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Chiefs HC Andy Reid provides injury updates at start of offseason program

Reid says that Patrick Mahomes, DeAndre Baker and Willie Gay Jr. are making progress in their return from injuries.

The Kansas City Chiefs kicked off their offseason program on Monday, with several players in the building to participate in Phase 1.

Speaking to media for the first time this offseason, Chiefs HC Andy Reid was asked about the progress that has been made by several of the players who finished the season dealing with a significant injury. Players like Patrick Mahomes (toe), Willie Gay Jr. (knee), DeAndre Baker (leg), and Taco Charlton (ankle) all had surgery to repair significant injuries. Reid believes that they’re all making the requisite progress needed so far this offseason.

“Yeah, I think they’re actually doing well, making progress,” Reid told reporters on Monday. “They’ve been coming back into the building, which helps, where our guys can work with them a bit here. So that has been a positive. I can tell you first hand that things are getting better.”

Reid’s been able to see the progress that each player has made so far.  Specifically, with starting QB Patrick Mahomes, Reid notes the improvement to the flexibility of his toe. The toe was afflicted with a “turf toe” injury during the 2020 NFL playoffs and required offseason surgery on Mahomes’ plantar plate to correct the issue.

“I know that Pat (Mahomes) kind of becomes the primary concern as we go, but they’re all good football players who can help us win football games,” Reid continued. “Which obviously is our goal, our final goal. But Pat is doing tremendous. He’s got great flexibility in that toe. He’s worked his tail off. Not a real fun thing to do with that [injury]. It seems like a small thing, but that toe was rather large and stiff, before the surgery and after the surgery. So he’s really worked hard at getting that right.”

It appears from Reid’s comments that all of the injured players — including Mahomes, who also spoke on his injury — are tracking to return at the start of the 2021 NFL season. Obviously, we’ll see who is ready to get out on the field once on-field work in the offseason program officially begins. That’ll be the best indication of how ready each of these players will be.

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5 Philadelphia Eagles games that could be played in prime-time this season

Eagles games against the Cowboys, Chiefs, Buccaneers, Giants, and 49ers all could be played in prime-time this season.

The Eagles know their opponents for the 2021 NFL season and per Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, the dates and times should be released sometime next month.

Typically, the NFL schedule is released prior to the NFL draft, but the COVID-19 pandemic has ensured a late unveil for the second straight year.

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Everything we do know:

:The Eagles will face the NFC South and AFC West, meaning Philadelphia’s rebuilt defense will face Tom Brady, Sam Darnold, Matt Ryan, Taysom Hill or Jameis Winston, Derek Carr, Patrick Mahomes, and Chargers rookie sensation, Justin Herbert among others.

: The Eagles will play their six NFC East games along with the 49ers and Lions as well.

: The NFL is headed toward expanding its regular-season schedule to 17 games in 2021 and that means the Eagles will meet Joe Douglas, head coach Robert Saleh and the New York Jets on the road.

The Eagles will face the Jets since both teams had last-place finishes in their respective divisions last season.

The matchup could give Howie Roseman and the Eagles an up-close look at Zach Wilson after Philadelphia reportedly had an interest in trading up in order to draft the former BYU star.

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The 2020 NFL schedule release show is less than a month away and as fans and analysts start to clamor for the most high-profile games to watch, we’re set to break down five games that have the most potential to be played in prime time.

JuJu Smith-Schuster says Chiefs HC Andy Reid texted pics of Lombardi Trophy in free agency pursuit

Andy Reid tried to persuade Juju Smith-Schuster to join Chiefs via text message.

The Kansas City Chiefs didn’t land WR JuJu Smith-Schuster during the 2021 NFL free agency period, but it wasn’t for a lack of trying.

According to Smith-Schuster, Chiefs HC Andy Reid went to great lengths to try and get him to join the team. On the latest episode of The Michael Irvin Podcast, Smith-Schuster reveals that he would have signed with the Chiefs had he not decided to re-sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He also reveals the method that Reid used during free agency to try and persuade him to sign with Kansas City.

Let’s call it the “Lombardi method.”

“It would’ve been KC,” Schuster said of the team he would have signed with if not the Steelers. “Seeing KC, bro like, Andy Reid was just calling me, he was sending me Lombardi trophy pictures constantly. And we had a good talk, so it would’ve been KC after the Steelers.”

“Yeah, like pictures of the Lombardi like texting it to me while I was trying to make a decision,” Schuster continued. “I have so much respect for him and his team.”

