Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy spoke with reporters on Thursday during his press conference and analyzed quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ growth in pocket presence this season.”We always talk about his (Patrick Mahomes) feet – mentally, this year we talked a little bit about more aggressiveness for all of us. So, I think he’s done a great job with that. I think the next step now is with the mental side of it, the process of ‘okay, it’s not there, check it down.’ He had three of those last week. ” That’s growth,” said Nagy. “You had three plays where it’s okay; it’s not there.” They didn’t give it to us (then) check it down in the back, check it down to the tight end, make it second-and-three instead of second-and-10. That’s growth. We’re still working on some things, footwork-wise, which we always do, but I think, like the play action stuff, he’s done a great job with being really good with play action.”Mahomes has 22 touchdown passes this season and is on his way to becoming the sixth player all-time with at least 25 touchdown passes in eight consecutive seasons.”So, there’s a lot. He has really done an amazing job of sticking true to what we want to do, progression-wise, within the concepts. Then he’s the most competitive human being I’ve been around,” said Nagy, “So, when you get in a game like last week, we get the touchdown at the end of the game, and he was ready to roll and go down there and win the game, and that’s just who he is. I like where he’s at, and I think mindset-wise, for us as a team and an offense, I know internally is looking forward to this weekend, and he’s a leader that is going to lead us, and that is one of his greatest strengths.”Mahomes hopes to continue his momentum this Sunday in a must-win game against the Houston Texans.This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Chiefs OC Matt Nagy analyzes Patrick Mahomes’ pocket presence growth
