Chiefs flexed on the entire league drafting another weapon for Patrick Mahomes

The Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs made the decision to improve their already outstanding offense, and the rest of the NFL should be horrified.

When the Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LIV less than three months ago, they did so on the heals of a firm defense that stepped up at the most integral parts of the season; and more importantly on the shoulders of their All-World MVP quarterback, Patrick Mahomes.

Mahomes and head coach Andy Reid, a bonafide offensive genius and future Hall of Famer, used creative play calling and a slew of incredibly fast weapons to carry the Chiefs to a second consecutive season averaging over 30 points per game. The so-called ‘Legion of Zoom’, featuring four players who run a sub-4.4, 40-yard dash, was able to zig, zag and wasp its way to the franchise’s first Super Bowl Championship in 50 years.

The Chiefs offense is so good, in fact, that the rest of the teams in their division have already given up, electing to load up on offense to try to outscore, rather than to stop, Reid and Mahomes and Company. After giving up over 33 points per game to Kansas City last year, the first round of the NFL Draft, which saw all three AFC rivals use their first selections on offense, shows that opposing coaches see the futility in trying to load up to stop the 2018 NFL MVP and his band of (fast) merry men.

But at the bottom of the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, the Chiefs chose not to bolster their defense or build offensive line depth. Instead, they chose to dunk on everyone trying to catch up to them by adding another offensive weapon for Mahomes and Reid to play with.

With the 32nd selection in the 2020 NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs selected Clyde Edwards-Helaire, running back, from LSU. Helaire was an integral part of a highly prolific LSU offense that led the team to a National Championship. In fact, Heisman Trophy winner and 1st overall selection, quarterback Joe Burrow, labeled CEH the best athlete on the team and the most important component of the offense.

In short, this selection should terrify the NFL. First year Chiefs’ defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo proved last year that with average NFL cornerbacks, below average linebackers, and an excellent pass rush he can scheme the defense to be good enough, and outright good, in order to steer the way for Mahomes to lead the team to victory. The Chiefs have decided to ride that wave but running it back, returning 20 or 22 Super Bowl starters, and losing only two key contributors on defense from their Super Bowl roster three months ago (cornerback Kendall Fuller and linebacker Reggie Ragland, who both left in free agency). The Chiefs believe the pieces they have are good enough to go back-to-back.

So with that in mind general manager Brett Veach and head coach Andy Reid simply chose to up the ante on would-be challengers, adding the most versatile back in the draft to an already stacked and prolific offense. Edwards-Helaire is small (5-foot-7, 207 pounds), but mighty, and rarely went down on first contact while playing in the rough-and-tumble SEC. In addition, he is an incredible pass catcher out of the backfield, tallying more receptions in 2019 than first round selection receivers Henry Ruggs or Jerry Jeudy.

Simply put, the Chiefs know that they have a team good enough to return to the Super Bowl in the 2020 season. They used their first round pick to strike fear in to opposing defensive coordinators, and to give Patrick Mahomes even more dangerous, explosive weapons at his disposal.

At this point, the NFL is Mahomes’ world, and the rest of the NFL is just living in it.