{"id":4374,"date":"2024-08-19T01:59:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T01:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4374"},"modified":"2024-08-19T01:59:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T01:59:53","slug":"chiefs-hc-andy-reid-suggests-patrick-mahomes-is-walking-a-thin-line-with-his-latest-antics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4374","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs HC Andy Reid Suggests Patrick Mahomes Is Walking A Thin Line With His Latest Antics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Mahomes is not the most conservative quarterback in the game, and sometimes, it seems he enjoys taking risks.\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/andy-reid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Reid<\/a>\u00a0is only willing to accept his antics under one condition, however.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u00a0will be the team to beat for the third season in a row and are getting ready to chase a third-straight Super Bowl. So Reid will emphasize protecting the football as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes was in an experimental mood when they lost to the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/detroit-lions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit Lions<\/a>\u00a0in a preseason fixture on Saturday, making a cheeky behind-the-back pass to\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/travis-kelce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis Kelce<\/a>\u00a0for an eight-yard completion in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MAHOMES BEHIND THE BACK \ud83e\udee2<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DETvsKC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DETvsKC<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nflnetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFLNetwork<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcf1: Stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLPlus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFLPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eewdYOpS8c\">pic.twitter.com\/eewdYOpS8c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1824906994739786161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The QB has reportedly been encouraged to try behind-the-back passes in practice and games, throwing one to Isiah Pacheco in a recent session. But trying them in meaningful outings could land him in trouble with Reid if they don\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p>The head coach admitted he has never seen someone make a behind-the-back pass in a game after Saturday\u2019s loss, though he doesn\u2019t view it as a big deal as long as a completion is made.<\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<div class=\"mai-list-content\">\n<p class=\"is-style-subheading has-whitespace-nowrap has-primary-color has-text-color has-sm-font-size\"><em>\u201cGot to think positive,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>he said, per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/40896979\/patrick-mahomes-pulls-back-pass-travis-kelce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESPN<\/a>.<em>\u00a0\u201cThey do it in basketball every game, several times in every game. So it\u2019s not that big of a deal [going] behind the back.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The HC did not give a reply when pressed on what would happen if Mahomes tries a behind-the-back pass in a regular-season or playoff game and fails to hit his target.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-andy-reid-did-not-design-the-play-for-patrick-mahomes\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andy Reid Did Not Design The Play For Patrick Mahomes<\/h2>\n<p>Patrick Mahomes has also revealed that the pass in question was improvised and wasn\u2019t designed for him.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt has to happen naturally,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>he explained.<em>\u00a0\u201cI can\u2019t force it. \u2026 It probably looked pretty cool, but I haven\u2019t actually got to see it yet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Who knows? Maybe we\u2019ll see another one when the games actually matter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"check-this-out\" class=\"mai-grid check-this-out entries entries-grid has-image-left-middle has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<div class=\"entries-wrap has-columns\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Mahomes is not the most conservative quarterback in the game, and sometimes, it seems he enjoys taking risks.\u00a0Andy Reid\u00a0is only willing to accept his antics under one condition, however. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4376,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374\/revisions\/4376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}