The Kansas City Chiefs addressed several positions on their coaching staff during the offseason, including wide receivers under new coach Chad O’Shea. Mitch Holthus and Chiefs senior team reporter Matt McMullen sat down with O’Shea recently on the Chiefs’ YouTube channel.
“The first thing, we have to be aligned with what coach Reid wants and his vision for the football team, we do that in doing our job, being dependable and being detailed,” said O’Shea, “I’ll use those words over and over. Those are going to be words that you’re going to hear me speak a lot here in Kansas City.”
Kansas City hired O’Shea, who had a Super Bowl-winning tenure with the New England Patriots. He is also known for a stint as the Miami Dolphins’ offensive coordinator in 2019. He most recently worked for the Cleveland Browns as a wide receivers coach & passing game coordinator from 2020-2025.
“I value, at the receiver position, is being detailed in everything we do, I think sometimes that can become more important than a 40 time or some of the things that are measurable physical, the intangibles of the receiver position,” said O’Shea “Being able to have a dropped pass, and then get back in the huddle and be persistent enough to be able to be there for your team on the next play.”
O’Shea was the Patriots’ wide receivers coach from 2008 to 2018 under head coach Bill Belichick. Between 2003 and 2005, he held minor coaching roles on the Chiefs’ staff as a volunteer assistant and assistant special teams coach.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Chiefs WR Coach Chad O’Shea stresses details in work with players