Matt Nagy is well aware as to how limited the Kansas City Chiefs are at wide receiver now.
It is so hard to repeat, and new Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy knows this.
Nagy has taken over the "reins" of the Chiefs' offense from Eric Bieniemy, who has since linked up with Ron Rivera in Washington. Sure, having Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce very much in the midst of their primes is nothing short of a good thing. However, the Chiefs' receiving corps outside of the generational tight end is very inexperienced and leaves a lot to be desired for this season.
Nagy is hoping the young receiving corps makes mistakes early in training camp, and not repeat these same mistakes during games that actually matter. This could be a problem for the franchise.
After having had Tyreek Hill and Mecole Hardman for years, the Chiefs will try their best with the likes of Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Skyy Moore and several other largely unproven wide receivers.
Matt Nagy spells out the wide receiver problem for Kansas City Chiefs fans
Look. I think if anybody is capable of overcoming a less-than-stellar wide receiver room, it would have to be Chiefs head coach Andy Reid. He is one of the greatest offensive minds the NFL has ever seen. His play calling is as innovative as it is captivating. Whether or not his offenses are dripping with talent, he always finds a way to get the football into his best playmakers' hands.
Although I have been skeptical about the Chiefs' chances of repeating, you can never count out Kelce, Mahomes and Reid. I don't know exactly what Nagy does well, but he is back on a staff that will presumably get the most out of his overstated coaching abilities. Then again, the Chicago Bears franchise is elite at eating its players and coaches alive, while forever being stuck in 1985.
For now, I see this summer as a great opportunity for Mahomes to put in the work with his revamped receiving corps. He is a generational arm talent with two Super Bowl MVPs on his mantle. Mahomes may be well-compensated, but now is the time for him to be a tractor driving this offense. We know he can do it, but it is up to him to make anonymous guys household names.
Nagy may have gotten out ahead of this to identify a potential problem really before it manifests.