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Patrick Mahomes remembers what Matt Nagy was like when he first arrived in Kansas City in 2017, just a fresh-faced rookie quarterback whose stardom was still very much in the future.
Nagy was the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator at the time, and they spent countless hours together in meetings, practices and even on planes traveling to games.
Nagy left after that season for Chicago, where he spent four years as the Bears’ head coach.
But when he was fired in 2021, despite an NFC North title and two playoff appearances, Nagy returned to Kansas City and began to work with Mahomes again.
Only now, Nagy possessed the rare experience of having been an NFL head coach.
“I mean, you learn. You learn the good and the bad,” Mahomes said Thursday, “and he got to be around other coaches as well, so he has different ideas he brings, and you could see that last year and you can see it this year.”
Nagy was promoted back to offensive coordinator this past offseason, when Eric Bieniemy left for the same job in Washington. And that made the Chiefs exceptionally unique in that they had two ex-head coaches as coordinators.
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