The Kansas City Chiefs were completely outplayed in all three phases during their 40-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday night.
Andy Reid, the Kansas City Chiefs’ head coach, has made a vehement defense of his squad following their humiliating defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX. The Chiefs’ chances of a record Super Bowl three-peat were crushed with a devastating 40-22 loss. Reid confronted the media after being dominated on all fronts during the game.
While top player Travis Kelce was quickly replaced, Reid acknowledged the team’s weaknesses, acknowledging they fell short on the day.
“Today was a tough day,” Reid acknowledged. “We really didn’t really play well enough in any of the phases. We didn’t coach good enough. They did a nice job.”
“I’m proud of our guys though for the battle and the fight they put in throughout the year and all the games they’ve played here over the last few years. My hat goes off to the guys for that. We’ll learn from this. It’s going to hurt. You get this far and you don’t play as well as you want to. It hurts.”
Philadelphia applied persistent pressure on the Chiefs, recording six sacks and forcing three turnovers, including Cooper DeJean’s 38-yard interception return touchdown.
Discussing the Chiefs’ defeat to the Eagles, Reid admitted: “Too many turnovers and too many penalties. Against a good football team, you just can’t do that. Vic Fangio does a nice job with that defense.
They played well. They’ve got good players, a good scheme and they executed better than we did. They coached better. It starts with me. They played better.”
In a post-game press conference, Patrick Mahomes accepted much of the blame for the loss, following one of his worst performances in his stellar NFL career. The 29-year-old had a career-low 33 passing yards and a 10.7 passer rating in the first half, but finished with 257 yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions after improving his stats late in the game.
“Credit to the Eagles. They played better than us from start to finish. We didn’t start how we wanted to,” Mahomes confessed. “Obviously, the turnovers hurt. I take all the blame for that. I didn’t play to my standard, and I have to be better the next time.
“I threw two interceptions. I threw a pick-six and I threw a pick that they returned to the [14-yard line]. They scored immediately after. When you give a team 14 points, especially a really good football team, a Super Bowl football team, not a lot of good things happen. That’s why I take ownership in this loss, probably more than any loss in my entire career because I put us in a bad spot.”
