The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are banking on having a number of tips up their sleeve for the 2022-23 NFL season.
Whereas talking with the media Thursday on the conclusion of the Chiefs' first set of offseason exercises, Patrick Mahomes mentioned "defenses will not know [where the ball is going]" this upcoming season.
"That is what you are going to see with this offense this 12 months,'' Mahomes mentioned. "It will be all people. It isn't all going to be one man. Clearly [Travis Kelce] continues to be going to get lots of completions [and] lots of yards, however the entire receiving room goes to have massive days and that may be one thing we use to our benefit.
"It is a very deep receiving room. It is arduous to inform which guys are going to make it as a result of we have got so many good receivers. That is what you need. You need that competitors. You need guys competing each single day to make the roster as a result of they'll assist us in the long run."
"A giant a part of our offense is having that chemistry on the sphere, and I feel it is translated," Mahomes added. "We have been on the identical web page [so far during OTAs], and we will preserve constructing on that."
Along with Kelce headlining the Chiefs receiving corps, Ok.C. signed up two veteran free brokers in JuJu Smith-Schuster and Marquez Valdes-Scantling, drafted Skyy Moore (Western Michigan) within the second spherical of the 2022 NFL Draft and picked up undrafted free agent Justyn Ross.
These additions come within the wake of Ok.C. buying and selling star wideout Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins in one of many greatest blockbuster offers this offseason. Mahomes went to both Kelce or Hill for 45% of his completions and 50% of his yards and touchdowns in his 4 years as a starter, per ESPN.
Let's take a better take a look at the weapons in Mahomes' arsenal this season.
Seven-time Professional Bowl tight finish Kelce will possible be the centerpiece of the Chiefs' receiving corps with Hill out of the combo — and for good purpose. He boasts 704 receptions for 9,006 yards and 57 touchdowns in his nine-year NFL profession. Kelce has probably the most 100+ yard receiving video games (29) in Chiefs franchise historical past and probably the most consecutive 1,000+ yard seasons (six) amongst tight ends in NFL historical past — no different TE has even 5 seasons.
Final season, Kelce's 1,125 receiving yards trailed solely Hill (1,239 yards) and was 432 yards greater than the subsequent closest participant (Mecole Hardman, 693 yards). His 9 TDs have been tied with Hill for many of any participant.
Professional Bowl WR Smith-Schuster, 25, joins the Chiefs after spending the whole lot of his five-year profession with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He has posted 323 receptions for 3,855 yards and 26 TDs all-time and is the third participant in Steelers franchise historical past to file at the least 100 catches in a season, becoming a member of Antonio Brown (six seasons) and Hines Ward (one season).
He is additionally the youngest receiver to get 2,500 receiving yards in NFL historical past at simply 22 years and 227 days previous.
Former Inexperienced Bay Packers WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling, 27, involves Ok.C. with 123 receptions, 2,153 yards and 13 TDs underneath his belt since becoming a member of the league in 2018. He was tied for the best yards per reception common (18.4) within the NFL from 2019-21 and led the league in receiving yards per reception (20.9) in 2020.
What's extra, M.V.S. has caught at the least one 70+ yard cross in every of the final three seasons, a flashy stat that goes proper together with the Chiefs' go-to model of play.
Twenty-one-year-old rookie receiver Moore reeled in 171 receptions for two,482 yards and 16 TDs in three years at Western Michigan, the place he averaged over 13 yards per reception yearly. In 2021, he had the ninth-most receiving yards per sport (106.9) in faculty soccer for WMU, the tenth most receptions (94) in FBS and was tied for the Eleventh-most receptions of 20+ yards (22) in CFB.
Moore, who performed quarterback and cornerback in highschool, mentioned he brings "versatility" to Ok.C. when chatting with the media in the course of the Chiefs rookie minicamp.
Ross, 22, discovered a spot with the Chiefs after falling out of the 2022 NFL Draft final month. He boasts 158 receptions, 2,379 yards (15.1 YPC) and 20 TDs in his three-year profession at Clemson, the place he missed the 2020 season on account of a congenital backbone situation.
Kansas Metropolis's voluntary OTA practices will happen over the subsequent two weeks, adopted by obligatory minicamp, which begins on June 14.
