{"id":4648,"date":"2024-08-21T03:30:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T03:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4648"},"modified":"2024-08-21T03:30:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T03:30:38","slug":"chiefs-hc-andy-reid-suggests-patrick-mahomes-is-walking-a-thin-line-with-his-latest-antics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4648","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.\u00a0Andy Reid\u00a0is only willing to accept his antics under one condition, however.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-pread\">\n<p>The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\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\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0in a preseason fixture on Saturday, making a cheeky behind-the-back pass to\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0for an eight-yard completion in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=KavanFlavius&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1824906994739786161&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2Fnfl%2Fchiefs-hc-andy-reid-suggests-patrick-mahomes-is-walking-a-thin-line-with-his-latest-antics%2F&amp;sessionId=37920c131db5cd3d8ff0ff5249023494f6041314&amp;siteScreenName=totalprosports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1824906994739786161\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"\"><\/iframe><\/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<div class=\"code-block code-block-pread\">\n<p><em>\u201cGot to think positive,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>he said, per\u00a0ESPN.<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<\/div>\n<\/div>\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":4649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4648","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\/4648","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=4648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4650,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4648\/revisions\/4650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}