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Chiefs banking on Xavier Worthy, young WR group to improve | ESPN
Last week, O’Shea was pleased when he observed how quickly Worthy was able to find a defender in the open field for a blocking drill on the perimeter. Worthy ran the smoothest routes in the Chiefs’ 7-on-7 reps, too. Mahomes displayed excellent accuracy. And Mahomes, with the offense in the red zone, was able to complete two excellent intermediate passes to Worthy, who caught the ball between two defenders in the back of the end zone.
“He’s really doing a nice job,” Reid said of Worthy. “It’s great for him to be able to detail things and he’s working like crazy at it. I think he feels more comfortable now.”
When Worthy made a mistake in Wednesday’s practice, dropping the ball near the goal line in a 7-on-7 period, he bowed his head and placed his hands on his helmet. O’Shea shouted. A few minutes later, Worthy made a contested catch in the corner of the end zone while being covered by rookie cornerback Mansoor Delane, the Chiefs’ top draft pick. One of the first people to celebrate Worthy’s highlight, featuring a high-five, was O’Shea.
“Well, the thing is, first and foremost, we always want guys to come out and not take anything for granted, just like we discuss all the time,” Bieniemy said. “There’s an imaginary sign outside the door: We’re hiring all applicants. But at the end of the day, we want these guys to make sure that they’re reapplying every single day. We can’t get comfortable and not enjoy the fundamentals that we have to work on every single day. I think, more than anything, that’s what we have to do. And so, we got to get comfortable being uncomfortable, but on top of that, we’ve got to continue to work. We can’t get bored with the little things that’s going to help us to grow.”
Bieniemy harps on fundamentals and the little things, but not just on the football field. How you manage the details off the field and in your preparation makes all the difference in the world.
“When I say the little things, it’s just not necessarily taking place on the football field,” Bieniemy continued. “It’s how we enter the building, it’s what we’re doing in the weight room. What we’re doing in the training room. It’s what we’re doing in our meeting room. So, we got to make sure that we’re not taking anything for granted, because those little things end up adding up for either good reasons or bad reasons. So, we just want to make sure that our perception becomes our reality.”
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