Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is prepared to accept deep passes once more.

Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs ready to embrace the deep ball again. Per Pro Football Focus, Mahomes finished the 2023 season with just 8.9 percent of his passes qualifying as deep balls. Those numbers should improve in 2024 given the additions made by Veach. Brown, for one, has already impressed early in OTAs.

“Hollywood does a nice job out there as a receiver,” Reid said. “Looks like he and Pat are developing a chemistry out there. We’ll just take it step-by-step as we go.”

Despite all the off-field distractions for the Chiefs this offseason, it’s been business as usual in practive. Even the defense has taken notice, with linebacker Nick Bolton and cornerback Trent McDuffie in awe of the new-look Chiefs offense.

“Boy, we are rolling,” McDuffie said. “Pat definitely has some weapons.”

This isn’t the first time the Chiefs have hyped up one offensive weapon in particular. We’ve heard the same about Kadarius Toney and Skyy Moore in previous offseasons. Brown, however, offers a little more proven pedigree than those two.

Outside of Kelce, Mahomes has lacked that true No. 1 weapon on the outside since trading Hill away. Rice started to develop into that at the end of last season, but it seems like the Chiefs have a few contingency plans at the ready as well.