HC Andy Reid on Chiefs’ Detractors: ‘We Do not Take heed to All of the Noise’

The Kansas City Chiefs are coming off a bizarre season, but one that still saw them lose just three games. That said, a Super Bowl LIX drubbing at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles — which saw them trail by as many as 34 points — and 11 of Kansas City’s 15 regular-season wins being one-score affairs have led some to believe that the Chiefs’ reign is nearing its end.

But head coach Andy Reid doesn’t want to hear it.

“You understand because there were so many close games, but that’s the National Football League, so I was proud of the guys and how they handled those [one-score games],” Reid mentioned in an interview on “Up & Adams” on Monday when requested concerning the criticism that final season’s workforce confronted. “When it is all mentioned and finished, it is successful the sport. Now we have winners, they usually figured it out. I used to be pleased with them for that.

“We do not take heed to all of the noise. When you do this, you are gonna go loopy, and you then’re not gonna have enjoyable, proper?”

5 of Kansas Metropolis’s 11 one-score victories got here in opposition to groups that missed the playoffs. On the similar time, the 15 regular-season wins had been a franchise document for the Chiefs, who had beforehand received back-to-back Tremendous Bowls and three of the previous 5 championships.

The majority of Kansas Metropolis’s offseason was spent on maintaining its personal and bettering its offensive line. On the preservation entrance, the Chiefs prolonged/re-signed guard Trey Smith (four-year, $94 million deal), defensive finish George Karlaftis (four-year, $88 million deal), linebacker Nick Bolton (three-year, $45 million deal) and large receiver Marquise Brown (one-year, $7 million deal), amongst others. In free company, the Chiefs, most notably, signed offensive sort out Jaylon Moore (two-year, $30 million deal) and cornerback Kristian Fulton (two-year, $20 million deal). In addition they traded All-Professional guard Joe Thuney to the Chicago Bears.

Within the NFL draft, Kansas Metropolis chosen Ohio State offensive sort out Josh Simmons at choose No. 32, Tennessee defensive sort out Omarr Norman-Lott at choose No. 63 and Louisville defensive finish Ashton Gillotte at choose No. 66, amongst different choices.

Kansas Metropolis misplaced its 2025 preseason opener to the Arizona Cardinals final week, with it subsequent going through the Seattle Seahawks on Friday night time. The Chiefs open the common season in Brazil in opposition to the AFC West-rival Los Angeles Chargers on Sept. 5.

“We have got a fantastic problem developing right here. Get to start out it off in Brazil [against the Chargers], after which we go from there. These groups within the AFC West are robust, nice head coaches, nice gamers, so we perceive that. After which the remainder of the league, there’s a lot parity on this league that you have to be in your A sport each week,” Reid mentioned. “That is what we’re striving to do, get ourselves ready the place we are able to do this.”

The 67-year-old Reid is coming into his thirteenth season as Kansas Metropolis’s head coach. The Chiefs are 143-53 within the common season and 18-8 within the postseason beneath Reid, highlighted by three Tremendous Bowl championships, 11 double-digit win seasons, 11 playoff appearances and 9 consecutive AFC West division titles.

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