Chiefs’ Trey Smith ‘antsy’ after sadly lengthy offseason

DENVER, CO – NOVEMBER 16: Trey Smith #65 of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs strains up earlier than the snap throughout an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Denver Broncos at Empower Area at Mile Excessive on November 16, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. (Picture by Cooper Neill/Getty Photos) | Getty Photos

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs guard Trey Smith knew nothing however success in his first 4 NFL seasons. After getting into the league in 2021 as a sixth-round choice out of Tennessee, he noticed his new crew advance to the AFC Championship recreation as a rookie. Two Tremendous Bowl victories and one other look adopted over the following three seasons.

Showing on Monday’s episode of the “Ross Tucker Football Podcast,” Smith admitted to the previous participant and present CBS analyst that he has not recognized what to do that offseason, after the Chiefs missed the playoffs for the primary time in his profession.

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Though he is aware of the day without work can profit his physique after 4 prolonged seasons to start his profession, Smith is able to get again at it.

“I’m excited to get back to work, period,” remarked Smith. “This is the longest offseason I’ve had. I’m already a little bit antsy. I want to get back to lifting. I want to get back to lifting and stuff. I’m trying to be smart and let the body heal and let everything take its course.”

As for what went improper in 2025, Smith feels the Chiefs merely didn’t play to their commonplace and made too many errors. The introspective guard didn’t let himself off the hook.

“I can speak for myself,” he remarked, “I feel like being more detail oriented [and] paying attention to the smaller things. Being more consistent — especially with my game. At the end of the day, just approaching it with a renewed sense of excitement. I feel like for us, just going out there and being the best version of ourselves — and not necessarily reinventing the wheel — but doing the little things right and being detailed in our work. There’s so much parity in the NFL, and you’re margin for error is so small. You can’t make mistakes like that. I think for us, it’s just cleaning up our game and executing higher.”

The Chiefs additionally seem to have been pissed off with self-inflicted errors from final season. One of many extra notable teaching employees strikes noticed the crew carry again long-time offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy to switch Matt Nagy. Bieniemy held a number of roles on Kansas Metropolis’s employees from 2013 to 2022 and developed a repute for vocally correcting participant errors and for aggressively addressing issues.

Having labored underneath Bieniemy for 2 seasons, Smith is aware of what to anticipate.

“Energy, passion and discipline,” Smith recognized. “He’s going to be screaming ‘Finish!’ every single day. I already know when we get there in OTAs, he’s going to be intense. He’s going to be ready. I think he’s already ready, to be honest. I love EB. I had him a couple of years. This is a guy that you can tell what type of player he was. He has a certain standard of excellence that he wants to uphold. I’m really excited to get back to work with him and see what the season holds.”

That can go well with Smith, who has gone from the participant from Jackson, Tennessee, criticized by highschool coaches for being too good, to the highest-paid guard within the NFL. Smith recalled to Tucker being instructed in faculty recruitment the significance of how an offensive lineman is perceived as a finisher.

“I took that to coronary heart,” Smith recalled. “I wanted to make sure I was one of the nastiest finishers. I wanted to make sure I was the most physical. I wanted to be the most aggressive guy. I wanted my coaches to say ‘Whoa!’ rather than ‘Go.’ I just wanted to be a guy that’s like, ‘Man, this guy is going to strain his nuts off every single time he steps on this field — and he’s not going to let anybody mess with him. ‘”