Following the Kansas City Chiefs’ 20-17 home loss to the Buffalo Bills, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, affectionately know as “Big Red,’ was red hot about his team’s go-ahead touchdown in the final minutes of the game being wiped off the board because of an offensive offsides penalty.
Reid called the ruling by the officials “a bit embarrassing.”
“Very disappointed that it ended the way it did,” Reid said, via NFL.com. “Normally I’ll get — I never use any of this as excuses, but normally I get a warning before something like that happens in a big game. (It’s) a bit embarrassing in the National Football League for that to take place … I’ve been in the league a long time and I haven’t had one like that. So, not where, at least in that kind of position there where it is not given a heads up to.”
Wide receiver Kadarius Toney, who ended up scoring the touchdown after tight end Travis Kelce threw him a tight spiral backwards on a lateral, began the play lined up well in front of the line of scrimmage.
Reid changed his tone on Monday, admitting Toney was at fault for the infraction by not checking with the officials to see if his alignment was proper.
“Normally, he looks over to the sideline and just gets an OK,” Reid said Monday. “On that one, he just happened not to. That’s the coaching point. Just make sure you check with the guy on the side just to see if you’re aligned. I mean, he’s not lining up offsides on purpose. Listen, he was two inches or an inch from being legal. Like I said, you can argue both sides of it.”
In the end, his Monday remarks became much more about taking accountability than pointing fingers.
“Do we need to line up right? Yeah, we do,” Reid said. “We got to take care of that. We can’t put it in the officials’ hands… I know what I said about the officials yesterday or insinuated about the officials. Listen, there are no excuses on this thing. That’s…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2023-12-11 21:05:59
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