Andy Reid
Andy Reid
Andrew Walter Reidis an American football coach who is the current head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. Reid was previously the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, a position he held from 1999 to 2012. From 2001 to 2012, he was also the Eagles' executive vice president of football operations, effectively making him the team's general manager. He led the Eagles to five National Football Conferencechampionship games, including four consecutive appearances from 2001-2004, and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 March 1958
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
He didn't let all of that bother him. I'm sure everybody has their opinion on him on that team. Some guys like him and some don't, but he goes through that every week. Guys taunt him, but he doesn't get into that.
He ... gave our guys an opportunity to get downfield and cover them,
I wouldn?t say lucky. You?re going to have these types of games and it?s important that you come out of these on our side of the stick and that you battle through it. Everything is not going to be a 42-3 game. You?ve got to have the wherewithal to battle a little bit, and our guys did that.
I think it adds a little excitement to it. It means something to the Redskins. We understand that and we understand that they will be fired up coming in here. I think our guys will be fired up, too.
I'm sure everybody has their opinion on him. Obviously there are some guys that like him and guys that didn't like him. He doesn't get into that. Every week people try to taunt him.
You see guys that make a play and then miss a play. I've seen most of these guys for at least two years, some three and four. I know what they're capable of doing. It's important that we step up and do a better job.
I think they will be very conscious of him and it's important that we do spread the ball around. He is still going to have his share of big plays, but I think as we went on during the year, people understood that we were going to utilize him a lot and they tried to take measures to stop that. What it did was allow the other guys to catch a lot of balls.
You're going to have these types of games and it's important that you battle through it. It's not going to be 42-3 every week. You've got to have the wherewithal in you to battle back and our guys did that.
The thing that I have is flexibility. Both my starting guards can also play tackle. My backup center can play both guard and center, so I have a little flexibility there with some guys that have a little more experience, not that they are the most experienced guys. But I am comfortable with that.
He's going to go in there and compete. He has a couple of good players ahead of him and those guys are not going to lie down and give up their spots. It will present competition for him and the players in front of him.
I'm optimistic about the chance of those guys playing. If things don't work out where they can't play, we've always moved on and the next guy steps in and does his job.
He doesn't let all that bother him. Obviously there are some guys who like him and guys who didn't like him. He doesn't get into that.
I didn't listen to the whole interview, obviously. I don't think any of us did. I take care of those things in-house. I don't take it out to the public and do that. You guys know that. That's the way I'll handle this. It'll be in-house business. I obviously will address the player and those people that I need to talk to, and we'll work this thing out.
That's hard on the players and it's hard on the coaches. Those are guys that are very well liked here and have done a great job for us.