Head Coach Andy Reid spoke with the media on Friday afternoon as the Kansas City Chiefs prepare for the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis next week.
Here’s what stood out from the media session.
1. Reid spoke about the challenge ahead following a disappointing season in 2025.
The Chiefs posted their first losing season in more than a decade last year, dropping eight of their final nine games after beginning the campaign at 5-3. It wasn’t at all how Kansas City expected the 2025 season to play out, but with those results now in the rearview, Coach Reid described his excitement for the task ahead.
“Listen, I love challenges, [and] every year is a challenge. This one presents a little different [of a challenge] because of what we’re coming off of after this last year. Nobody wants that – fans don’t want that, the organization doesn’t want that, [and the] coaches [and] players don’t want that,” Reid said. “So, you dig in and you work to fix the problems that you think were in place, and [you] take care of business there… [That’s] going to continue for a while, and eventually, you get this group together and you have an opportunity to train them through the offseason, and then up through training camp. It’s great to see how that grows.”
Reid explained that the Chiefs’ coaches are currently working on scheme evaluations in the mornings and personnel evaluations in the afternoons.
2. The Chiefs made some additions to their coaching staff in recent weeks, which included the hiring of Wide Receivers Coach Chad O’Shea. Reid spoke about O’Shea on Friday.
O’Shea, who served as the Cleveland Browns’ Wide Receivers Coach last season, has more than 20 years of experience in the NFL. Unsurprisingly, that was the first thing Reid pointed out on Friday when discussing O’Shea’s hiring.
“Chad has a ton of experience…He’s been around, [and] he’s worked at a championship-caliber level with New England,” Reid said. “He’s had a lot of good receivers, and done well with them…I really like what he brings to the table, [and] he’s been in a coordinator position, [so] he has a good feel for the whole [picture].”
Indeed, O’Shea served as the Miami Dolphins’ Offensive Coordinator in 2019. He also has experience coaching wide receivers in Minnesota (2006-08), New England (2009-18) and Cleveland (2020-25).
Fittingly, O’Shea’s professional coaching career began in Kansas City as a Volunteer Assistant back in 2003.
5. Reid also spoke about quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ progress as he continues to work his way back from last season’s knee injury.
Mahomes is now two months removed from the season-ending ACL injury he suffered in December, and according to Reid, the two-time NFL MVP is making great progress so far.
“He’s around here all the time. He spends a ton of time here – seven hours a day,” Reid said. “He’s in there cranking away, making progress every day, and it’s great to see him [working with Assistant Athletic Trainer] Julie [Frymyer]…You have to fight through it, and you have to attack the challenge of the workout and rehab. He’s doing a great job of that.”
