{"id":2349,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2349","headline":"Mahomes impressed by new receiver Josh Downs after trade from Colts","dek":"The Chiefs acquired Downs at the trading deadline, and Mahomes says the wideout's intellect and professionalism are already showing.","body":"The Chiefs went shopping at the trade deadline and came home with Josh Downs, plucking the receiver from the Colts to give Patrick Mahomes another option in a passing game that has not looked like itself all season.\n\nMahomes met reporters Wednesday and made clear he is already a fan. \"I think you can tell just the intellect and how he's able to pick stuff up and that he's a professional, that he knows what he's doing and he wants to come in and just compete and to have success, and he wants to win,\" Mahomes said, according to a transcript released by the team. He added that Downs is already meshing with the rest of the receiver room, calling it the kind of cohesion that comes from players who simply want to win.\n\nKansas City sits at 6-2, but losses to the Seahawks and Broncos exposed a passing attack that has not gotten enough out of Rashee Rice and Xavier Worthy. Downs is known for creating separation, and the hope in Kansas City is that his route running gives Mahomes a more reliable target as the season moves forward.","published_at":"2026-11-12T23:34:08.509064+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Patrick Mahomes on Josh Downs: You can tell the intellect, how he can pick things up","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/patrick-mahomes-on-josh-downs-you-can-tell-the-intellect-how-he-can-pick-things-up"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"‘No doubt’ – How Josh Downs will create ‘best version of Patrick Mahomes’ for Chiefs","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/no-doubt-josh-downs-create-191238187.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes was impressed by new WR Josh Downs on Day 1. Here's why","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7773951/2026/11/12/chiefs-josh-downs-trade-patrick-mahomes-andy-reid/"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"What new Chiefs WR Josh Downs brings, and how he'll fit with Patrick Mahomes","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50448000/josh-downs-chiefs-trade-patrick-mahomes-offense-role"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Josh Downs trade: Chiefs fantasy football impact as Patrick Mahomes gets much-needed WR","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/josh-downs-trade-chiefs-fantasy-070516791.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Chiefs News: Josh Downs trade is worth it in the Mahomes era","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/chiefs-news-josh-downs-trade-110000679.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Travis Kelce shares his instant reaction to the Chiefs trading for Josh Downs","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/travis-kelce-shares-instant-reaction-124454830.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Patrick Mahomes Offers Subtle Reaction After Chiefs Make Deadline Move for Josh Downs","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/patrick-mahomes-offers-subtle-reaction-182642871.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Chiefs React to Patrick Mahomes’ Actions Before NFL Game","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/chiefs-react-patrick-mahomes-actions-204253698.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Patrick Mahomes sounds off about Chiefs' surprise trade for Josh Downs","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/patrick-mahomes-sounds-off-chiefs-215504955.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Patrick Mahomes Could Still Reunite With Tyreek Hill Despite Chiefs’ Josh Downs Trade","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/patrick-mahomes-could-still-reunite-031807231.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Patrick Mahomes shares what really impressed him after meeting Josh Downs","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/patrick-mahomes-shares-really-impressed-131000105.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Patrick Mahomes doesn’t expect a long learning period for Josh Downs","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/patrick-mahomes-doesn-t-expect-150000439.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Patrick Mahomes on Josh Downs: You can tell the intellect, how he can pick things up","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/patrick-mahomes-josh-downs-tell-205959964.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/858f7cf/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F260%2F979%2Fallen.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. 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