Andy Reid got his 300th career coaching victory with the Chiefs’ 23-14 win over the Texans on Saturday, and my colleague Vahe Gregorian had a nice look at his remarkable career. What people may not realize is that most of those victories with the Chiefs were because of NFL game officials.
I’m kidding, but, phew, there was a lot of chatter about how NFL referees continually help the Chiefs following KC’s AFC Divisional Round playoff victory.
That bubbled up after former Colts and Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy shared a message Sunday about Reid on X.
“There’s been a lot of conversation about the Chiefs win yesterday but I have to take my hat off to Andy Reid & the staff. 7 straight AFC Championship games is unbelievable,” Dungy wrote.
“People don’t realize how hard it is to get to one championship game. I coached with some great organizations and only got to 4 Championship games in 28 years. 7 in a row is hard to fathom. That is some tremendous coaching.
” A fan responded to Dungy by writing: “Great coach. But man, it helps when you’ve got the refs in your back pocket, extending drives for you with bogus calls. Teams that turned the ball over 0 times and outgained their opponents by 100+ yards were 49-0 in playoff history. Until yesterday in KC. A coincidence I’m sure.
” Dungy, who works for NBC Sports, was having none of that conspiracy talk and crushed that fan.
“Did any of those teams give up a long opening kickoff return, miss 3 kicks, have their QB get sacked 8 times and only score 12 points of their own?” Dungy asked. Zing.
