The Kansas City Chiefs are hoping to improve their two-minute offense as the season approaches.

The Chiefs trailed the New England Patriots by two scores late in a playoff game this past season. It took them more than five minutes to score.

"We do this every year," Andy Reid said. "It's an important part of the game. So many games are determined in that last part of the game, in the fourth quarter. The parity in the league has really made that an important part of the game."

Alex Smith is notoriously a checkdown quarterback and Reid has had time management issues since his days with the Philadelphia Eagles.

"We could be better there," Reid said of quick, late-game offense. "Both sides of the ball, we could be better. It's about our working on it and we're doing that. We've got to capitalize on a few [more] situations there.

"It's a matter of just repping it, making sure I'm putting the guys in the right position. We've got to do that. We've got good players and we've got to make sure we've got an opportunity to make plays. It's important that the young guys see enough of the different looks, knowing when we have to get out of bounds, knowing we can score. All of these types of things are involved here and this is a good time to do it, when you can slow it down and work on it."