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Kansas City Chiefs tight end offensive coordinator Matt Nagy praised quarterback Patrick Mahomes for his mentality off the field, but also admitted the offensive performance against the Las Vegas Raiders wasn't good enough.
“The only thing he cares about after every game is winning and losing,” Nagy said of Mahomes. “When you lose a game, you now address the 'why' part. What happened? Why did this happen?
“There are variables that go into every single game.” Sometimes [they] are noticed by people in the building and outside the building – players, others – and sometimes it’s very obvious.”
The Chiefs had one of their worst offensive performances of Mahomes' six-year career in a 20-14 loss to the Raiders on Christmas.
Frustrations on the Chiefs sideline led to tight end Travis Kelce angrily slamming his helmet to the ground during the game and also hitting head coach Andy Reid when Reid tried to calm him down.
Matt Nagy praised quarterback Patrick Mahomes' ability to hold the team together off the field
Mahomes and the Chiefs played their worst game of the season against the Las Vegas Raiders
“If there's a play where a player is completely open, as a quarterback – or any quarterback – does he have time to throw it?” “Out of the 11 guys, one collapses,” Nagy continued.
“Or, if there is protection, [is there] Is something different? So what I want to say is [that] Basically, we want to do our best to get to the point where all 11 and 12 – plus us as coaches – are really working together to be effective. If we can do that, we're pretty good.
'[Mahomes’] Frustration comes from losing – and then leads to the question, why? Why on the offensive – and how can we get better? The nice thing is that we stick together and work towards solutions. That’s one of our greatest strengths – and Pat is phenomenal at that.”
Nagy also mentioned that the people in the Chiefs building quickly went back to work trying to make up for their worst performance of the season.
Nagy came under fire this year because the Chiefs' offense fell short of expectations
“This team, its players and coaches just take on so much responsibility,” Nagy said.
“So we'll meet the next day and start talking through it all.” Without going into details, I think it's been a very productive week so far: we've tried to find answers and solutions and stick together.
“But in the end there are turnovers that turn into points in seven seconds.” [and] the punishments; It was the same.
“I think that’s what we want to make sure.” [we do]“That we as a staff make sure we help these guys: really hold them accountable, understand why we do it and how we get better at it.”