Kansas City’s head coach joined media members for his usual Monday Zoom call.
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid met with the media via Zoom on Monday, three days after the team’s 19-17 win over the Las Vegas Raiders.
The head coach didn’t have much in terms of an opening statement, noting the Chiefs came out of the game healthy before turning it over to questions
We have rounded those up in four takeaways:
Of course, Reid addressed what has become a fluid situation at left tackle.
We have more on that here.
Reid also addressed the mid-game change on the defensive side of the ball.
To an extent, left tackle Wanya Morris’ benching overshadowed another mid-game change: when defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo replaced Nazeeh Johnson with Joshua Williams.
Johnson finished the game with only 19% of the snaps to Williams’ 78% — and Williams turned in the best Pro Football Focus coverage grade of any Kansas City defensive back during Friday’s game.
“I’m glad we have both of them,” said Reid. “I think both of them can still work in there and do some things. We haven’t given up on Nazeeh or anything of that sort. He’s coming off a major knee surgery, and so we’ve kind of kept an eye on him with that. I think, as we go forward, we could use both of them, I’m sure.”
Reid further explained why he didn’t choose to run as much against the Raiders.
As noted in our Chiefs-Raiders snap-count roundup, Kansas City passed the ball on 76% of its offensive plays. Immediately after the game, Reid pointed out that the Raiders were using an extra defender to guard against the run.
He presented more on Monday after he had a chance to examine the film.
“We can do better in that area,” said Reid on the run game. “I’ve got to make sure I give the guys the right things to run against that defense, and the guys have to do their job on top of that. It’s kind of a package deal there, but I didn’t feel like I was necessarily putting them in the best position against that.”
Running backs Kareem Hunt and Isiah Pacheco combined for 14 carries for 59 rushing yards (4.2 yards per attempt).
Reid shared some thoughts on rookie Xavier Worthy’s game against the Raiders.
The wide receiver caught five of his seven targets for 54 yards.
“He’s getting better,” said Reid. “I think that’s what we call can see. He’s not a secret. He’s putting that out there for everybody to see, and so my main concern is that he just keeps doing that. That’s what you want to do, and keep working to better yourself and let’s just see where it all ends up at the end.”
With his production against the Raiders added in, Worthy now has 407 yards on the season, only trailing tight end Travis Kelce (637).
“He’s doing a nice job,” added the head coach. “He’s got the trust of the quarterback. He’s got the trust of the coaches. He’s playing fast. It looks like he’s got his legs back from training camp and the early part of the season, so all of that’s positive stuff, but you got to keep putting the product out there.”