Andy Reid makes honest 10-word admission over Kansas City Chiefs disastrous Super Bowl loss.
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KANSAS City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid opened up on his team’s brutal Super Bowl 59 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Eagles routed the Chiefs, 40-22, in the big game at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans earlier this month.
It’s been two-and-a-half weeks since Philadelphia beat Kansas City in all facets of the game.
The defeat squashed the Chiefs’ goal of a historic three-peat, which would’ve been a first in NFL history.
On Tuesday, Reid wasn’t afraid to share his take on the contest.
“It was a bad day to have a bad day,” Reid told reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
The three-time Super Bowl champion said that he had “about three days [where] you mope around a little bit]” after the loss and has since been thinking about free agency and the 2025 season.
Still, Reid acknowledged that he and the rest of the coaching staff has taken responsibility for the loss.
“We didn’t play very well in certain areas — [and] didn’t coach very well,” he continued.
“That starts with me. I’m trying to give the guys an opportunity to be put in the best position — [and] I didn’t get that accomplished.
“So you go back and you figure out the ‘whys’ of that.
“Then you try to straighten that out.”
Travis Kelce drops biggest retirement hint yet with ‘sorry how it ended’ apology after Chiefs loss in Super Bowl.
Reid was then asked whether he’s talked with Travis Kelce about the 10-time Pro Bowler’s potential retirement.
“I did, and that’s up to Travis,” he said.
However, Chiefs general manager Brett Veach announced that Kelce will be back for the 2025 season.
He said Kelce was “fired up” about entering the final year of his contract and rocking the red and gold.
“We left it as, he’d be back and we’re excited to get him back and get him going,” he added.
Kelce turns 36 in October and has a year left on his contract.
As for the Super Bowl loss, Veach had an answer as to how he felt about the end of the 2024 campaign.
Taking his turn with the press, general manager Brett Veach had similar thoughts.
“If you had told me at the start of last season that we [would go] 15-1 — obviously in the games that our starters played .
and then have a chance to beat a good Houston Texans team and beat the Buffalo Bills.
I would have been super happy,” he said.
“But as we all know, we’re a little disappointed by the way the Super Bowl went.
“But like everything in life, you learn from your losses.”