Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and fantasy contributor Sal Vetri evaluate Patrick Mahomes’ production levels and stress that the Chiefs’ numbers are simply not as good as they were last year. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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The Chiefs.

They said they were gonna go back to throwing deep so far.

They have not.

Patrick Holmes has thrown just 5.4% of his passes 20 plus yards down the field according to pro football focus.

That is the second lowest among quarterbacks this year for context.

He was at 10.6 in 2023 9.7 in 2022 10.5 in 2021 and 12.4% back in 2020.

So this is a pretty big drop off.

I also thought this stat from Rich Rebar.

Lord Reeves uh is pretty good as well.

Patrick Holmes has just one top 10 scoring fantasy week over his past 12 regular season games.

Going back to last season.

He's had just two top six scoring weeks since the start of last season.

This is not Chiefs panic or any of that stuff.

Last time people tried to freak out about the Chiefs offense.

They won the Super Bowl.

You might remember that.

However, we gotta talk about fantasy every single week.

Sal we do have to talk about the production coming out of this passing game.

I don't think there's, I don't think Mahomes is playing poorly.

I don't think this is a bad offense or any of that stuff.

Um, but from just a bottom line perspective, the numbers are not there.

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