{"id":169064,"date":"2024-04-08T14:30:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T18:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=169064"},"modified":"2024-04-08T14:20:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T18:20:22","slug":"patrick-mahomes-boosts-playmakers-message-after-chiefs-announce-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/04\/08\/patrick-mahomes-boosts-playmakers-message-after-chiefs-announce-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Mahomes Boosts Playmaker&#8217;s Message After Chiefs Announce Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs kept up with their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/04\/05\/chiefs-jones-warning-danna-contract-sneed\/\" target=\"_self\">active offseason<\/a>, agreeing to a new one-year contract with running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire on April 3 and bringing the former No. 32 overall pick back behind starter Isiah Pacheco for the 2024 season. Five days later, the team officially announced the deal with a post on social media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Clydro_22\/status\/1777357331866505438\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edwards-Helaire\u2019s reaction<\/a> to the post caught Patrick Mahomes\u2019 attention, with the QB sharing the running back\u2019s post to his personal timeline.<\/p>\n<h2>Clyde Edwards-Helaire Sends Message After Chiefs Announce Contract<\/h2>\n<h3>Patrick Mahomes Shares Clyde Edwards-Helaire&#8217;s Post on Chiefs Contract<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cLets Glyde To The 3Peat!!!\u201d Edwards-Helaire posted on X on April 8<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lets Glyde To The 3Peat!!! \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc9b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Isf99j9SOJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Isf99j9SOJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GLYDE (@Clydro_22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Clydro_22\/status\/1777357331866505438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Edwards-Helaire, who turns 25 years old on April 11, rushed for career-low marks of 223 yards, 3.2 yards per carry, and one touchdown last season. Keeping with a trend, Edwards-Helaire has played a smaller percentage of the offensive snaps in every season of his career.<\/p>\n<p>After posting 188 receiving yards last season \u2013 the second most of his career \u2013 Edwards-Helaire is poised to assume a larger role with Jerick McKinnon still a free agent. McKinnon had just 21 carries last season, one fewer than third-stringer La&#8217;Mical Perine. Perine is also back for the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>However, McKinnon also had 25 receptions for 192 yards in a backfield the Chiefs must replace.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards-Helaire caught a career-best 36 passes for 297 yards in his rookie season, so he is fully capable of taking on a larger role next season.<\/p>\n<h3>Chiefs Pushing for NFL History<\/h3>\n<p>The content of Edwards-Helaire\u2019s message shouldn\u2019t be overlooked either. The Chiefs became the first team in 20 years to win back-to-back championships this past season. They would be the first team in NFL history to win three straight Super Bowls if they won this coming season.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards-Helaire\u2019s sentiment echoes teammate Chris Jones, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StoneColdJones\/status\/1773413931370869108\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared the same message<\/a> just days earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKc\u2026.3peat,\u201d Jones posted on X on March 28.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Kc\u2026.3peat<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Jones (@StoneColdJones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StoneColdJones\/status\/1773413931370869108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jones is coming off a 10.5-sack season after a lengthy holdout. But he is just one year removed from tying his career-best mark with 15.5 sacks. Armed with his new multi-year contract, Jones should be a part of the offseason program from the outset.<\/p>\n<p>That bodes well for another stellar campaign as Mahomes and the Chiefs pursue a third straight title (and fourth in five years) and NFL history.<\/p>\n<h3>Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs May Have Sparked Changes Across NFL<\/h3>\n<p>The Chiefs received poor marks for their facilities in a <a href=\"https:\/\/nflpa.com\/nfl-player-team-report-cards-2024\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">player survey<\/a> that has sparked changes across the league. But one of their strategies could be permeating the NFL too, specifically when it comes to teams with top quarterbacks. Mahomes proved more than capable of bringing along a revamped wide receiver corps en route to another ring.<\/p>\n<p>By season\u2019s end, rookie second-round pick Rashee Rice emerged as the leader.<\/p>\n<p>Other teams may be following suit. The Los Angeles Chargers broke up their aging wide receiver duo of Keenan Allen and Mike Williams as well as tight end Gerald Everett this offseason. That leaves Justin Herbert with 2023 first-rounder Quentin Johnston as his top weapon.<\/p>\n<p>The Buffalo Bills traded disgruntled wideout Stefon Diggs and let Gabe Davis leave in free agency, essentially replacing them with Curtis Samuel and Mack Hollins.<\/p>\n<p>The Cincinnati Bengals have let Tyler Boyd float in limbo with Tee Higgins on a franchise tag.<\/p>\n<p>All of these situations are different circumstances \u2013 the Bengals still have Ja\u2019Marr Chase, for example. But the teams paying hefty sums for quarterbacks are making deliberate efforts to cut costs elsewhere, and wide receivers have been a casualty.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes amplified a teammates message after the team announced the latter&#8217;s new contract in free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2879,"featured_media":169065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[7811,298,6260,1576,9716],"class_list":["post-169064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiefs","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-chris-jones","tag-clyde-edwards-helaire","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-rashee-rice"],"modified_by":"Josh Buckhalter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2879"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}