Kansas City’s head coach joined media members for his usual Zoom call — this time on a Friday.
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid met with the media via Zoom on Friday, five days after the team’s last game — the 38-0 Week 18 loss to the Denver Broncos.
Reid made no opening statement, instead opening it up for questions right away.
We’ve rounded those answers up in four takeaways:
Reid addressed the 2 topics most on the minds of Chiefs fans.
- He discussed D.J. Humphries and the left tackle position, which can be found here.
- He gave an injury update, noting that all of the players in question — including cornerback Jaylen Watson — are trending in the right direction. More on that can be found here.
Reid outlined what the team has been up to these past couple of days.
It is well known that Kansas City has four possible opponents: the Houston Texans, Los Angeles Chargers, Pittsburgh Steelers and Denver Broncos.
“We’ve played all the teams that are in the playoffs, [but] you got to go back, though,” started Reid. “You can’t be content with that. The four teams that we have a chance to potentially play in a couple weeks here, we’ve tried to hammer those out, and we’re going to continue to do that until we find out what the results are — probably Sunday night — somewhere in that area, or at least late afternoon, I would imagine. We’ll figure it out and see where it goes. But we’re going to try to be ready for all of them while we have this time. We’ve tried to use it smart as a coaching staff. At the same time, we want to make sure our players are fresh and still stay sharp. They worked [Friday] in pads. They’ll go [Saturday]. [On] Sunday, whether it’s a Saturday game or Sunday game, they’ll have Sunday off.”
To keep the younger, more inexperienced players in form, the head coach pitted the first-team offense against the first-team defense on Friday.
“They get that speed against each other and have to compete,” said Reid. “These are all competitive guys, but put the ones out there against each other, they really get competitive, and that’s kind of a fun thing to be a part of, and it’s good for the guys. It’s good to get caught up like that on the speed part of it.”
Reid understands the concerns about Harrison Butker but still maintains confidence in him.
Since returning from injury, Butker is 8 of 9 on extra points and 3 of 5 in his field-goal attempts.
“He’s working through that,” said Reid of the kicker. “He’ll be fine. He’s a hard worker. That’s what he does. He’s a perfectionist on everything, and so he’ll just keep cranking. I think he’s getting better every day as he goes through this.”
Reid is not reminding the team that a historic three-peat is at stake in this year’s postseason.
That isn’t helpful, according to Reid.
“The important thing is you stay focused on the team at hand that you’re going to have an opportunity to play,” he said. “For the coaches, it’s important that we know all these teams and then being able to put together a game plan, where the players can execute it fast, and if you start getting caught up in the what-ifs and all that, you get into trouble. You just got to take the next one, and let’s go.
“Play our best and do the best you can do, and then let the chips fall where they may. You got to make sure you maximize that part, and if anything gets in the way of that, you got to get rid of that.”