Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy is noticing gradual improvement in his unit’s efficiency as they march to the postseason with the best record in football. He shared his thoughts on the team limiting turnovers with reporters on Thursday, leading to more scoring opportunities.
“Number one, there’s a lot of teams that thrive off of that turnover, and it flips the field (and) gives them a short field on offense. I think there’s a balance – like Pat’s (Patrick Mahomes) been phenomenal the last several weeks of being good decision making (-wise), and his accuracy’s been really, really good, so all of that comes together,” said Nagy. “The running backs, the ball carriers – you want to make sure you talk about it, and you don’t want to overdo it, but there’s a balance to making sure that they know it. Pittsburgh, last week, they’re special now.”
The Chiefs have not committed a turnover in their last six games, with the previous turnover occurring in their Week 11 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Mahomes threw two interceptions in that game, and he’s benefitted from adjustments on the offensive line, allowing only one sack over the past two games.
“They’re elite at what they do with getting the ball – we showed clips of them just punching the ball out all week long of times that they don’t get the ball,” said Nagy. “So, I feel like there’s sometimes where the players – as crazy as it sounds, when they’re in the middle of the play like real quick it clicks in their brain – ‘ball security’ – and then they think about it against a really good team like Pittsburgh.”
The Chiefs will play in Week 18 with nothing on the line but will be evaluating their offense and the depth needed in the postseason.