The Kansas City Chiefs had a blowout win against the New York Jets in Week 9, but they still managed to have some hiccups during the game. It started in the first quarter when they inserted Justin Fields for a quarterback sneak on a 3rd-and-1 situation, but he ended up fumbling the ball, and the Jets recovered.
After the game, head coach Andy Reid spoke about the decision to insert Fields, and he got snarky with a response.
“You guys asked for it. We gave it to you. It didn't work,” Reid said. “How do you feel? … Those are hard to practice. We've got to make sure we get the snap down…
“Yeah, so listen, we’ve got to make sure— those are hard to practice live. Quarterbacks, I think, it’s hard to practice unless you do it in a game. And so we just got to get those two on the same page on it, and make sure we get the ball up first and in the quarterback’s hands, and we can roll from there.”
Fields was asked about the play, and he kept it short and simple.
“Yeah, I mean, I just fumbled,” Fields said via Chiefs Digest’s Matt Derrick. “We didn’t execute the play.”
The backup quarterback also mentioned that the play wasn't emphasized during the week, but he knew there was a chance they would run the play.
“I knew it was a possibility, but it’s just a normal play in the game plan,” Fields said. “It wasn’t necessarily emphasized, but I knew it was a possibility that we’d run it.”
It wouldn't be a surprise if Reid planned on using Fields for the play at some point down the stretch of the season.