Kansas Metropolis Chiefs head coach Andy Reid says Patrick Mahomes is the perfect participant he is ever coached because the staff go in seach of a third-straight championship win at Tremendous Bowl 59 on Sunday.
With victory over his former staff, the Philadelphia Eagles, Reid would change into simply the third coach to bag at the least 4 titles – together with Invoice Belichick (six) and Chuck Noll (4) – whereas his 301 profession wins ranks fourth all time, Don Shula holding the document with 347.
Reid’s NFL teaching profession began as an assistant with the Inexperienced Bay Packers in 1992, earlier than taking on the Eagles in 1999 after which the Chiefs from 2013, with Corridor of Famers Brett Favre and Terrell Owens among the many gamers he has led, in addition to Donavan McNabb, Michael Vick and Travis Kelce.
Talking to Sky Sports activities on simply how extremely he charges his present quarterback, Reid stated of Mahomes: “He’s a great person, a great leader.
“He has the offense down pat – no pun meant – and he’s throughout, if not the finest, one among finest I’ve ever been round. And he is younger!”
Reid and Mahomes are a mixed 17-3 within the playoffs, the pair reserving a fifth Tremendous Bowl go to prior to now six seasons this week, having already received three – and two on the bounce
Mahomes continues to be solely 29 and with the possibility already to clinch a fourth title as he chases Tom Brady’s document haul of seven.
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“To me, it starts with Coach Reid, he sets the tone,” Mahomes advised reporters this week, crediting his coach along with his success.
Reid’s reverse quantity, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni, has additionally been fulsome in his reward. “I can’t tell you how much respect I have for him and the job that he’s done,” Sirianni stated.
“The tape just oozes off of how good a coach he is. You can watch a tape and really see a team and be like, ‘man, this staff is a special staff’ and that’s how I feel when I watch him.”
Reid too talked about his employees round him when figuring out how the Chiefs have been capable of keep so constant over time.
“It’s a combination of things; the players we have, the coaching staff, [general manager] Brett Veach bringing in the right people and Clark Hunt as owner giving us all the opportunity,” Reid advised Sky Sports activities.
“We’ve got that whole mix of chemistry that goes on, which allows our consistency to take place.”
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The 66-year-old coach, who has promised this week to return for at the least yet another season with the Chiefs, can also be not taking the problem posed by the Eagles on Sunday calmly.
Two years in the past, Philadelphia and Kansas Metropolis squared off in one of the vital thrilling Tremendous Bowls in NFL historical past, with the Chiefs battling again from a 10-point deficit at half-time to finally triumph 38-35.
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“There is so much parity in this league right now, the competition is such that you know these games are going to go the distance and most likely come down to the fourth quarter as to who wins,” Reid stated.
“You go through all of the different situations and scenarios that can take place over training camp and the offseason, but very seldom do you have to use them all – but we’ve had to use them this year! The ball has bounced the right way a couple of times for us.”
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes are eyeing a fourth Tremendous Bowl victory collectively and third in a row
On chasing NFL historical past and an unprecedented three-peat, Reid added: “When you’re in the mix of it, you’re so busy trying to get ready for the next opponent that you don’t really at that.
“On this enterprise, in the event you’re trying again or trying ahead, you are most likely going to get your tail kicked.
“We try to look at the team we’re playing, and make sure that we maximise everything we can possibly do to have success against them.”
The Chiefs have not at all times been at their dominant finest this previous 12 months, regardless of reaching one more Tremendous Bowl, with 11 of their 15 regular-season wins coming by solely eight factors or fewer.
They’ve are available for some criticism from a good few disgruntled followers complaining of beneficial therapy from referees, however with little substance – NFL commissioner Roger Goodell labelling it a “ridiculous theory” earlier this week.
Sky Sports activities’ Pheobe Schecter believes Kansas Metropolis’s continued success is not any fluke.
“No way would it be just luck for them to be back here and attacking that three-peat,” she stated on the Inside The Huddle Podcast. “That doesn’t just happen.
“That occurs since you’ve carried out the suitable issues, and in the event you do the suitable issues, you will find yourself with a constructive final result.”
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles in Tremendous Bowl 59 on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday February 9, reside on Sky Sports activities NFL and Essential Occasion from 10pm forward of kick-off at 11.30pm; 17-time Grammy-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar headlines the half-time present
