Patrick Mahomes put on notice as Chiefs bring in new coach with concerning track record

Andy Reid has officially named Chad O’Shea as the team’s new wide receivers coach.

It is a move that has raised a few eyebrows throughout Chiefs Kingdom.

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While O’Shea arrives with three Super Bowl rings from his time with the New England Patriots, his most recent tenure with the Cleveland Browns has many questioning if he is the right man to fix a Kansas City offense that struggled with consistency throughout the 2025 season.

The primary red flag surrounding O’Shea’s hiring is his six-season stint in Cleveland.

Despite the Browns investing high-round draft picks in prospects like David Bell, Anthony Schwartz, and Cedric Tillman, the unit saw almost no internal growth.

The criticism of O’Shea highlights a troubling pattern: under his watch, the only receivers who truly thrived were already established veterans such as Amari Cooper and Jerry Jeudy.

Perhaps the most glaring stain on O’Shea’s resume was the decline of Odell Beckham Jr., who struggled to find chemistry or production in Cleveland before immediately winning a Super Bowl with the Rams after his departure.

The failure to develop homegrown talent forced the Browns into a cycle of expensive trades and free-agent signings to stay afloat.

It isn’t just the lack of development causing alarm either.

During O’Shea’s brief 2019 stint as the Miami Dolphins‘ offensive coordinator, reports surfaced that his playbook was overly complex and a disaster for younger players to grasp.

For a Chiefs roster that currently leans on young, high-upside speedsters like Xavier Worthy and Rashee Rice, the fear is that O’Shea’s track record of not developing talent may stifle the creative, free-flowing chemistry that has defined the Patrick Mahomes era.

While his time in Cleveland may not have produced standout results, there is a familiar name worth noting: Julian Edelman.

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O’Shea served as Julian Edelman’s wide receivers coach for 10 years in Foxborough, helping develop the former seventh-round pick into one of the most clutch postseason performers of the 2010s.

While much of that success can be attributed to Tom Brady, O’Shea deserves credit for his role in the process.

His lack of success in Cleveland may simply be chalked up to the situation itself, as coaching for the Browns has long been an abysmal task. No one succeeds there.

You don’t think he’ll make it work with Reid and Mahomes in Kansas City? Unlikely.

Despite O’Shea’s time in Cleveland, Andy Reid and the return of offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy appear to be betting on O’Shea’s veteran experience.

After a 2025 season defined by dropped passes and mental errors, the Chiefs may be looking for a “hard-nosed” coach to instill discipline, even if it comes at the cost of player popularity.

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