{"id":239374,"date":"2025-07-10T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T20:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=239374"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T20:21:33","slug":"chiefs-worthy-message-mahomes-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/07\/10\/chiefs-worthy-message-mahomes-training-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Teammate Sends Clear Message About Patrick Mahomes Before Training Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/06\/14\/chiefs-worth-message-mahomes-rice-roster\/\" target=\"_self\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a> is upset about last season, says Kansas City Chiefs teammate and wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/07\/17\/chiefs-worthy-reacts-mahomes-message-training-camp\/\" target=\"_self\">Xavier Worthy<\/a>. When asked why he believes that, Worthy, who mentioned lingering \u201canger\u201d from the loss in the Super Bowl to the Philadelphia Eagles, had interesting reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Worthy\u2019s comments could double as a warning for the league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe cut his hair,\u201d Worthy told Adams on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E1pOT9His3E\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Up &amp; Adams<\/a>\u201d on July 10. \u201cHe in a different mode right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Xavier Worthy Sends Clear Message About Patrick Mahomes Before Chiefs Training Camp<\/h2>\n<p>Worthy was really just reinforcing a belief he shared the day before, when he took to social media to offer a reminder about his three-time Super Bowl champion QB.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBest in the Business,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClockerSports\/status\/1942992434201235845\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Worthy posted<\/a> on his Instagram stories on July 9.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Xavier Worthy with a reminder about Patrick Mahomes. <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Chiefs<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChiefsKingdom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ChiefsKingdom<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8nmpSWGp8Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/8nmpSWGp8Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Clocker Sports (@ClockerSports) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClockerSports\/status\/1942992434201235845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Worthy and Mahomes connected for 59 receptions, 638 yards, and 6 touchdowns in 2024, giving him one of three rookie receivers in franchise history to have at least 50 grabs, 600 yards, and 5 TDs in a season.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes, though, said during his appearance on Adams\u2019 show that he believes this year\u2019s team has the deepest WR corps he has had.<\/p>\n<p>That includes the Super Bowl-winning team with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/09\/17\/dolphins-hill-message-chiefs-hunt-pacheco-steele-perine\/\" target=\"_self\">Tyreek Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes, who had an especially rough outing against the Eagles\u2019 stout defense in the Super Bowl, noted that while those other teams may have been more top-heavy with talent at receiver, they did not have the array of quality options this team does.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that it is going to be the deepest. It\u2019s hard to always say. You had Tyreek and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/02\/25\/chiefs-jones-message-kelce-retirement-gray\/\" target=\"_self\">Travis Kelce<\/a>, Hall of Famers, in the prime of their careers, and it\u2019s hard to always say that it could be deeper than that,\u201d <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hMqQJRaPUAw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mahomes told Adams<\/a> on July 7. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be hard to make cuts because we have so many great receivers that we could be eight, nine-deep, the guys I could see making the roster.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Chiefs Ready to Get Back to Football<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239376\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-239376\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25566637-1-scaled-e1752175124331-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"Xavier Worthy, Kansas City Chiefs\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25566637-1-scaled-e1752175124331-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25566637-1-scaled-e1752175124331-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25566637-1-scaled-e1752175124331-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25566637-1-scaled-e1752175124331-1536x867.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25566637-1-scaled-e1752175124331.jpg 1967w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Feb 9, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy (1) against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to Worthy, the Chiefs get <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/10\/01\/chiefs-trade-rice-injury-cooper-higgins-hopkins\/\" target=\"_self\">Rashee Rice<\/a> back from a torn ACL, and they re-signed <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/06\/12\/chiefs-brown-message-mahomes-rice-worthy\/\" target=\"_self\">Marquise Brown<\/a>. They also selected <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/05\/30\/chiefs-mahomes-deep-ball-message-worthy-royals\/\" target=\"_self\">Jalen Royals<\/a>, another speedster, in the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>According to Worthy, they are all pulling on the same end of the rope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re really locked in right now. Everybody\u2019s came back. This is my Year 2, this is Rashee\u2019s Year 3, this is Hollywood\u2019s Year 2 in the system. So, I feel like a lot of guys came back more comfortable, and it made things easier,\u201d Worthy said. We\u2019re not just kind of easing into things, we\u2019re not learning the playbook, we\u2019re not thinking. We\u2019re just going out there and going out there and playing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Worthy made no bones about resentment over the loss in his first Super Bowl. He spoke about how that anger can motivate or act as a detriment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a winner. So, just a loss in general \u2013 I hate losing more than I like winning. As a competitor, I feel like that\u2019s how it should be,\u201d Worthy said. \u201cYou want to come back. You really don\u2019t have another chance to redeem yourself. So, it\u2019s always like, man, you have to wait till next year. So, all that built-up tension, all that built-up anger is just carried over to next year, and it\u2019s either you\u2019re going to stack on it, or you\u2019re going to carry over from the loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake, though, Mahomes is also out to prove the detractors wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honestly just ready to play football again. Whenever you lose, you kind of have this taste in your mouth that you want to go out there and revenge that, or whatever you want to say. But at the same time, I feel like I\u2019ve had to sit back and just listen to people talk and talk. And I\u2019m like, \u2018Let\u2019s just play football and just handle it all out there.\u2019\u201d Mahomes told Adams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really want to talk about it. I just want to go out and show who we are as the Kansas City Chiefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs will open training camp for rookies and veterans on July 21.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chiefs are looking forward to the 2025 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2879,"featured_media":239375,"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":[7811,1576,32377],"class_list":["post-239374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiefs","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-xavier-worthy"],"modified_by":"Josh Buckhalter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239374","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=239374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239389,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239374\/revisions\/239389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}