{"id":184297,"date":"2024-08-07T17:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T21:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=184297"},"modified":"2024-08-07T17:01:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T21:01:16","slug":"mahomes-chiefs-offense-brown-worthy-pacheco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/08\/07\/mahomes-chiefs-offense-brown-worthy-pacheco\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Mahomes Points Out &#8216;Biggest&#8217; Key for Chiefs&#8217; Offense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs wide receivers are fast, boasting five players who ran sub-4.5 seconds in the 4-yard dash and two who posted times in the 4.2s. There have been signs that the Chiefs will look to be <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/08\/06\/chiefs-rashee-rice-gets-honest-about-chemistry-with-patrick-mahomes\/\" target=\"_self\">more vertical<\/a> in 2024, with Patrick Mahomes connecting on several deep looks throughout camp.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mahomes is looking to be more than just a fastball pitcher as an offense. Mahomes believes there has to be a balance.<\/p>\n<h2>Patrick Mahomes: Balance the &#8216;Biggest Thing&#8217; for Chiefs&#8217; Offense<\/h2>\n<h3>Patrick Mahomes Wants Chiefs to Have Balanced Approach<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cObviously with the speed, we\u2019re gonna be able to hit guys over the top. But I think the biggest thing is you want to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/xpeA9CPmVFY?si=y0LWWsIkn16w9wyu\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">able to do both<\/a>,\u201d Mahomes told reporters on August 6. \u201cI think that\u2019s something we\u2019ve worked on all camp is you\u2019ve got to be able to hit the guys over the top. And then when the defenses play deep you have to be able to hit the medium-type things, and then we have to be able to run the football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what makes great offense great is having the ability to do all of that. And so as much as I wanna throw it deep every single play, I think just being able to do everything is gonna be the biggest part of our offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs ranked 12th in rushing yards per attempt and 19th in passing yards per attempt in 2023, though they were 13th in net passing yards per attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Still, last year\u2019s team lacked the explosive ability of previous year\u2019s groups.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Of course Hollywood is stealing the show \ud83d\udc40 <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Primetime_jet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Primetime_jet<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z1EB9RuSkz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/z1EB9RuSkz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chiefs\/status\/1820845537806913589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Patrick Mahomes\u2019 Has \u2018Loved\u2019 Chemistry in WR Room<\/h3>\n<p>Even with the emergence of Rashee Rice (4.51 40-yard dash), the group lacked a consistent explosive option. This year\u2019s group includes <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/07\/29\/patrick-mahomes-marquise-brown-chiefs\/\" target=\"_self\">new additions<\/a> Hollywood Brown and rookie Xavier Worthy.\u00a0 They figure to soak up many of the looks that went to Kadarius Toney, Mecole Hardman, and Skyy Moore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019ve loved the most is how much they root for each other,\u201d Mahomes said. \u201cWhen guys make plays, everybody\u2019s going out there to celebrate. And we have a lot of good guys that are playing hard, and all making plays against a great defense. It\u2019s not all gonna be perfect, it\u2019s not all gonna be the perfect play. But they\u2019re all rooting for each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what you want in the receiving room is a good group of guys that are talented.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Isiah Pacheco Ready to Shoulder the Workload<\/h3>\n<p>While the receiving room will get plenty of attention, running back Isiah Pacheco is looking to be the all-around back that some the the greatest offenses in history have played through. That includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/NrgJyAm8Ex8?si=3kf-DM0nrc5G4ZaK\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">working on his route running<\/a> as a receiver, both from the slot and on the perimeter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s done a great job,\u201d Mahomes said of Pacheco. \u201c[Head Coach Andy] Reid will put him out there and let him run some shorter routes and deeper routes that he hadn\u2019t ran before, and some read routes that necessarily aren\u2019t for running backs. And he\u2019s done a great job with that. He wants to be great. He\u2019s done a great job running the football for us. He\u2019s done a great job catching out of the backfield. But if he can catch it from the slot or from a receiver-type position, it\u2019s just gonna help him be a better football player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pacheco caught 44 passes for 244 yards and two scores in 2023, nearly doubling his yardage and more than doubling his receptions from his rookie season.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes pointed out the biggest key for what projects to be an explosive offense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2879,"featured_media":184298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[7811,9537,1576],"class_list":["post-184297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiefs","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-isiah-pacheco","tag-patrick-mahomes"],"modified_by":"Josh Buckhalter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184297","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=184297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}