“You could even see the differences”: Patrick Mahomes opens up on Chiefs’ new strategy after impressive Week 1 and 2 wins
The Kansas City Chiefs recorded a pretty brutal run on the field in the last season as the team ended up missing the playoffs for the first time since 2014. To make things worse, Patrick Mahomes also sustained severe injuries in the last season which made things only more complicated for the team. Ahead of the Week 3 match against the Miami Dolphins, Patrick Mahomes opened up about the team.
Patrick Mahomes reflects on the Kansas City Chiefs’ strategies in the new season amid their Week 1 and 2 win against the Denver Broncos and the Indianapolis Colts
In the last few hours, as Patrick Mahomes spoke to reporters about how the Kansas City Chiefs are strategizing in the new season, he said, “You could even see the differences between Weeks 1 and 2…The Colts saw how committed we were to the run game and how well it worked.”The Kansas City Chiefs’ popular quarterback added, “You could tell they were putting assets into stopping the run, so whenever you’re doing the play fakes and linebackers are in the line of scrimmage, it opens up guys over the top of them.”Back in January, Eric Bieniemy returned as Kansas City’s offensive coordinator to help the team’s offense.Patrick Mahomes weighed in on Eric Bieniemy’s return to the team as he said, “It’s got to be a great balance that we have to have of being able to run it, run it, run it, then play-action at the right time…I thought Coach Bieniemy and Coach Reid did a great job of calling the perfect play action, the perfect movement plays at the perfect time, so that I had guys open for me to throw.”The Super Bowl champion added, “We’ll continue to get better and better at that and continue to run the football as well,” Mahomes continued.
Patrick Mahomes battled a tough few months before he made it back to the field to face the Denver Broncos in Week 1
In the last few months, the three time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Patrick Mahomes experienced a few challenging months as he focused and dedicated all his time to rehabilitation and training extensively for the new season.While Patrick Mahomes attended all the training sessions and seemed to have recovered well from his severe injuries, he was sidelined during the preseason matches which made things concerning among fans and analysts.Even though both the Kansas City Chiefs’ head coach Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes continued to deny any doubts about the popular quarterback’s performance, things only got more complicated.However, Patrick Mahomes has bounced back well on the field as he has recorded an impressive performance in the first two matches of the season.
