Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid isn’t taking the blowout loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 18 too seriously since he either sat or limited key players. The game meant nothing standings-wise for the team, so he utilized the contest as experience for many of the young players on the roster, including rookie Kingsley Suamataia.
“We’ll see. I’ll look at it (game tape) and see how he (Kingsley Suamataia) did.” Reid said during his postgame press conference on Sunday. “Nothing jumped out at me that said negative on it, so, but I’ve got to look at the look at the tape, and I’ll get with Coach (Andy) Heck on that. It’s good to get him in there, though he’s one of the guys who’s good to get the experience for him, for sure.”
Suamataia began the season as the starting left tackle before being benched towards the end of the Week 2 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. He’s played sparingly in relief since he had multiple inactive designations throughout the season.
Veteran left tackle D.J. Humphries returned to the lineup for Sunday’s game and figures to be the starter for the upcoming divisional-round postseason game.