Do the Kansas City Chiefs RISK Their Offense By SNUBBING Big Bodied X Receivers?

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4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Chiefs’ wide receiver strategy challenges NFL norms—could Andy Reid’s unconventional approach impact the 2024 draft? Without a prototypical X receiver, the Chiefs rely on versatility, player movement, and scheme-driven separation. Rashee Rice, Hollywood Brown, and Xavier Worthy rotate through X roles, raising questions about Kansas City’s reliance on the Z receiver and tight end formations. Is this flexibility a competitive advantage, or does it handicap the offense against press man coverage? Chris Clark & Ryan Tracy dissect Andy Reid’s receiver preferences, Mahomes’ connection with Travis Kelce, and roster implications for the upcoming NFL season. Topics include potential wide receiver draft targets, deceleration skills, and adjustments required as Kelce nears retirement. How will the Chiefs prepare for uncertainty at quarterback, and can a new coaching staff unlock greater production from current and future playmakers? The episode explores what Kansas City must do to stay ahead in the AFC race.

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0:00.0	Andy Reid has a type and it will affect this cheater's draft.
0:04.1	From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked on Chiefs podcast.
0:10.3	You are Locked on Chiefs, your daily Kansas City Chiefs podcast.
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0:21.5	And welcome back to another episode of Locked on Chiefs, part of the Lockedon Podcast Network, your team every day. And welcome back to another episode of Lockdown Chiefs, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network,
0:24.8	your team every day and the number one sports podcast network in the U.S.
0:28.1	We appreciate you.
0:29.6	And to our everydayers out there, thank you for making us, making this possible for us to do.
0:34.2	I am Chris Clark from Chief's Corner.
0:35.6	He is Ryan Tracy from our Jare football, our NFL 33 and Rogue APC. Lots of different things to talk about. We're going to dive into
0:43.2	the wide receiver group and really looking at this from the Amy Reeve perspective because one of
0:48.9	the things that is always stuck out to me and Ryan and I were kind of having this discussion
0:54.1	is they typically don't really have an X receiver
0:57.1	they will have one on the field that will play
1:00.4	that position because they have to
1:02.3	but it's not your prototypical it's not your
1:04.7	prototypical X and
1:07.4	that's why I said to start the show
1:10.5	Andy Reid has a type and an X, isn't it?
1:15.1	No, it really isn't.
1:16.9	And it's not, I just don't think they want to take it.
1:21.0	And maybe it's not just him, maybe is fed into by Patrick Mahomes as well.
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