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Andy Reid addressed reporters for what he felt was the fiftieth time over the past week, providing the media with an update on the team’s injury situation following Super Bowl LVII. In a game where players were slipping and sliding on the NFL’s $800K experimental grass surface, the team was lucky to make it out without any significant injuries.
“We came out injury free and Pat (Mahomes) is actually feeling good in my meeting with him this morning,” Reid said. “As far as offseason surgeries or anything, I don’t have that information for you if we have any that are going to take place.”
We’ll likely hear about a few surgeries and injury-related things that happen during the offseason much later down the line. As for Patrick Mahomes’ infamous ankle injury, Reid confirmed that he expects his star quarterback to be back to 100 percent by the time OTAs roll around in May.
“I think he should be,” Reid said. “I mean, I’ll meet with (Vice President of Sports Medicine and Performance) Rick (Burkholder) on everything, but I think right now, he should be OK by that time.”
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KCSN Update:
KCSN’s BJ Kissel sits down with The Athletic's Nate Taylor to ask him his five burning questions following the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl LVII victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Quotable:
“Yeah so, you’re only as good as that right there. It’s the final – the season’s over, one team is happy and we’re fortunate enough to be that team and so think of the hard work that went into that and take some time off and then get back into it. You’re going to meet with your coaches, before we met with the coaches you asked me what I already said so, I mean if you don’t know your strengths and weaknesses make sure that you and your coach talk about it and so you have something that you can go out there and attack knowing that these coaches in the National Football League are going to be studying every move that you made this past season and they’re going to come up with answers. You’ve got to train yourself in that manner where you attack those issues and be in great shape doing it.” - Andy Reid on balancing the Super Bowl win with what’s next for his players
“No. I was asked that about 50 times down there, and I think by the time that I got to Jay Glazer I just went, ‘Hey listen, I’ve been asked this about 100 times,’ (and) that’s not the direction that I’m going but it wasn’t a yes or no answer, I guess, so it came across maybe that way (but) that’s not what I was thinking.” - Andy Reid on retirement rumors
Quick Hits:
From Reggie Ragland and Mark McMillian: A pair of former Chiefs commented on the fact that both the Eagles OC and DC got head coaching jobs this cycle, yet Eric Bieniemy is still being passed over.
From Twitter: Things are getting spicy out there, folks! After JuJu Smith-Schuster tweeted out a Valentine’s Day card with a dig at Eagles CB James Bradberry, one of Bradberry’s teammates came to his defense.
From No. 77: One of the unsung heroes of Super Bowl LVII, Wylie was feeling a bit emotional going through his exit meeting on Tuesday.
From No. 15: It’s safe to say Patrick Mahomes is excited to have some beers with Chiefs Kingdom at the parade tomorrow. Visit this website for more information on the parade.
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