Justin Fields wanted to join Chiefs to learn from Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid

The Chiefs acquired Fields in a commerce with New York, through which Gang Green agreed to pay $7 million of the QB’s $10 million contract. The deal supplies KC with a veteran in a position to shoulder the offseason work as Mahomes rehabs from his ACL and LCL accidents.

“I appreciate Justin and the way he has gone about everything so far,” Reid mentioned this week. “He’s been great with everything. He’s a legitimate quarterback, a starting quarterback in the NFL, and we’re lucky enough to have him here. If that’s the role that he plays early in the season, we have full confidence that he can do a great job with that.”

Ideally, Mahomes is prepared for Week 1, making Fields the most recent backup trying to revitalize his profession behind one of many sport’s finest. Taking a lot of the offseason work, nonetheless, supplies the 27-year-old an opportunity to learn the offense in case he has to open the season beneath heart.

“I was excited for a new start, the tradition here, the culture here,” Fields mentioned. “Regardless of me starting or being a backup, I’m going to attack [each day] the same way. My goal is to get better, any way I can. My mindset doesn’t change.”