{"id":1706,"date":"2024-11-07T02:14:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T02:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2024-11-07T02:14:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T02:14:06","slug":"breaking-xav%c9%aaer-worthy-earned-pos%c9%aat%c9%aave-feedback-from-a-rookie-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=1706","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Xav\u026aer Worthy earned pos\u026at\u026ave feedback from a rookie moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ksn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/66fd97690b3ed0.39675774.jpeg?w=2560&amp;h=1440&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Patrick Mahomes sees himself turning the corner amid a slow start, even as  the Chiefs are 4-0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs missed a big play on Monday night, but it was a more heads-up play than it appeared.<\/p>\n<p id=\"lwu9ZY\">Week 9 was one of the most productive games for the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 passing offense this season. The 30-24 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was tighter than the team would have liked. A score on the Chiefs\u2019 opening drive could have made the game feel more in control.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7bRbNQ\">Rookie wide receiver Xavier Worthy appeared to make a catch on the sideline to gain 32 yards and set up one yard away from the end zone. However, Worthy was unable to stay in the field of play to complete the pass.<\/p>\n<p id=\"KZiWmE\">The mistake killed the drive and set up a Chiefs\u2019 punt, but Worthy only messed up regarding sideline awareness. In fact, head coach Andy Reid praised the rookie on Wednesday during his press conference.<\/p>\n<p id=\"uUNjGi\">\u201cWhat a great route,\u201d Reid pointed out to reporters. \u201cThat was an adjustment he made to put himself in that position off the route.<\/p>\n<p id=\"zokjje\">\u201cThey clouded that side. He adjusted back outside&#8230; He was able to escape that cornerback \u2014 that forced him wider than the play normally brings him to. I thought he did a great job on that part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"32uX74\">Quarterback Patrick Mahomes echoed his coach when he spoke to reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/01\/23\/91578345-14031657-image-a-176_1730502007029.jpg\" alt=\"Chiefs rookie reveals rival NFL team hung up on him at 2024 NFL Draft -  before Kansas City picked him | Daily Mail Online\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"p83R7v\">\u201cI looked down the middle of the field because that\u2019s the guy I look to,\u201d Mahomes began describing the play. \u201cThen, out of the corner of my eye, I saw Xavier down the sideline making that adjustment. I tried to get him the ball as quick as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"LsjBRR\">\u201cHe\u2019ll learn from that, but I thought he did a great job on that play of recognizing the coverage and getting to the right spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The little things are keeping Xavier Worthy from being more productive<\/p>\n<p>Just needs better field awareness on 1st one, then can&#39;t keep his toes down to drag on 2nd one (ball should probably be on him quicker) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pZHicbrNUn\">pic.twitter.com\/pZHicbrNUn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ron Kopp Jr. (@Ron_Kopp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ron_Kopp\/status\/1853950806229234123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"YumuBV\">As the play begins, the cornerback to Worthy\u2019s side bails into a deep-half responsibility, like a safety would have in Cover 2. As he drops, he directs his attention primarily towards the inside and doesn\u2019t respect the possibility of a route up the sideline.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7kXQLd\">That clicked in Worthy\u2019s head, who understood what he needed to do to maximize the blown coverage.<\/p>\n<p id=\"nEAArV\">\u201cI made an adjustment that wasn\u2019t my actual route,\u201d Worthy told Pete Sweeney in the locker room on Wednesday. \u201cI just tried to veer off a little bit, try to buy enough time before the safety gets over there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"MtUOVn\">The incompletion was one of two towards Worthy for the game; neither of them was caught. It was quiet in the box score for Worthy, but the rookie played 68% of the offense\u2019s snaps. He made plenty of contributions toward the passing totals.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ZTEwID\">\u201cRegardless of stats and whatever it is, the threat of him over the top is getting a lot of other guys open,\u201d Mahomes emphasized. \u201cThat gets lost in the swing of things: you don\u2019t see the big catches downfield, but I promise you the defenses are respecting his speed. That\u2019s helping guys like (wide receiver) DeAndre [Hopkins] and (tight end) [Travis] Kelce open up in the medium range.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"NWf8dL\">\u201cThe ball is going to come to me, and if it doesn\u2019t, I\u2019m going to get my guys open,\u201d Worthy acknowledged. \u201cWhether that\u2019s going to run off the safety or be a decoy, anything for the team to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"s9k6Ft\">Worthy\u2019s impact differs from the role wide receiver Rashee Rice played for the Chiefs as a rookie. Mahomes sees the difference between what the team needs from Rice and what Worthy has to do.<\/p>\n<p id=\"sh30GD\">\u201cRashee\u2019s season was special last year,\u201d Mahomes asserted. \u201cWe needed him to step up and have that role in the offense. Obviously, we\u2019ve gotten guys in here that can take off that pressure of one guy having to make all the big plays&#8230; I think we\u2019re probably more well-rounded as an offense in general, so he may not have the numbers or stats that Rashee had last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"Uikk29\">It was right about this time last season that Rice ascended into a primary target in the Chiefs\u2019 offense. The trajectory of this year\u2019s unit doesn\u2019t require the same kind of leap from Worthy, but his development could still accelerate down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p id=\"876acM\">In an instance like the opening-drive incompletion on Monday night, Worthy\u2019s just an inch or two away from making the play. That could also represent how close he is to unlocking his full potential as the premier deep threat in an otherwise efficient Chiefs\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chiefs missed a big play on Monday night, but it was a more heads-up play than it appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Xav\u026aer Worthy earned pos\u026at\u026ave feedback from a rookie moment - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=1706\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Xav\u026aer Worthy earned pos\u026at\u026ave feedback from a rookie moment - 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