Patrick Mahomes is ‘phenomenal’ at making sure the Chiefs offense sticks together, insists under-fire OC Matt Nagy – but he admits Christmas Day Raiders loss was a new low: ‘You can’t run from that’

Kansas City Chiefs tight offensive coordinator Matt Nagy praised quarterback Patrick Mahomes for his mentality off the field while also admitting the offensive performance against the Las Vegas Raiders was not good enough.

‘The only thing he cares about after every game is winning and losing,’ said Nagy of Mahomes. ‘When you lose a game, now you go into the ‘why’ part. What happened? Why did it happen?

‘There’s variables that go into every single play. Sometimes [they] are noticed by people in the building and outside the building — players, others — and sometimes it’s very obvious.

The Chiefs put on one of their worst offensive performances during Mahomes’ six-year career during the 20-14 loss to the Raiders on Christmas.

Frustrations on the Chiefs sideline led tight end Travis Kelce to slam his helmet to the ground in anger during the game and also bump into head coach Andy Reid, as Reid attempted to calm him down.

‘If there’s a play where there’s a guy wide open, does he as the quarterback — or any quarterback — have the time to throw it? Of the 11 guys, is one guy breaking down,’ Nagy continued.

‘Or, if there’s protection, [is there] something going off differently? So, what I’m saying is [that] basically, we want to try our best to try to get to that point to where all 11 and 12 — plus us as coaches — are really working in unison to be