The Kansas City Chiefs extended their streak of AFC West titles to six seasons while continuing to have a top-tier offense in football. However, their offensive structure takes a different turn in 2022, with wide receiver Tyreek Hill shipped to Miami for a boatload of draft picks. At some point, 32-year-old tight end Travis Kelce will have regression in his game, requiring the Chiefs to rebuild their passing attack. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes remains a beast throwing the ball, and Kansas City added receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Skyy Moore to fill some of the void created by the loss of Hill.
Offense
The Chiefs want to pass the ball and attack the whole field with their offense. They threw the ball 61% of the time last season while averaging 39.7 passes per game. However, for the first time in the Mahomes era, Kansas City gained fewer than 8.0 yards per pass attempt (7.4). The most important question for this offseason, after trading Hill, is whether the Chiefs can regain their big-play ability in the passing game.
