{"id":35631,"date":"2022-06-03T22:07:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T22:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chiefs-qb-coach-matt-nagy-is-excited-to-be-back-in-a-special-place-with-patrick-mahomes\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T22:07:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T22:07:01","slug":"chiefs-qb-coach-matt-nagy-is-excited-to-be-back-in-a-special-place-with-patrick-mahomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chiefs-qb-coach-matt-nagy-is-excited-to-be-back-in-a-special-place-with-patrick-mahomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs QB coach Matt Nagy is excited to be back in a ‘special place’ with Patrick Mahomes"},"content":{"rendered":"
For returning Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Matt Nagy, it was a no-brainer to come back to head coach Andy Reid’s staff – where he had served for a total of 10 years in Philadelphia and Kansas City – after being fired from the Chicago Bears’ head-coaching job.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the end, after I was fired, I had some time to get away,\u201d he said of the experience. \u201dBut I think it got to a point where it just made sense to get [back]. Football’s in my heart. It’s in my blood. It’s in my wife’s heart and my wife’s blood. And my kids – they love it. So why not come back to a great place – a special place – and get it going again? “<\/p>\n
It was also a place where he would be working with familiar faces: quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes – who joined the team during the last season before Nagy departed – and Chad Henne, with whom he was familiar from an entirely different time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s been fun to be back in that quarterback room with Pat,\u201d he noted. \u201cI remember watching Chad since he was a sophomore in high school. I actually coached against him. And he put up – as a sophomore – like 300 [yards] and four touchdowns and I was [like]’This kid’s special.’<\/p>\n
\u201cNow here we are – however many years later – and I’m coaching him here at this level. And then to be in there with Shane [Buchele] and Dustin [Crum]to be back with Coach Reid, to be back with Eric Bieniemy [and] the rest of the coaches on this offensive staff … it’s awesome. They’re just good people who do things the right way. It’s exciting for me. It’s fun – and it’s refreshing. “<\/p>\n
But it all comes back to Mahomes, who became the NFL MVP the year after Nagy left.<\/p>\n
“It was neat to see him do that right away,” he recalled. “We were just talking about, ‘Were you surprised?’ No … I wasn’t surprised that he did it.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe’s just such a special player. He’s rare. And when Kansas City came to Chicago – and you had to look across the sideline and see that dude over there? It was like, ‘OK. Maybe just score 24 – instead of like, 42. ‘”<\/p>\n
Nagy said that despite Mahomes’ incredible accomplishments over the last four seasons, he’s still a player that a coach can mold.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m so excited to be in that room with him,\u201d said Nagy, \u201cand to see the personality that he has. He has a great balance of how to be a great quarterback – but yet, be a great leader. And he’s still coachable.<\/p>\n
“A guy like this? You’ve done everything. You’ve won a Super Bowl. You’ve been to four straight AFC championships. And yet, he’s still coachable. He wants <\/em>that. There’s a hunger there. And that’s what’s exciting for me. “<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For returning Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Matt Nagy, it was a no-brainer to come back to head coach Andy Reid’s staff – where he had served for a total of 10 years in Philadelphia and Kansas City – after being fired from the Chicago Bears’ head-coaching job. \u201cIn the end, after I was fired, …<\/p>\n