The Facts: Mahomes found himself on the receiving end of a lesson from OC Eric Bieniemy, who spent a healthy portion of Tuesday's practice watching Mahomes take his dropbacks and didn’t like what he saw. “We had a talk about him not taking his footwork and his drops for granted in practice,” Bieniemy told Yahoo Sports. “I didn’t care about completions, I didn’t care about [receiver] drops, the only thing I wanted to see was how he handled his consistency with his drops in the pocket. And you know what? The very next day, you saw he was very conscious of it, and he went out there and was sound. He showed it. And it was impressive.”

Diehards Line: The 23-year-old star just completed a killer second season in which he threw for 5,097 yards and 50 touchdowns, and became the youngest league MVP since 1984 — yet that didn’t earn him a reprieve from sweating the small stuff during a routine offensive meeting. This, Bieniemy says, is how a player improves on an MVP season that no one saw coming — by focusing on the details, a process coach Andy Reid and quarterback coach Mike Kafka are also prominently involved in. “Are we challenging him? Yes, we are,” Bieniemy told Yahoo Sports on Thursday, after the Chiefs’ open OTA practice. “We’re challenging him in the classroom, we’re challenging him on the field.” After the team came a few plays short of a Super Bowl in January against New England, Mahomes is still as willing to listen as ever. “Yes, you can coach Patrick hard,” Bieniemy said. “The only thing you have to tell him is, ‘Hey listen, here’s what I need you to do,’ and then it’s done.” Even coming off an MVP season, there’s still so much room for improvement — especially as it relates to his pocket presence and footwork — regardless of the “Madden”-like numbers he posted last season. Again, the kind of reporting fantasy owners want to hear.