Andy Reid doesn’t seem too concerned about Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes despite the tough first four games of the 2024 season.

The 66-year-old coach recently appeared on FOX Sports’ The Herd, during which host Colin Cowherd asked about Mahomes and the rest of the Chiefs’ performance in the early season, which has come under scrutiny by fans–despite a clean, four-game winning streak.

“I’m here just to be a teacher, I try to help him out with whatever I can help him out with,” Reid said. “First of all, nobody wants to be coached more than he wants to be coached and nobody knows when he makes a mistake better than he knows. He doesn’t want to throw the interceptions, so maybe there is something in there that he can see for the next time.”

“My point to him is, keep firing. You’re the best in the business. Keep firing and we’ll work on the small things as we go there,” Reid added.

As for whether or not Mahomes will take the advice to heart, Reid seems to think so.

“He wants to do well, he is that kind of guy,” Reid shared on the sports program. “Always in the building and that kind of deal. He grew up in a locker room so he’s always around. You don’t get the whole ego thing in there. He just wants to know the whys, where guys are and how he can make it better.”

While the Kansas City team has won every game they’ve played so far, it’s been by a hair each time. Mahomes, who has already thrown five interceptions, even admitted the team is in somewhat of a rut, suggesting it’s why he thinks this season has been “special.”

“That’s why I think it’s special what we’ve been doing early in the season, not playing our best football but finding ways to win,” Mahomes said Wednesday, per Dave Skretta of the Associated Press. “Because a lot of these games could be losses, and we could be looking at a way different rest of the year.”

Mahomes also admitted that his underwhelming performance could be a result of overthinking. “There’s some points now where you almost know too much. When I was younger, I would just cut it loose. Like, I’d just go through the reads the way they sat on paper, and I’d throw the deep shot if it was there. I gave it chances. And now there are times where I’m like, ‘Well, they’re supposed to be in this coverage and that’s not supposed to be there,’ and it is.”

So you’ve got to have the balance of, I don’t want to say being naive, but in reading the play the way it’s supposed to be read, even if the coverage says it’s not going to be that guy, and then when it’s there, you take your chances,” the football pro added.