Andy Reid does have one regret about the Chiefs’ rollercoaster 2023 season that ended in Kansas City, becoming the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champions in nearly 20 years.
Reid told Colin Cowherd on Thursday’s edition of “The Herd” that when Travis Kelce infamously bumped him in a sideline confrontation during the Chiefs’ 25-22 overtime win over the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl, he should have swung at the star tight end.
Did the media overanalyze the Kelce sideline squabble with Reid?
“I didn’t see him coming, or I would have forearm ripped him,” Reid said. “But he got me.”
Reid was, of course, joking. He has repeatedly insisted that his and Kelce’s altercation did no long-term damage to their relationship even as a remorseful Kelce has publicly taken responsibility for the incident. Reid doubled down on that stance Thursday, agreeing with Cowherd’s opinion that the outside reaction to his and Kelce’s dustup was “overblown.”
“I love his passion,” Reid said. “He’s always telling me, ‘Fire me up!’ and so I’m hard on him. He’s like one of my kids. I try to stay on top of him and make sure that he’s right, because he’s the personality of our team. As great a leader as Patrick [Mahomes] is, everybody follows Kelc’. When he’s fired up, everybody follows along in that. Listen, do things get a little crazy? Yeah, they get a little crazy. But that’s why the job’s so great. His job’s great. My job’s great. We’re not getting put in the back of a police car for arguing with each other. That’s not what’s happening.”
Thanks in large part to Mahomes and Kelce, Reid is now a three-time Super Bowl champion, cementing his status as one of the greatest head coaches — especially offensive-minded head coaches — in football history. Reid is notorious for coming up with new play designs from everywhere, from a replay of a mid-20th-century college football game to the Pop Warner youth football level.
“If it looks good, we’ll try it,” Reid said. “I’ve got…
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