{"id":857900,"date":"2026-04-07T01:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T01:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857900\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T01:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T01:14:03","slug":"andy-reid-reveals-how-justin-fields-will-get-chiefs-head-start-in-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857900\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Reid reveals how Justin Fields will get Chiefs head start in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> have made a couple of shrewd moves this offseason as the franchise looks to freshen up the roster ahead of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>One move that was interesting was trading for Justin Fields.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Needing a backup plan for Patrick Mahomes, who is rehabbing his torn ACL, the Chiefs needed a dependable backup to step in if Patrick isn&#8217;t able to go in Week 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, Fields will likely take most of the first-team reps, at least early in the offseason program, so he can get caught up on Andy Reid&#8217;s system.<\/p>\n<p>But the head coach revealed that Fields won&#8217;t be starting from square one in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be completely foreign to him,\u201d Reid said via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7166930\/2026\/04\/03\/chiefs-justin-fields-andy-reid\/?redirected=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jesse Newell of The Athletic<\/a>. \u201cWe look forward to getting him in there, but most of all, because he\u2019s a good player. And if Pat (Mahomes) can\u2019t (play) for whatever reason, now you\u2019ve got a legitimate guy in there that can play and win games for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/news\/chiefs-reveal-key-reason-justin-fields-signing\/f18b5bdbb1bb0c6a647b3008\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chiefs reveal key reason for Justin Fields signing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fields gets Chiefs jump start<\/p>\n<p>So, Fields won&#8217;t be starting from scratch with a completely new system; there will be parts that he will have seen before, so that will accelerate his development this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s good for the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>If Fields can look competent operating Reid&#8217;s system, then the Chiefs won&#8217;t be that eager to rush Mahomes back for Week 1, even though Patrick has stated that it is his desire.<\/p>\n<p>How the offseason plays out for Fields will be an interesting watch, as he is going to perhaps the best environment he&#8217;s had in his entire career.<\/p>\n<p>Could we see another quarterback resurgence, this time by Fields? That, my friends, is a conversation starter.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL news:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas City Chiefs have made a couple of shrewd moves this offseason as the franchise looks to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-857900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-chiefs","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascitychiefs","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116360780943588046","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857900","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=857900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}