Well, this method didn’t exactly work out the way that Reid had hoped it would. At the end of the day, Smith-Schuster said that re-signing with Pittsburgh was the best situation for him on a one-year deal. If Kansas City could have offered him a multi-year contract, perhaps they could have lured him away from his old team. Who knows, maybe there will be a different result when Smith-Schuster becomes a free agent again in 2022.

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Former Eagles LB’s coach Ken Flajole joining Andy Reid’s staff with the Chiefs

Former Eagles linebackers coach Ken Flajoje hired by the Chiefs as outside linebackers coach

Ken Flajole has landed on his feet, as Tom Pelissero is reporting that the veteran coach will replace Britt Reid as the Chiefs outside linebackers coach.

In Philadelphia, Flajole was a massive supporter of 49ers linebacker Nate Gerry and he failed to develop any long-term starters at the position despite Alex Singleton emerging in 2020.

Flajole joined the Eagles coaching staff in the 2016 offseason as the team’s linebackers coach and he’s coached every defensive position during his 40-plus-year coaching career.

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NFL preseason expected to be reduced to 3 games with bye week as regular season expands

Two changes are expected to the preseason with the new 17-game regular season.

NFL owners are expected to ratify a proposal today in order to expand the regular-season to 17 games for 2021 and beyond. With it will come some other changes to the NFL’s schedule, including changes to the preseason.

Per numerous reports, the NFL plans to reduce the preseason to three games in order to compensate for the newly-added 17th regular-season game. This is because the new CBA dictates that NFL players cannot be asked to play more than 20 combined regular season and preseason games per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.

In order to add in a meaningful regular-season game, they had to take away a preseason game. An interesting detail to follow is that the NFL won’t be moving up their start date because of this change. Instead, they’ll give teams an additional bye week after the preseason, just before the regular season begins according to Washington Post reporter Mark Maske.

Now, the addition of a bye week and the elimination of a preseason game are both potentially big news for the Kansas City Chiefs. Andy Reid is a creature of habit and has always gone about the preseason in a very specific way. In each of the four games, he would ramp up his starters. He’d give them more snaps in each consecutive week leading up to the final game, where they’d sit. In the final preseason game, he’d always give his second and third-string players opportunities to impress, not just the coaching staff in Kansas City, but potentially it’d serve as an audition for jobs elsewhere. Obviously, he’ll have to adapt that strategy given one less game.

The bye week addition is also an interesting one. It gives players some time to rest and get healthy after an entire offseason of work. We all know head coach Andy Reid’s incredible record of success when coming off a bye week. That extra time to gameplan and get his guys prepared should pay dividends for this team in Week 1.

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Chiefs HC Andy Reid’s face shield to be displayed in Pro Football Hall of Fame

Reid’s face shield will go on display in an effort to highlight the 2020 season’s COVID-19 protocols.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame has received a pair of items that Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid wore during the 2020 season. The items are set to go on display in their Pro Football Today Gallery. The Hall of Fame appears to be creating an exhibit dedicated to the unique COVID-19 protocols that the league adhered to during the course of the year.

One of the items going on display is Reid’s iconic face shield that he wore throughout the 2020 season. If you’ll recall way back in Week 1, Reid’s face shield fogged up and caused quite the stir on social media. He eventually had it equipped with an anti-fogging product. Later in the season, Reid switched to wearing a face mask in order to meet newly introduced league protocols.

Here’s what the Hall of Fame said about the items in their release:

“New to arrive in Canton and to be put on display in the Hall’s Pro Football Today Gallery are the game-worn hat and face shield of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid. He wore both of these items much of the 2020 season as a part of the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols.

In Week 9 (Nov. 8, 2020), the Chiefs defeated the Carolina Panthers 33-31. The victory was the 230th of Reid’s career. He surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Curly Lambeau for most wins in NFL history, moving into fifth place.”

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Andy Reid optimistic about future of Chiefs’ offensive line

The offensive line wasn’t up to the task in Super Bowl LV, but Chiefs HC Andy Reid thinks the future is bright.

The Kansas City Chiefs offensive line struggled to fend off a dominant Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive line group in Super Bowl LV, but head coach Andy Reid isn’t sounding the alarms yet.

A former offensive lineman himself, Reid knows all too well the challenge that his guys faced on Super Bowl Sunday. He’s certainly not blaming the offensive line for the loss, nor are any of the Chiefs’ players. But it was clear that a lot of the struggles offensively came from the chemistry between the combination of players that Kansas City went with for the Super Bowl.

