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The time has come for Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid to ride off into the sunset following his team’s beatdown in Super Bowl LIX, at least according to one Fox Sports analyst.
“Andy Reid should step down as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs,” Rob Parker said Wednesday, February 12 on Fox Sports Radio’s The Odd Couple. “You’re going to be like, ‘Oh, they just went to the Super Bowl three times, blah blah blah blah blah.’ This is not a one game reaction because they lost in the Super Bowl and they got boat raced.”
The Chiefs lost 40-22 to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, February 9, ending Kansas City’s quest to become the first team in NFL history to win three consecutive Super Bowls.
“Where were the adjustments? Where was the game plan?” Parker asked. “I’m not a football coach. Guys who are football coaches questioned the game plan. No running game to start at all and then you get behind and you gotta pass.”
Head coach Andy Reid is already thinking about what the Kansas City Chiefs can learn from their 2025 Super Bowl loss. Reid, 66, spoke to reporters after the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, February 9, admitting that it was a “rough day” for his team. “I’m proud of […]
Parker continued, “This fall off a cliff is two years in the making. Last year they won the Super Bowl, so it kinda covered up how bad things were. You remember with the receivers and the struggles and Patrick Mahomes … Andy Reid is supposed to be an offensive genius. Why is Patrick Mahomes struggling so much when you can’t figure out a way to get him off?”
Reid, 66, has been the head coach of the Chiefs since 2013. In addition to back-to-back Super Bowl victories in 2023 and 2024, he also guided Kansas City to the Super Bowl title in 2020.
In total, the Chiefs have appeared in the last 7 AFC Championship games.
“It’s been a nice run,” Parker said. “The last two years have been disappointing regular seasons. Yes, they went to the Super Bowl both those times. This year, they got embarrassed.”
Ultimately, Parker argued the Chiefs offense has taken “two steps back” and the organization needs to bring in a coach with “some other ideas.”
Reid, meanwhile, indicated before Super Bowl LIX that he’s not planning on going anywhere, telling reporters he would be returning for the 2025 season.
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“I enjoy being around the guys,” Reid said on February 4. “I enjoy the football games. You can’t put in the hours that we do and not enjoy it. So, I really love the game.”
Prior to the Super Bowl, Chiefs president, Clark Hunt, said he expects Reid to be around for years to come.
“He’s always said that he’ll know when the time is right and I’m sure he’ll share it with me before he shares it with everyone else,” Hunt told reporters on February 4. “At least I hope so, but I don’t sense that he’s anywhere close to being done.”
Hunt, 59, added, “I don’t think we’re close enough to that point where you have to keep that ready list. A lot changes every year in terms of the coaching landscape, so I think that’s premature.”
