NFL power rankings: Which teams will have the best passing attack this season?
By Ryan Heckman
1. Kansas City Chiefs
Last season’s number one passing offense, the Kansas City Chiefs, should again finish in the top spot. This is no surprise, as the Chiefs boast the best quarterback in the game in Patrick Mahomes. This is an easy ranking to make, quite frankly.
So long as Mahomes is healthy and playing, his passing offense should finish in the top-5, if not the top spot, every year. We are in the midst of watching one of the greatest players this league has ever seen, and the guy is still just 27 years old.
Over the course of the offseason, the Chiefs lost one of their notable targets in JuJu Smith-Schuster going to the Patriots, but they also added rookie Rashee Rice to help alleviate that loss. To be frank, losing Smith-Schuster doesn’t hurt a whole lot when you’re Patrick Mahomes.
He could be throwing to anyone out there, and Mahomes would make it look effortless. The Chiefs are going to move the ball, and they’re going to move it through the air. It’s a given.
Mahomes still has the league’s top tight end in Travis Kelce, plus last year’s addition in Kadarius Toney going through a full offseason with the team. Marquez Valdes-Scantling is in his second year with the team, and hopefully, second-year-pro Skyy Moore takes a step forward as well.
Look, some thought Mahomes would take a step back after losing Tyreek Hill. All he did was lead the league in passing yards and finish with a career-best 5,250 in total. This was easy. Number one was always going to be Kansas City.