Andy Reid breaks silence on Kansas City Chiefs star who was officially benched after Patrick Mahomes struggles.

Kansas City have had issues with Patrick Mahomes’ protection all year.

ANDY Reid was forced to explain his decision to bench one of Patrick Mahomes’ protectors on Friday.

The Kansas City Chiefs head coach was questioned on his call to hook Wanya Morris late on.

Wanya Morris was benched by Andy Reid late in Friday’s win.

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was sacked five times by the Las Vegas Raiders.

Reid was asked about the decision to hook Morris off the field on Friday.

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Patrick Mahomes was sacked five times by the Las Vegas Raiders in the 19-17 Black Friday win.

And Reid decided to pull Morris from the line-up in a bid to change the protection.

“Wanya, he was struggling a little bit,” Reid admitted.

“So put Joe Thuney over there and Mike Caliendo in at guard.

Kansas City has struggled with protection issues up front this season.

Reid revealed he consulted with offensive line coach Andy Heck about the decision.

“I talked to Andy about it,” Reid said.

“He agreed with it, and so we made that move and just solidify things.

“Patrick Mahomes took a few hits there, and so we were struggling at times.”

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Morris is in his second season with the Chiefs having been drafted in the third round in 2023.

He has filled the gap left by Kingsley Suamataia with the rookie struggling on Mahomes’ blindside.

“It’s disruptive to any offense if the quarterback is getting hit and not able to get the ball off,” Reid said of Morris.

“So that can be a problem.

“He played against a couple of good players, but you got to do better than what we did there.”

“But our goal is to get to the Super Bowl.”

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