Eric Bieniemy’s return to the Kansas City Chiefs has been defined less by playbooks and schemes and more by relationships, with football deliberately taking a back seat in his early conversations with Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.

Despite tremendous success in Chicago, Eric Bieniemy has returned to Kansas City. Now we know why.

Pinpointing a sole reason why the Kansas City Chiefs fell flat on their faces this season is an impossible task. A combination of injuries, bad luck, uncharacteristic mistakes and flat-out underwhelming play fueled their 6-11 output. On offense, a ...