The health of Patrick Mahomes continues to be the essential factor in the Kansas City Chiefs’ success as they look ahead to the 2024 season and their opportunity to win a third straight Super Bowl title.
On Friday, Chiefs quarterback Carson Wentz opened up to the media about his experience under head coach Andy Reid in training camp, and some of the similarities between Kansas City’s system and the one he mastered as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles.
“I mean, it (has) a lot of similarities to my time in Philly (Eagles), but it’s evolved quite a bit,” Wentz explained. “The speed of this offense is second to none and is faster than any team I’ve been a part of. I think just the way we utilize crossers and things and really do a lot of things that Pat (Patrick Mahomes) excels at and how they come to life out here. It’s fun to be a part of it, be in X’s and O’s meetings, and just the whys behind things. I’m trying to learn as much as I can and be a part of it, but it’s pretty cool how they do things.”
Wentz was an MVP candidate in 2017 before suffering a season-ending ACL injury during the Eagles’ Super Bowl LII season. He played under then-head coach Doug Pederson, whom Reid mentored during their time together as player and coach.
“It’s been a lot of fun, a lot of fun, very creative. You see that from afar when you’re watching film and all that stuff to see kind of the gadget plays and all that stuff,” said Wentz. “Not only the gadget plays, but the creativity within your normal run-of-the-mill pass concepts and how they take it to the next level and utilize guys in the right positions and all those things. And so it’s camp, we’re running a lot of plays, but as we kind of start to focus in a little bit, kind of start to see the creativity within the plays, and it’s been fun kind of seeing and seeing how they see it and working with them.”
Judging from his comments on Friday, Wentz is comfortable in the system and will be able to serve as an ideal backup if Mahomes is unavailable at any point during the Chiefs’ 2024 season.
