Patrick Mahomes is ‘phenomenal’ at making sure the Chiefs offense sticks together, insists under-fire OC Matt Nagy – but he admits Christmas Day Raiders loss was a new low: ‘You can’t run from that’

Kansas City Chiefs tight offensive coordinator Matt Nagy praised quarterback Patrick Mahomes for his mentality off the field while also admitting the offensive performance against the Las Vegas Raiders was not good enough.

‘The only thing he cares about after every game is winning and losing,’ said Nagy of Mahomes. ‘When you lose a game, now you go into the ‘why’ part. What happened? Why did it happen?

‘There’s variables that go into every single play. Sometimes [they] are noticed by people in the building and outside the building — players, others — and sometimes it’s very obvious.’

The Chiefs put on one of their worst offensive performances during Mahomes’ six-year career during the 20-14 loss to the Raiders on Christmas. 

Frustrations on the Chiefs sideline led tight end Travis Kelce to slam his helmet to the ground in anger during the game and also bump into head coach Andy Reid, as Reid attempted to calm him down.

Matt Nagy praised quarterback Patrick Mahomes ability to keep 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 there’s a guy wide open, does he as the quarterback — or any quarterback — have the time to throw it? Of the 11 guys, is one guy breaking down,’ Nagy continued.

‘Or, if there’s protection, [is there] something going off differently? So, what I’m saying is [that] basically, we want to try our best to try to get to that point to where all 11 and 12 — plus us as coaches — are really working in unison to be effective. When we do that we’re pretty good. 

‘[Mahomes’] frustration comes from losing — and then leads into why? Why on offense — and how can we get better? The beauty is we stick together and we work toward solutions. That’s one of our greatest strengths — and Pat’s phenomenal at that.’ 

Nagy also mentioned that those inside the Chiefs building got back to work quickly on trying to rectify their worst performance of the season.

Nagy has come under fire this year due to the Chiefs offense playing below expectations

‘There’s just such a great amount of accountability through this team and players and coaches,’ said Nagy.

 ‘So we get together the next day, and we start talking through all that. Without getting into details, I think it’s been a very productive week so far: trying to come up with answers and solutions and sticking together.

‘But in the end, you have turnovers that turn into points in seven seconds [and] the penalties; it’s been some of the same stuff.

‘I think that’s the thing that we want to make sure [we do]: that we as a staff make sure that we help these guys out: really hold them accountable, understand of why we’re doing it and how we get better at it.’