“Listen, I’m obviously not pointing my finger at the offensive line,” Reid told reporters on Monday. “I mean, we had guys that were moved around a little bit and they take great pride in their work and busted their tails.”

The Chiefs didn’t have much of a choice but to move those players around and put out what they believed to be the best combination of guys. They faced an unprecedented number of challenges between opt-outs and injuries on the offensive line this season. Veteran RG Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and rookie OT Lucas Niang were scratched before the season began due to COVID-19 opt-outs. By Week 6, the Chiefs had lost two former All-Pro’s in LG Kelechi Osemele and RT Mitchell Schwartz. The season-ending Achilles injury to LT Eric Fisher in the AFC Championship Game was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Despite the concerning developments during the 2020 NFL season and postseason, Reid remains optimistic for the future. He knows that they’ll get some guys back next season. He also knows that Chiefs GM Brett Veach will supplement that with a blend of veteran and rookie talent acquired in free agency and the draft.

“With the guys that are injured that are potentially coming back, or opted out or potentially coming back, we’ll kind of get all that covered here in the next couple of days,” Reid said. “I don’t think the outlook is bleak by any means. We should be good there. Then, Brett (Veach) will obviously keep an eye on that as he does everything and just see how that works.”

Will the Chiefs offensive line look different in 2021? I think there’s no question that it will. They’ll have decisions to make on players like Fisher and Schwartz. They’ll have a number of free agents whom they’ll either have to re-sign or let go of in free agency. Even with the coming changes, the sense among Reid remains that of optimism.

“I’m optimistic going forward,” Reid said. “And I’m proud of the guys and the effort that they gave last night.”

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Super Bowl 55: Buccaneers vs. Chiefs live blog & scorings drive updates

Super Bowl 55: Buccaneers vs. Chiefs live blog & scorings drive updates

The Philadelphia Eagles have a new head coach in Nick Sirianni and are set to trade their franchise quarterback any day now, but Sunday is an NFL holiday.

Super Bowl 55 is just minutes from kicking off the subplot includes several former Eagles, including future Hall of Fame head coach, Andy Reid.

Follow along on the Eagles Wire for a live blog and scoring updates from the Chiefs and Buccaneers in Tampa.

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Hilarious ‘SNL’ skit hilariously jokes about similarities between Andy Reid and Bruce Arians

LOL!

Obviously, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers counterpart Bruce Arians don’t really look alike.

But of course, Saturday Night Live had to joke about how they kind of do, especially when you’re doing a cold open on the CBS Super Bowl pre-game show, in which the always-funny Aidy Bryant plays both of them nearly at the same time.

The CBS crew interviews Bryant as Reid, then cuts to speaking to Arians, which means Bryant has to do a VERY quick wardrobe and facial hair change. That’s really the funny part about it, especially when the Chiefs logo peeks out from under her Bucs vest:

Hilarious!

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Terrell Owens takes massive shot at Donovan McNabb on Twitter

On the eve of another Super Bowl, Terrell Owens wasn’t about to let go of his longstanding beef with former Philadelphia Eagles teammate and QB Donovan McNabb

Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid indicated earlier this week he wanted Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens to bury the beef they had from their playing days with the Philadelphia Eagles.

It doesn’t look like the Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver is going to follow Coach Reid’s game plan.

“Things happen in this business, man, and I’m not a grudge holder, I’ve never been that way,” Reid said on Thursday. “I’ve talked with him. I’m close with Donovan, I’m close with him. My wish would be that those two just bring it back together.”

Owens took to Twitter on Saturday and unloaded major shade toward his former quarterback, McNabb.

The Owens tweet is directed to former fellow Philly wideout Freddy Mitchell and T.O. is referencing his long-spoken belief that McNabb became ill in the huddle near the end of the game … insinuating that imbibing the night before left the former Syracuse star at, um, less than 100%.

Per Phillyvoice.com:

The accusation about drinking is connected to the long-running claim — disputed by McNabb — that he threw up in the huddle during the Eagles’ 24-21 loss to the New England Patriots. Former teammate Lito Sheppard said McNabb did throw up, calling it “subtle,” while SportsRadio 94WIP host and former fullback Jon Ritchie once agreed, “It looked that way.”

“There are teammates who say he threw up in the huddle,” Owens said. “Personally, I didn’t see it. But there are guys, and I know that there are teammates that I talked to recently, that said that they saw him throw up in the huddle. I’ve talked to teammates since then and know for a fact that he was out the night before.”

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