As we had learned during the previous two weeks, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been working out with many of the team’s offensive skill players in Texas. Then on Monday — as the team began Phase One of its offseason program (which consists only of meetings) — head coach Andy Reid said they’d decided to once again hold them virtually.
During Phase One, the Chiefs’ coaches cannot instruct players on the field, anyway, so Reid, famously a man who sticks to his 20-plus-year routine, uncharacteristically opted to pivot.