Patrick Mahomes says he still has "trust" in his wide receivers despite a number of costly drops in the Kansas City Chiefs' season-opening loss to the Detroit Lions.

The Chiefs expected the offense to look differently without Travis Kelce (knee).

"It's going to have an impact on the game," Mahomes said of Kelce's absence. "But other guys have to step up and they're going to have to step up in moments. Sure, there'll be times [after Kelce returns] that he gets doubled and so we're just going to have to rely on these other guys that are young and talented to step up and make plays, and I believe that they will."

Kadarius Toney was expected to be Kansas City's top target with Kelce sidelined, but he dropped three passes and finished the game with one catch for one yard.

"I have trust in [Toney]," Mahomes said. "He missed a lot of training camp, and obviously he wanted to play and fought [during] rehab hard so he could play and stuff's not always going to go your way.

"Obviously he would've wanted to catch a few of those in the game, but I've trusted he's going to be that guy that I go to in those crucial moments, and he's going to make the catch and win us some games like he did last year. So we're going to continue to work him in, get him more and more reps, and I'm sure that those drops will kind of disappear."