Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid Quotes
September 22, 2025
OPENING STATEMENT: “I don’t have any injury updates for you. I think we came out of the game pretty clean in that area. (There will) be some good things we can learn from this game. It was great to obviously get the win, but there are some things we can take out of this that will help us down the road. I like the effort from the guys, in particular on the offensive side from the second half was more productive that way. I thought defensively we played another very solid football game, and the turnovers were beautiful. We need to keep that coming, that’s a real plus when you can get those. Offensively, I thought just that the second quarter was not very good football, and we’ve got to make sure that we correct that as coaches and players in that area. We (have) got to make sure we are putting them in the right position to make plays, and then when given an opportunity that we’ve got to make sure we do the right thing. But we came out the second half and put some things together. I like the way guys stuck together and worked hard. I think the question came up yesterday about Travis (Kelce) and the intensity and all of that. Is he frustrated or not frustrated? Well, he’s seen how the offense works, and so when things aren’t going the right way that’s – he’s very aware of that. He’s a pretty smart guy, and he’s been doing it longer than anybody else on this team who’s been doing it. He wants to make sure that he gets that point across to the guys and so he does that. I’m okay with that part. He knows also, like the coaches know, where we can go with this too and the growth we can have here, and we need to take care of business in that area. Then special teams wise we can do – (Harrison) Butker had a couple, he was off on a couple, but he’ll get all that corrected. And then (Matt) Ariaza had another pretty good day. And with that time is yours.”
Q: What is Xavier Worthy’s outlook week to week regarding his injury?
REID: “He was real positive coming in and he was mentally. He was saying I’m going to play in the game and you kind of have to take that approach with that type of an injury and he did. He came out and practiced and did the best that he could. But it just wasn’t right. Between Xavier and the doctors, we thought it was best if he didn’t play.”
Q: On getting Rashee Rice in the facility this week and the decision not to play Jalen Royals against the Giants.
REID: “Well Jalen (Royals) just came back, so I had him there as kind of an emergency just in case we absolutely needed him. His first week of practice in a month was last week, and he’s a rookie and so on. So, this was really his first game of suiting up and you can figure out the rest of it. He’ll continue to work in there. It’s great to have him back. We do get four (Rashee Rice) back, and I know the guys will be fired up about that to see him. He can’t practice. He can’t be on the field, but he can do the other stuff. Just having him around, he’s a good positive energy to have around.”
Q: What are your thoughts on the teams running game against the New York Giants?
REID: “Yeah, Soren (Petro), first of all, that defensive line is special. That’s a good group. They started against the Cowboys doing their penny front, which is they put five d-linemen in there and so they started off doing that with us and for our guys to be able to run the ball – normally running against that set is a tough haul but our guys did a pretty good job with it. I was proud of Pop (Isiah Pacheco) and Kareem (Hunt), they put together a good day. We didn’t have the big explosive runs, but we had that five-yard run and a couple seven-yard runs that were positive. It was our best rushing day against a good d-line, so I liked the way we matched up with them and I thought the big guys played well up front for the most part of the run and the pass game. That can help us down the road, but to answer your question, the run was better. Did we leave something on the field with it? Well, could I have called more? I probably could’ve called more if that’s what that means.”
Q: How much do you think the Giants spied on Patrick Mahomes and do you think that is something you will see more of moving forward?
REID: “Yeah, they did a little bit with 51 (Giants LB Abdul Carter). They had a little thing with him there. He’s a heck of a player, by the way. He’s going to be tremendous for this league. Yeah, they can do that. That’s ok. He’s one of their better pass rushers, so I wouldn’t spy him too much.”
Q: At the end of the game against the Giants Jaylon Moore subbed in for Josh Simmons. Was that due to injury or just to get him more reps?
REID: “Yeah, just to get him in there and get him some reps there.”
Q: On the defensive execution against the Giants by using split safeties.