Connor Embree - 1st Year WR Coach

[Dante84]

Kid better button shit up.

Connor Embree returns for his fifth season with the Chiefs and enters the 2023 season as the team's wide receivers coach after spending two seasons as an offensive quality control coach (2021-22) and two seasons as a defensive assistant (2019-20).

Embree again worked closely with the wide receiver corps in 2022 as an offensive quality control coach assisting an offense that led the league in receiving yards (5,250), touchdowns (41) passing first downs (272), receptions of 25+ yards (49) and points per game (29.2). Embree helped develop a new group of veteran receivers (JuJu Smith-Schuster, Kadarius Toney, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Justin Watson) who accounted for over 20 percent of the Chiefs receiving touchdowns. Smith-Schuster led the team's wide receiver group with 78 receptions for 933 yards and three trips to the endzone. Fifth-year receiver Valdes-Scantling had two regular season touchdowns and a career-high two postseason touchdowns. He stepped up big as the team battled through injuries in the AFC Championship Game, with 116 yards receiving off six receptions, three catches of 25+ yards and one touchdown en route to the team's Super Bowl LVII win.

In 2021, Embree worked primarily with the wide receivers group. WR Tyreek Hill recorded a career high 111 receptions for 1,239 yards en route to his sixth Pro Bowl nomination. WR Mecole Hardman ranked third on the team, recording career highs in catches (59) and yards (693).

In 2020, Embree primarily worked with the defensive backs who featured AP All-Pro S Tyrann Mathieu who led all safeties in the NFL with six interceptions and rookie CB L'Jarius Sneed who showed a lot of potential in the nine games he saw action (six starts). He snagged three interceptions, 2.0 sacks (-19.0 yards) and seven passes defensed.

In his first season with the Chiefs (2019), Embree primarily worked with a linebacking group that accounted for 5.5 sacks and 275 tackles in his role as a defensive assistant. LB Anthony Hitchens led the team in tackles with 88 and was responsible for 2.0 of the unit's 5.5 sacks.

Before jumping to the professional ranks, he spent two seasons on Coach David Beaty's staff at the University of Kansas as a graduate assistant where he gained experience working with the offense and special teams.

He also spent time in the high school ranks as the offensive coordinator at Blue Valley West High School and as the wide receivers coach at Fairview High School.

Embree played wide receiver for the Kansas Jayhawks (2011-13). He also spent one season at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2010).

Education: University of Kansas (B.S. 2013). Born: Superior, Colorado. Family:Wife - Alex.

College Career as WR

2012 (So.): Did not see any game action. KU Record:1–11 (0–9 Big 12)

2011 (RS): Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules after joining KU from UNLV.

2010 (Fr. at UNLV): Spent the 2010 season at UNLV, but took a redshirt. UNLV Record: 2–11 (2–6 MW)

High School: Was a quarterback as a senior in high school… Played free safety and recorded three interceptions as a junior… Earned second-team all-Eastern Kansas League honors… Was a three-year letterwinner… Also played basketball.

Personal: Born in Superior, Colo… Son of Natalyn and Jon Embree… Has one brother and one sister… Father served as the head coach at Colorado (2011-12), and has made assistant coaching stops at Colorado and UCLA in college football and the Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Redskins in the NFL… Brother, Taylor, played football at UCLA… Plans to major in communications… Would like to be a football coach… Main hobby is playing video games.

"They [Veach/Reid] believe they have been sloppy the last couple weeks with the WR's..."

The #chiefs were never really active heading into the deadline nor did they plan to be. For a few reasons. Here's how things went down in KC. pic.twitter.com/gRu3kFpZID

— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) October 31, 2023

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by -King-

I don't believe them to be THIS bad. With Mahomes and Reid they should be at least average. All their flaws are magnified by the fact that it doesn't look like they're taught the schemes and gameplan well during the week. This isn't a case of one player regressing while others stayed the same. Or even two players. This is basically the whole room regressing. And Rice's usage isn't all that encouraging from a coaching perspective. They're just now getting him to 80% snaps and running more varied routes (as of the last game). He should have been doing this shit when it was clear he was by far and away the best WR at like week 5 or something. So either they didn't develop him fast enough, which is a coaching issue, or they did but didn't put him out on the field, which is also a coaching issue.

The only question is whether this was a perfect storm of bullshit and this same coaching staff (minus Connor, I have zero hope in him) can get their shit back together and be good.

The coaching needs to be better. No doubt about that. But it still feels like we are asking way more of them because they need to make chicken salad out of chicken shit. I think it’s a perfect storm where we have the wrong players for the wrong scheme and now we just have to figure out how to make it good enough to work.

[CadeMeister]

Have they "WHACKED" his ass yet ? Hopefully, right before the noon kick today. Then tell him to hitch back to Colorado cause we don't want him near KC. That stench will linger her like a fart in a crowded elevator.

WHACK HIM !

[Hammock Parties]

hoping he gets caught filming a buttsex tape in the defensive meeting room

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by CadeMeister

Have they "WHACKED" his ass yet ? Hopefully, right before the noon kick today. Then tell him to hitch back to Colorado cause we don't want him near KC. That stench will linger her like a fart in a crowded elevator.

WHACK HIM !

Dude... gay

[CadeMeister]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

Dude... gay

Conner Embree MUST BE WHACKED. Whack him immediately. Toney again had more drops than catches, Rice train wrecking for 15 yards, Dumbdoze Bell losing a jump ball to a Pats dweeb. Nah, this was a win but against a bottom feeder. Oh well the fanboys will be hair shooting tonight.

Somebody needs to get WHACKED. His initials are CE.......!

[GloucesterChief]

At this point in the words of Mike Leach: "You are either coaching it or letting it happen". He probably needs to go.

[Ken Bone]

They should pistol whip his pussy ass and then fire him!

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Guys lining up wrong, not running routes properly is on the coach. You can have zero talent and still do those things properly.

Rice is doing it all correctly. The three chuckleheads are not. You can't fix stupid.

[CadeMeister]

Originally Posted by cdcox

Rice is doing it all correctly. The three chuckleheads are not. You can't fix stupid.

Cut Rice, Toney and Conner Embree. They were obviously born stupid.

[Nightfyre]

Surely there is a collegiate level guy with serious experience and success we can bring in at this point, right? Like **** this coach.

[Womble]

[Dante84]

Rice fumble (recovered)
Skyy fumble (saved by penalty)
Toney drop/int

This unit is not just average/not good, but they are ruining games and maybe the season.

He needs to be fired.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by cdcox

Rice is doing it all correctly. The three chuckleheads are not. You can't fix stupid.

Rice is putting it on the ground at a fairly alarming rate, between the drops and the fumbles.

[smithandrew051]

I don’t know who this guy is or anything about him, but I ****ing hate him!!!!

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by Dante84

Rice fumble (recovered)
Skyy fumble (saved by penalty)
Toney drop/int

This unit is not just average/not good, but they are ruining games and maybe the season.

He needs to be fired.

At least Rice brings good with his mistake. His mistakes tend to come from trying to do a bit too much, which is more understandable. Especially for a rookie.

Skyy and Toney are bags of AIDS.