Patrick Mahomes – Chiefs passing assault prepared for 2025 breakout

In main the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs‘ working backs and broad receivers via a passing camp in his residence state of Texas, Patrick Mahomes is attending to see what he noticed solely in coaching camp final yr.

That is a lineup that features the workforce’s prime three wideouts: Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy and Hollywood Brown. Accidents stored Rice and Brown out for many of final season, leaving solely Worthy, then a rookie.

Seeing them collectively once more has Mahomes hopeful the Chiefs can have the big-play passing recreation in 2025 that they lacked final season.

“All the things appears to be like nice proper now getting the blokes again and wholesome,” Mahomes stated. “I feel the offense has an opportunity to be actually, actually good. The core group will probably be again in its entirety, so the objective is to attempt to construct on it and get even higher and attempt to get again to a few of the explosive passing performs that we have finished in years previous.”

Rice was main the NFL in catches with 24 final yr via the primary three video games earlier than a knee harm ended his season. After throwing to Rice within the passing camp, Mahomes stated he expects the broad receiver to play like he was earlier than the harm.

“The expectations are excessive,” Mahomes stated. “He appears to be like actually good. He’s working routes, he is catching the soccer. I do not know after we get again into the precise OTAs [in May] how a lot he’ll be capable of do, however he is been in a position to do every little thing right here so far as working routes and every little thing like that.

“I do know it was unlucky how he obtained damage final yr, however it was so early within the season that he will get just about a whole offseason, which I feel will probably be huge going into this season.”

The Chiefs had been inspired final yr by what they noticed in coaching camp from Brown, a free agent addition. However Brown suffered a sternoclavicular harm on the primary play of the preseason and, after surgical procedure, returned in time to play solely two video games within the common season plus all three playoff video games. His contributions in these 5 video games had been minimal, with 14 receptions for 141 yards.

“It is onerous to throw guys in on the finish of the season and attempt to give him an enormous position,” Mahomes stated. “I used to be pleased to have him again on the finish of the season and for him to type of get again in throughout the offense, however I feel now with hopefully him having the complete offseason and coaching camp and hold staying wholesome and proceed to [expand] his position much more. You possibly can see when he will get to soccer in his fingers and he has an enormous position in our offense, it makes all people go.”

Worthy wound up being the Chiefs’ main broad receiver with 59 catches and 638 yards. He additionally caught two 50-yard passes in Tremendous Bowl LIX in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles, however each got here after the Chiefs had fallen far behind.

“We needed to push the envelope, and also you noticed Xavier making some huge performs down the sector,” Mahomes stated. “Making an attempt to take a optimistic away from that and from the remainder of the season as properly is that we have the blokes. It is about me trusting them, making the throws downfield and letting them make performs.”