Breathe simple, Kansas City Chiefs followers. It seems like head coach Andy Reid is staying put.
“I was asked that about 50 times down there,” Reid defined Tuesday about fielding questions associated to his potential retirement forward of Super Bowl LVII, per Charles Goldman of Chiefs Wire/USA Today. “I think by the time I got to (Fox Sports NFL insider) Jay Glazer, I said, ‘Hey, listen, I’ve been asked this about 100 times.’ That’s not the direction I am going. It wasn’t a yes or no answer I guess, so it came across maybe that way. That was not what I was thinking.”
Glazer generated headlines forward of the Super Bowl LVII matchup between the Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles through a short report concerning a dialog he had with Reid.
“Look, I’m not getting any younger,” Reid allegedly instructed Glazer. “I still have a young quarterback. I have a decision I have to make after this game.”
Shortly after Sunday’s 38-35 win at State Farm Stadium in Arizona, Reid confirmed to NBC Sports’ Peter King he was not retiring and deliberate to stay Chiefs head coach. According to KMBC out of Kansas City, the long run Hall of Famer who turns 65 years previous subsequent month and who has guided the Chiefs to a pair of titles since February 2020 later instructed reporters throughout a information convention he’ll “stick around” if the membership will nonetheless have him.
“You know, I’m enjoying what I’m doing, and I’ve got this guy over here that’s a pretty good player,” Reid elaborated about his future whereas referencing quarterback and two-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Patrick Mahomes. “So I think I’m doing okay.”
Also on Tuesday, Chiefs common supervisor Brett Veach made it clear throughout an look on “The Pat McAfee Show” he “would be shocked” if Reid rode off into the sundown after this newest championship.
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