned coach Andy Reid is encouraging him to push the ball down the sphere extra usually.
“If I do not, he throws little jabs at me like, ‘Oh, you wish to throw the checkdown right here?”’ Mahomes mentioned because the Chiefs concluded their offseason practices. “I am like, ‘I bought you, Coach; we’ll push it.’ It has been enjoyable.”
Mahomes has all the time appeared unaffected when he throws an interception or is fooled by defensive protection on a specific play. However he mentioned he is higher than ever now at placing unfavourable performs behind him.
“That is in all probability essentially the most snug I believe I’ve felt of simply with the ability to not let one thing have an effect on me,” he mentioned. “Once you go up towards [Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo in practice], you are not going to be proper 100% of the time, and there is been occasions the place I’ve misplaced on blitzes and Spags will get me with the brand new stress that he is engaged on, and I believe it is simply with the ability to get the ball out of my hand, get it to the checkdown or wherever that’s after which dwell to play one other play.”
The Chiefs have the ceremony to obtain their Tremendous Bowl LVIII championship rings scheduled for Thursday night time. Mahomes mentioned the ceremony, which the Chiefs held on the identical level of the offseason final 12 months for his or her Tremendous Bowl LVII title, serves because the official end to the 2023 season.
As soon as the Chiefs get to coaching camp subsequent month, he mentioned, it is all about 2024 and attempting to turn out to be the primary NFL workforce to win three straight championships within the Tremendous Bowl period.
“You must are available realizing that we’ll get everyone’s greatest shot,” he mentioned. “We all know that, however on the identical time, I believe we had been a younger workforce final 12 months and we form of grew up because the season went on, and I believe this 12 months you need to study from these errors you made final 12 months.
“It’s a brand-new season. I’ve handled it a pair occasions now, and we all know it is going to be, each week, it is going to be a giant week. We begin off with some nice opponents early within the season.”
