Excuse the hyperbole, but Andy Reid certainly doesn't mind comparing Tyreek Hill to rookie WR Xavier Worthy.
That is, if you believe the play calls from the Chiefs' second preseason game against the Lions. The 24-23 loss served as a sort of coming out party for Worthy, who caught three passes for 62 yards and TD while adding an 11-yard rush on a jet sweep.
Worthy hauled in a beautiful 39-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes on a play design that should look eerily similar to Chiefs Kingdom.
Xavier Worthy's First Big Catch Came on a Jet Chip Wasp Variation
Watch Worthy's catch, then watch the famous Jet Chip Wasp play from Mahomes' first Super Bowl victory:
excuse me, but the ease with which Xavier Worthy gets behind the defense is panic-inducing pic.twitter.com/CNTZIrsYfQ
— JetPack Galileo (@JetPackGalileo) August 20, 2024
Top Ten Plays of the Andy Reid Era: #2 Jet Chip Wasp
— Caleb James (@CJScoobs) April 12, 2020
Chiefs needed a spark.11 step drop to buy time and let Hill get open down the field. SF in Zone playing the first-down marker with the High safety playing the deep ball when Hill broke his route off. @ArrowheadLive cnt. pic.twitter.com/P3wqLcKalU
There are a few key differences in the play, but the general idea is the same. Worthy runs a deep corner, creating space in the defense dependent on the other routes in the design.
Dave Toub has already compared Worthy to Hill, so to see the coaching staff deploy the most famous play in Kansas City history to feature Worthy in his first massive catch has to make fans feel excited.
Expectations for Worthy's rookie season are climbing, especially after the unfortunate injury to Hollywood Brown. The former Texas Longhorns star will have to be a factor from day one, and Reid's intentions here are obvious.
This is the first player in the Mahomes era who has the speed to rival Hill's. Whether or not he matches that otherworldly speed is irrelevant. What matters is that the coaching staff can now utilize these deep passes that have been missing from the Chiefs' offense since Hill's departure.
The sky's the limit for Worthy and this play call gave Kansas City its first true taste of the impact Worthy can have on this offense.
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