Play-caller
- Calls plays: Andy Reid (HC) — confirmed: "I still enjoy calling plays… we do this jointly" — Reid retains primary play-calling with Bieniemy relaying calls and contributing situationally (A to Z Sports, 2026-01-26). Nagy handled some play-calling duties late in 2025 (chiefs.com); that arrangement ended with his departure.
- Tenure with team: 14th season as KC HC (2013–) · Prior relationship with QB1: Mahomes' only NFL head coach/caller (since 2017). New OC Bieniemy (11th year in KC, 6th as OC; prior KC OC stint 2018–22) is not the play-caller — no §9 protocol required, but his run-game influence is a real input.
Last 3 play-calling stops (all KC — Reid has called KC's plays throughout; 2024/2023 team-tendency tables are not in data/ and were not independently sourced):
| Stop (team, yrs) | PROE | Neutral pass% | Sec/play (neutral) | Motion% | PA% | 11 / 12 / 21% | Condensed% | RB tgt share | WR1 TS | Inside-10 pass% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC 2025 | +4.0% (nfelo, fetched 2026-07-07) — raw pass 66.9%, script-inflated by 6-11 season (nflverse pbp_summary, pulled 2026-07-07) | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED (64.5 plays/gm — nflverse) | 39.9% (charted sample n=1,349 — nflverse participation+FTN join, pulled 2026-07-07) | 14.9% of dropbacks (same, n=733) | 51.1 / 25.7 / 3.4 (nflverse participation) | UNVERIFIED | 16.2% (89 RB tgt / ~549 team tgt — nflverse receiving.csv) | 19.7% — TE Kelce, team target leader (108); top WR M. Brown 13.5%; Rice led per-game (9.8 tgt/gm in 8 gm) | UNVERIFIED |
| KC 2024 | UNVERIFIED — Reid "has favored a pass-heavy offense his entire career" (nfelo, fetched 2026-07-07) | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED |
| KC 2023 | UNVERIFIED (same qualitative note) | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED |
Read: Reid is a pass-tilt caller (+4.0 PROE even in a lost season), mid pace, low play-action, west-coast timing with schemed short-area YAC touches — his No. 1 read historically funnels to the slot/TE, and the 2025 target tree (Kelce 19.7%, Rice ~25% per-game share when active) fits that. For 2026 expect a modest re-balance off the script-inflated 66.9% pass rate: Mahomes returns (positive scripts), $28.7M guaranteed to Kenneth Walker, and Bieniemy — whose run-game expertise Reid explicitly leaned on in his first OC stint — is back in the room. Rice's designed-touch/YAC role is a claim on Reid and is stable; nothing here voids.
Scheme family
- Run scheme: zone-lean with gap/counter mix out of spread sets (scheme-rate split UNVERIFIED); Bieniemy's return adds run-game emphasis (ESPN, Jan 2026). RB fits: Walker's contact balance and burst fit inside-zone/one-cut; his 2025 postseason (65-313-4, led NFL — NFL.com, Feb 2026) came in a zone scheme in SEA. Behind a 25th-ranked RBWR unit, he creates his own yards or they don't come.
- Pass-game family: West coast (Reid tree) with spread/RPO elements — short timing, high completion, schemed YAC; low PA (14.9% charted, 2025). Implications: slot volume is fed (Rice), RB targets healthy (16.2% in 2025 even without Mahomes for stretch), TE routes central (Kelce), aDOT mid-to-low with manufactured deep shots for Worthy/Thornton.
