The Kansas City Chiefs are entering their Week 17 matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers with the wind at their backs, and need just one more win to clinch the AFC’s No. 1 playoff seed.
However, the Chiefs’ inability to keep quarterback Patrick Mahomes safe in the pocket looms large over Kansas City’s aspirations of completing a Super Bowl three-peat.
However, during comments to the media on Sunday, offensive coordinator Matt Nagy made it clear that one player, second-year left tackle Wanya Morris, was making progress toward earning his starting role back.
“He’s (Wanya Morris) done a good job with that,” Nagy said of Morris’ development. “It’s important that these guys – as they go through the ebb-and-flows of the season and game-by-game is (that) they stay locked in (and) they stay focused. I think most importantly, more than anything, is that they understand that we always are supporting them and we need to be coaching them and still be tough on them but also have that ‘one play away’ mentality and you saw that yesterday.
“Wanya’s done that this whole time and he came in and played well. He just needs to keep growing and he will – he’s young and I think we all just need to keep that in perspective. I like where he’s at right now and we’ve just got to continue to stay true to what he’s doing well and continue to teach him what he’s not doing great, and we can keep working at that.”
Stay tuned to see if Morris returns to the Chiefs’ starting lineup when Kansas City squares off against the Steelers on Christmas Day.
