{"id":676557,"date":"2026-01-14T12:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/676557\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:39:13","slug":"chiefs-news-1-14-alex-smith-shares-opinion-on-the-next-chiefs-oc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/676557\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs News 1\/14: Alex Smith shares opinion on the next Chiefs\u2019 OC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">The Chiefs will be searching for a new offensive coordinator this offseason, and former Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith shared his thoughts on who the team might target. Smith joined Kay Adams on \u201cUp &amp; Adams\u201d to discuss the Chiefs\u2019 next steps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">\u201cOh, I wouldn\u2019t be shocked if they bring (Mike) Kafka back\u2026 Andy (Reid) just rarely brings somebody outside of his circle,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">The Chiefs\u2019 offense appeared to grow stale this past season, and a new voice could help rejuvenate the unit. Mike Kafka served as the New York Giants\u2019 interim head coach this season and has a long-standing relationship with Reid. Kafka was the Chiefs\u2019 quarterbacks coach from 2018 to 2021 and also played quarterback under Reid in 2011 with the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Smith noted that Reid runs the offense and calls the plays, meaning the offensive coordinator role in Kansas City may not be especially enticing. Still, it will be interesting to see whether the Chiefs turn to a Reid disciple or look outside his coaching tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chiefs will be searching for a new offensive coordinator this offseason, and former Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[6190,346,7,118,110,922,2438,2437,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-676557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-arrowheadlines","9":"tag-chiefs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-kansas-city","12":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","13":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-news","14":"tag-kansascity","15":"tag-kansascitychiefs","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115893499729894893","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}