Doing it for coach Reid
Veach got his start with Andy Reid in Philadelphia and he followed him to Kansas City. Kissel wanted to know what it meant to Veach to get a Super Bowl win, specifically for coach Reid.
“It meant everything,” Veach said. “[Reid] is a guy that has done so much for so many people. Whether they go on to be head coaches or GM’s or Pro Bowl players somewhere else. [Reid] always says he’s not really a football coach, he’s a teacher. He’s a unique person and he cares. Listen, I’ve been around him a long time and I can say this with no hesitation, he cares more about people and seeing them grow as individuals than what they do on the field. When you’re around someone like that for so long, you know that he truly deserves the highest achievement and that’d be a Lombardi Trophy. So to be able to help accomplish that, it was really the biggest highlight of my professional career.”
The sentiment around the league seems to match what Veach is feeling here, even before the Chiefs defeated the 49ers in Super Bowl LIV.