The Kansas City Chiefs have one of the most dynamic offenses in the league and have for years on years. That's the Andy Reid era for you, as the Chiefs head coach is one of the biggest offensive masterminds and geniuses the league has ever seen.
Not to mention he is constantly taking things and suggestions from players like Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and even a janitor one time when he was in Green Bay. Yes - that's a true story.
So, it's been known that it takes a while for new players on offense, specifically rookies but even free agent signees, to get up to speed. We saw it with Kadarius Toney when he was traded, and it's a small reason why the team has chosen to bring Mecole Hardman back again rather than bring on a new wide receiver this late.
But, for one of the Chiefs' new signees, he shouldn't have any issues learning the playbook. There are certainly some similarities with what he has already come to learn throughout his career.
“Yeah, it’s been fun," backup quarterback Carson Wentz said last week. "Honestly, I love kind of just learning. The last couple of years I’ve gotten to learn a lot of different football, a lot of different playbooks. So, I’ve loved diving into this and seeing the uniqueness of it.
"Like you mentioned and like I mentioned a while back, there’s a handful of similarities and carry over in some terminology but just kind of the whole evolution of it and how they’ve done some really cool things here with different pieces. I’ve enjoyed the process and it’s a cool system.”
Meanwhile, Wentz has had a good camp so far. Now, the real training camp isn't here yet, but what he has done has been OTAs, and he's done well and impressed some people. The Chiefs have had a history of having a good backup behind Patrick Mahomes, so to hear he is having a good offseason so far is great to hear.
“I’d say it’s similar to what I’ve experienced," Wentz continued when asked about camp. "It’s just a mutual respect across the ball for each other and just how do we get better this time of year but also push each other but keep each other healthy, keep each other safe, you know, work together so to speak.
"We’re not the enemy of each other even though it may feel that way in some team competitive drills. Competition is high out there, but guys really maintain it and kind of keep it between the whistles and all that stuff, so it’s been pretty good.”
With guys like Chad Henne in the past, and of course Blaine Gabbert last season as the backups, the Chiefs take the backup to the best player in the league - position, very seriously. Wentz is a guy who has started a lot of games, was once in the MVP discussion, and now he is on track to have a great off-season.
