It would not take lengthy to go from hero to zero.
Andy Reid got here into the 2024 season because the NFL’s best-paid coach on $20million per season having impressed back-to-back Tremendous Bowl triumphs with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
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After some early struggles, Patrick Mahomes hit his stride within the postseason regardless of a wobbly offensive line and as getting ready to a three-peat.
However Reid got here unstuck on the closing hurdle in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles — a staff he led for 14 seasons.
With out bothering to blitz, the Eagles’ defensive position ripped Kansas Metropolis aside and Mahomes was helpless to stop a 40-22 demolition — the scoreline flattering the Chiefs.
FOX Sports activities radio host Rob Parker tore into Reid after the sport.
“Andy Reid ought to step down as head coach of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs,” he proclaimed. “And you are going to be like, ‘They simply went to the Tremendous Bowl thrice. Andy Reid blah, blah, blah.’
“This isn’t a one-game response as a result of they misplaced within the Tremendous Bowl, they usually obtained boat-raced — it was 40-6.
“The place have been the changes? The place was the sport plan? I am not a soccer coach.
“Guys who have been soccer coaches and gamers questioned the sport plan — no working sport to start out in any respect. And then you definitely get behind, and then you definitely gotta move.”
Reid has led his staff to the Tremendous Bowl within the final 5 seasons and has three rings to indicate for it however admitted he did not do a very good job in opposition to his former staff.
“Immediately was a tough day,” he stated within the wake of a brutal loss. “We did not actually play properly in any of the phases.
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“I did not coach ok. They did a pleasant job. I am happy with our guys, although, for the battle, the combat that they put in all year long, and all of the video games that they performed right here over the previous couple of years.
“We’ll study from this. Like most video games right here, when you do not do very properly, you study from it as a coach, you study from it as a participant, and you progress on.”
Legendary Eagles middle Jason Kelce performed beneath Reid in Philadelphia and defended his former coach.
“In the event that they’re getting dwelling with 4, it is going to be exhausting,” he instructed Ernie Johnson and Charles Barkley on ‘The Steam Room.’
“They have been so dominant up entrance – Philadelphia in that sport. You possibly can go to boots and play motion to try to throw them off their move rush, however whenever you’re not profitable on first or second down and stepping into conducive conditions on third down, it will likely be actually exhausting.
“I feel there are at all times stuff you look again on that would have been finished higher.
“I do not know if Andy may have finished a lot, to be trustworthy with you. I feel that was a staff that very evidently wants to enhance that place this offseason.”
The offensive line is ready for a revamp over the offseason after well-documented struggles in preserving Mahomes clear.
Parker thinks Reid is struggling to get one of the best out of his quarterback.
“That is what he did in Philadelphia on a regular basis –- move glad. All the time throwing the ball, they obtained uninterested in that in Philadelphia,” he added. “This fall off the cliff is 2 years within the making.
“Final 12 months, they received the Tremendous Bowl, so it lined up how unhealthy issues have been. You keep in mind with the receivers, and the struggles, and Patrick Mahomes. Here is one other 12 months. Andy Reid is meant to be an offensive genius.
“Why is Patrick Mahomes struggling a lot when you may’t work out a solution to get him off and to get him to be not 50 touchdowns and throwing each ball downfield however manner higher? Are you able to admit Patrick Mahomes hasn’t been the identical quarterback the final two years?
“Andy Reid is meant to be that man, and but, we have not seen it. It has been a pleasant run. The final two years have been disappointing common seasons. Sure, they went to the Tremendous Bowl. Sure, [they] received each these occasions. I am not speaking concerning the final two years. And this 12 months, they obtained embarrassed.
“The offence is not the place it was once. It is taken two steps again; that is all I am saying. How about anyone else who’s obtained another concepts?”
Reid is extraordinarily unlikely to pay a lot heed to Parker’s blast however one key Chief is probably not returning as Jason’s brother Travis weighs up retirement.
If he does resolve to name it a day, there can be loads of query marks over the Chiefs’ offense forward of the brand new season.
Reid is paid the large bucks to supply the solutions.