Super Bowl win guarantees Andy Reid’s spot in Hall of Fame

Andy Reid was already a safe bet to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame but winning the Super Bowl makes him a lock to be enshrined in Canton.

Start getting the bust ready.

Andy Reid had all the accolades a great head football coach could have except for a Super Bowl title. The title that had eluded Reid during his time with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs is now over.

Big Red got his Super Bowl ring, and it guaranteed him a spot in the hallowed halls of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Before the game, I would have had Reid as a sure-fire Hall of Famer. Outside of Bill Belichick, Reid has been the best coach of his generation despite the lack of a Super Bowl. After 14 points in the fourth quarter vs. the San Francisco 49ers, the one thing missing from Reid’s resume has been added to his Hall of Fame bona fides.

For the first three quarters, it looked like Reid, and by extension the Chiefs, might be suffering from a football curse. The Chiefs have had several painful postseason losses and Reid has fallen short in heart-breaking fashion on the precipice of the champions stage too many times.

Those times are over.

Reid will be forever remembered as the coach who ended the 50-year drought between Super Bowl wins. Reid joins Hank Stram as head coaches to deliver a Super Bowl to Kansas City. He is immortalized in Kansas City and will be immortalized in Canton, Ohio five years after he retires.

Reid should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. But whether he gets in on the first vote, the second vote or the ninth vote, it doesn’t matter, Reid is a Hall of Famer and a Super Bowl champion. No one can take that one away from him.

Wouldn’t it be awesome if Reid wears a Hawaiian shirt for his Hall of Fame induction speech?

That conversation can wait a few more years as Reid has plenty more time left on the sideline, because there’s no chance he’s going to call it a career with Patrick Mahomes about to dominate the NFL for the next decade-plus.

After chasing and coming short of the Lombardi Trophy for two decades, could this be the one that breaks the ice and leads to a bit of a dynasty?

With Mahomes reportedly set to sign an extension this year or next to stay in Kansas City, it’ll be hard to de-throne the Chiefs from the top of the football kingdom.

The Chiefs Kingdom will wear the crown proudly.