Mahomes’s incandescence, Travis Kelce’s reliability and Reid’s guidance have planted the Chiefs atop the NFL. But they've never stopped adapting.
Their metronomic excellence belies the Chiefs’ shifting personnel. Change is inherent to NFL roster construction, and the Chiefs are not immune; only 14 players from Kansas City’s 2019 Super Bowl roster remain with the franchise. The Chiefs underwent their most significant revamp last offseason when theyAdvertisement
“I always thought if you become a GM and win a Super Bowl, it’s like icing on the cake and a stress-free life,” Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach said in April. “It’s the complete opposite. Every year, you feel like it’s not good enough. Working in this profession and being in this league, everyone literally forgets what you did the year before. Every year, it’s got to be something brand-new and something different.”The Chiefs make Mahomes central to every facet of their organization.
“If you can get a quarterback that can adjust and adapt and have agility, literally and physically speaking, it allows for a GM when they’re acquiring talent, they don’t just have to focus on one or two styles,” said former Atlanta Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff, a Patriots executive in the mid-2000s. “It gives them an opportunity to be very creative.
“It helped me grow as a quarterback, just having to get through the offense — the entire offense,” Mahomes said. “Just knowing we’re going to move guys around. We’re going to have playmakers everywhere, and you got to just continue to get through your reads, get to the right guy. I had some things last year especially where it was, ‘Tyreek or Travis, Tyreek or Travis,’ looking back and forth through that.
Brendan Daly coached defensive linemen during the latter days of the Patriots’ reign, and he now coaches linebackers for the Chiefs. The connection he sees in how each franchise built a persistent contender is less tangible than a specific philosophy or approach.“Nobody talks about [building a dynasty], and nobody on a day-to-day basis thinks about that,” Daly said. “It’s there, and everyone knows it’s there. But it’s not something that you focus on. It’s not something that’s talked about.
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