The Kansas City Chiefs added speedy rookie wide receiver Xavier Worthy at the end of the first round of the NFL Draft, and it sounds like star quarterback Patrick Mahomes is expecting him to make an instant impact for the team.
During a recent press conference, Patrick Mahomes sent a pretty clear message to Xavier Worthy as he indicated that they will be expecting him to be “ready to go” and make an impact on the team immediately.
“There’s no easing,” Mahomes said according to Adam Teicher of ESPN. “He’s going to have to be ready to go. We got a lot of competition on this offense. He got a lot of mental work in these last few weeks that he had during OTAs and minicamp, but it’s time to go now. Y’all saw it with Rashee [Rice] last year and some of the throwing-up days he had. We’re going to push you to the limit and prepare yourself to be ready to go for the season. That’s not just him. That’s everybody and everybody has to have that mentality when they come into camp.”
The Chiefs have been lacking consistent weapons at wide receiver in recent years following the departure of Tyreek Hill and they undoubtedly hope that Worthy can fill that void.
[ESPN]
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