Why Gronk Loves New Chiefs Receivers Coach Chad O’shea

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Few NFL players cognize Chad O’Shea amended than Rob Gronkowski.

And Gronkowski is simply a large instrumentality of nan caller Chiefs’ wide receivers coach, reportedly hired by Andy Reid this week to switch Connor Embree.

“He was nan wide receivers coach,” Gronkowski told Kay Adams on Wednesday’s edition of Up and Adams, “helped found that offense, helped that discourtesy grow. He helped those wide receivers beryllium connected nan aforesaid page arsenic Tom Brady.”

Gronkowski first met O’Shea erstwhile nan Patriots selected nan tight extremity successful nan 2nd information of nan 2010 draft. As Gronkowski established himself arsenic nan league’s premier tight end, and O’Shea tutored nan wide receivers, nan Patriots made six Super Bowl appearances complete Gronkowski’s first 9 years (2011, 2013-14 and 2016-18).

Randy Moss, Wes Welker and different salient target

And while O’Shea nary uncertainty helped established veterans Randy Moss and Wes Welker, Gronkowski said nan coach was particularly adjuvant to a budding superstar.

“Chad O'Shea is responsible -- I wouldn't opportunity responsible for Randy Moss and Wes Welker’s careers successful New England -- I would opportunity he's responsible for Julian Edelman’s profession successful New England, for sure.”

Edelman earned Super Bowl MVP honors nan past clip O’Shea coached him, 2018, aft New England’s 13-3 triumph complete nan Rams.

With O’Shea’s help, Edelman vanished his profession 3rd successful NFL history pinch 118 postseason receptions, trailing only Travis Kelce (178) and Jerry Rice (151).

Perhaps Kelce now has different logic to return for a 14th NFL play pinch nan Chiefs, successful summation to nan return of erstwhile offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy.

After Edelman’s Super Bowl MVP successful 2018, Brian Flores brought O’Shea to Miami, wherever nan Dolphins hired Flores arsenic caput coach. But Flores fired O’Shea aft conscionable 1 season, and O’Shea spent nan past six seasons nether Kevin Stefanski arsenic wide receivers coach successful Cleveland.

O’Shea apt could’ve chosen to travel Stefanski to Atlanta but, instead, chose Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes and nan Chiefs – contempt never having worked for Reid.

“He was an violative coordinator before,” Gronkowski said, “but I genuinely judge that he fits astatine nan wide-receiver position amended than immoderate different coach retired there. He's a apical guy, astir apt a apical 3 wide-receiver coach successful nan NFL. There's nary uncertainty astir that.

“I'm telling you, his knowledge and nan measurement that he could link pinch players arsenic well, it's not conscionable astir coaching and knowing astir football, and knowing everything wrong and out. It's really you link pinch these guys, and really tin you bring nan champion retired of them, and that's what he does, and that's why he's truthful great.”

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