ANDY REID VS ERIC BIENIEMY: Eric Bieniemy couldn’t pass on ‘return home’ to Chiefs..READ MORE

Less than a week later, Bieniemy was back in the Chiefs’ training facility — and back in his old office — to begin studying the team’s roster and evaluating the offense’s scheme and production from last season.

“It was an opportunity to come home,” Bieniemy said Wednesday. “Whenever Big Red picks up the phone, that’s the only person you’ll say, ‘Hey, you know what? It may be time to return home because he’s giving me this opportunity.’

“Having this opportunity to come back, that was just something that is tough to pass up on.” “I’ve had an opportunity to learn a few things and open up my mind just to how to view things from a different point of view,” Bieniemy said.

“When you’re doing it on your own, you have to find creative ways to implement a system. You develop patience and a broad view on things. It forces you to go back and maybe look at things different on how you approach everything.

“Anybody can call plays, but you’ve got to make sure you’re doing what is best for those players. There’s some things about me that have changed.

But more than anything, E.B. is E.B. We will still be disciplined and detailed in everything and how we handle our business. There’s a standard of excellence that’ll be expected.”