Chiefs could be the next NFL dynasty
With Reid and Mahomes together, KC will be tough
MIAMI — Often-entertaining Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid was asked how he spent the hours between winning the Super Bowl Sunday night at Hard Rock Stadium and holding an 8:30 a.m. news conference Monday morning in downtown Miami.
As he’s known to do with his comments — he delivered.
“I didn’t really sleep last night, but I didn’t spend it with the trophy,” Reid said. “I spent it with my trophy wife.”
To laughs from reporters on hand, he added, “I listened to Pitbull last night.”
Reid, who was an assistant with the Green Bay Packers that won the 1997 Super Bowl, is finally able to revel in the joy of leading a team to a title for the first time as a head coach. Kansas City won its first Super Bowl in 50 years.
The question now becomes how many more rings can the Chiefs win with Reid and Patrick Mahomes, who was named Super Bowl MVP in Sunday’s 31-20 come-from-behind victory over the San Francisco 49ers. Mahomes became the first quarterback to lead three double-digit comebacks in the same playoffs in the 100-year history of the NFL.
When Reid, who turns 62 next season, was asked Monday how much longer he plans on coaching, he said he hasn’t thought about it.
“I really haven’t,” he said. “I still enjoy doing what I’m doing. We got this young quarterback over here that makes life easy.
“[Mahomes] is unbelievable,” Reid added. “He challenges you as a coach to give you more. So, his aptitude is ridiculous. As a coach, you love that. You’re able to feed him new plays and he gobbles those things up and makes them good even better than they did on paper. Then he’s a great leader. So, he’s got an innate ability to make everybody around him better. And you saw that [Sunday] night.”
Shortly after winning his first Super Bowl at 24, the debate already began if Mahomes and the Chiefs can be the NFL’s next dynasty.
“It’s pretty amazing the dynasty the Patriots have had these last 15-20 years,” said Mahomes, who was 26 of 42 for 286 yards with three total touchdowns and two interceptions against the 49ers. “For me, it’s about taking it one year at a time. We came up short last year. We understood how hard of a challenge it was to get to this position again and we found a way to do it. We understand that when we come back next year, it’s going to be the same amount of tenacity and dedication every we want to be here [again].”
Brady and coach Bill Belichick have led the Patriots to nine Super Bowl appearances and six championships since 2002.
Mahomes, who became the youngest player in history to win an NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP, said the Chiefs will be a target for opponents next season as defending Super Bowl champions.
“I’m going to enjoy it for a couple of weeks, but knowing that the mindset is we’re going to get back grinding this offseason,” he said. “Go back in, try to do more stuff because we know that everybody’s going to be gunning for us.” single day if