OPENING STATEMENT: “Alright, so I don’t have any of the information – we’ll treat this like a normal Monday, so I don’t have any injury information for you right now. I’ll get it to you Wednesday – what would be a Wednesday, so in a couple (of) days. Listen, we look forward to this challenge of playing the Ravens, they’re a heck of a football team. (Ravens Head Coach) John (Harbaugh) does a great job, along with his coaches, of preparing their guys, and we know that it’ll be a battle royal. It’s one of those games (that) we’ve played over the years and it’s always a knockdown (and) drag-out, so this won’t be any different. We’re glad that we have an opportunity to play here at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium and we know the fans will be loud and aggressive. We’ve just got to make sure that we take care of our business as a football team and eliminate those early season mistakes that take place with every team. You’ve got to make sure that you limit those and hang on to the football. Fumbles are always up early in the season (so) you’ve got to make sure that you take care of the ball. All those fundamentals that we’ve talked about during training camp and you guys (the media) have asked me about, we’ve got to make sure we’ve got those down pat by the time we get there (to the game). Anyways, with that, the time’s yours.”
Q: What do you like about the additions of JuJu Smith-Schuster and Samaje Perine?
REID: “Samaje (Perine) is the newest member. We all know what he did to us when he was at Cincinnati with that screenplay. Samaje’s done this over his career where he’s been a phenomenal third-down back, but he’s also a good runner. I think that you know that he’s really a good person. I mean, that word has traveled around the National Football League on what kind of guy he is – locker room guy and so on. We welcome that. The opportunity to have a guy in here that can do the run game and the pass game, I think he's a good well-rounded football player that’s extremely intelligent, that is a great addition that (General Manager) Brett (Veach) added to the team. With JuJu (Smith-Schuster), we welcome JuJu back with open arms. He’s healthy and ready to go. His knee – he had the knee (injury) before, but we were able to manage that. We’ll continue to manage it. He looks great right now. He jumped right back in and had some good practices for us. It’s just a matter of him getting banged around a little bit having not been in camp. He’ll get all that as the season goes, but it’s good to have him back in the mix there for sure.”
Q: Do you see a realistic chance that Hollywood Brown plays in the first game?
REID: “I don’t think you’ll have Hollywood (Brown) this week. Hollywood won’t be back this week and we’ll just see how it goes. The kid’s amazing. His progress has been incredible, but I don’t – I wouldn’t predict him being there this week.”
Q: Is there going to be some intent to try and get every healthy receiver in the mix Week 1 to build their chemistry with Patrick Mahomes?
REID: “Well, I think all of them have that. Obviously, one that is unknown is (Xavier) Worthy having not played in an NFL game, a real NFL game, other than a preseason game with him and practice. What I’ve seen is that they have a pretty good thing going, and we’ll just see how it goes when things are flying here – fast and furious. The other guys, he’s got a history with and knows and trusts.”
Q: How comfortable are you with Xavier Worthy heading into game one of the regular season?
REID: “Yeah Sam (McDowell), I think he wants to do the right thing. So, he spends a lot of time with Pat (Patrick Mahomes), and the other receivers (and) the veteran guys just figuring out what Pat’s expecting, or where he needs to be, or what the coaches are asking him to do. He’s not afraid to ask and then, he’s been willing to try everything. Whether it’s an inside route, one of those intermediate routes, or long routes, he’s been very willing to get in there and mix it up. I like what I’ve seen, I just – like any rookie that’s coming into this thing, you want to see how they do in the games, but you’d think he’d probably do okay.”
Q: Have you prepared for the mandatory interviews the NFL will be doing with coaches during every game? What are your thoughts on it?
REID: “I’m not very good during games on interviews. I’m sure I’m not going to tickle anybody’s fancy there, with these interviews. Listen, I’ve got to do it – I’m going to do it. I’m an NFL team guy, so I’m going to do it, but don’t expect much.”
Q: Do you anticipate JuJu Smith-Schuster and Samaje Perine to be available against the Ravens?
REID: “Yes absolutely, yeah, I think so. I just have to see with (Samaje) Perine on where he’s at and picking everything up. I’m not going to put him in a bad situation obviously, but I think he’s going to be fine. He’s been in here cranking away, so we’ll see how everything goes.”
Q: How do you feel about your roster right now? Do you think you have everything you need?
REID: “Yeah, I think (General Manager) Brett (Veach) and his guys have done a great job with this whole thing and practice squad included there. I know there’ll be changes as things go on, I get all that, but I like what we’ve got here and we’ve just got to – the bottom line is you’ve got to do it and play now. It’s not going to change that much from what you have right now. We’ve got to make sure that we get in and practice and go through that whole process and really focus in on the Ravens, so we’ll have a chance to do that starting tomorrow.”
Q: What do you tell the new guys who weren’t a part of last year’s AFC Championship or the pageantry of opening night to get their mindset ready for the game?