Andy Reid Sorry for sucking.

[Iowanian]

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl...le1947396.html

Fewer than 24 hours after he watched his team lose two key players in devastating fashion and get manhandled at home by the Tennessee Titans, Chiefs coach Andy Reid accepted responsibility Monday.

For all of it.

“My name is on this and this is my press conference,” