He’ll fit right in with the Chiefs’ mentality

Chiefs punter Dustin Colquitt always gives Patrick Mahomes a hard time for not allowing him opportunities to punt. It’s obviously in jest, but with this offense, you’re not going to get many opportunities to punt the football. Newsome won’t have a problem with the offense doing their job.

“Punting is something I love to do, but if I’m not on the field, that’s a good thing,” Newsome told Irish Illustrated in 2016. “I love seeing first downs a little more than I love punting.”

I think the Chiefs Kingdom will agree with Newsome that punting can take a back seat to a first down. At the same time, Newsome knows that flipping the field position is important too.

“I know fourth down is technically an offensive play, but I look at it as the first play of the defense,” Newsome said, per Irish Illustrated. “If we put the ball on the five-yard-line, the defense is going out there confident, knowing they’re about to stop those guys and hit ‘em right in the mouth.”

Really, he’s an equal opportunist punter — loving a first down by the offense, but ready for a fourth down to help the defense.