Chiefs sign Andy Reid to contract extension
By John Buhler
Oh yeah! The Kansas City Chiefs did the right thing by extending head football coach Andy Reid on a new contract. He has been with Kansas City since 2013.
Since first becoming a head coach with the Philadelphia Eagles back in 1999, all head coach Andy Reid has won football games at a high level for a long time. Though he has only been to won Super Bowl, he has brought stability everywhere he’s been. He has been with the Kansas City Chiefs since 2013. Philadelphia still hasn’t appropriately replaced Reid.
Reid was entering his fifth year of his deal with Kansas City in 2017. Now it seems that he will be getting a new contract offer to stay with the Chiefs long-term. The NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport first noted the news of Reid’s extension with Kansas City.
Reid boasts 173-114-1 record as a head coach over 19 NFL seasons. He has led his team to the playoffs 12 times, going 11-12 in the extra season. Reid has won his division seven times and only has three losing seasons on his impressive coaching resume.
The #Chiefs have signed coach Andy Reid to a contact extension. He was entering the fifth year of his deal... with 3 playoff appearances.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) June 22, 2017
In short, Reid might very well be the best head coach in the NFL without a Lombardi Trophy. Philadelphia never won it all in his 14 years with the Eagles. Kansas City didn’t start winning playoff games until a few years after Reid arrived in the Chiefs organization.
Basically, the Chiefs knew that they had to pay Reid to keep him. It’s not like elite coaching talent is easy to find. He has a great knack for orchestrating an efficient offense, even without dynamic quarterback play.
While Alex Smith will be the presumptive starter in 2017, the Chiefs do have a promising prospect in first-round pick Patrick Mahomes out of Texas Tech. Mahomes has the strongest arm of any signal caller coming out of the 2017 NFL Draft. He looks to be of the Brett Favre prototype.
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If he’s anywhere as good as Derek Carr is for the rival Oakland Raiders, then Kansas City looks to be very good for a long time, especially with Reid on the sidelines for the foreseeable future.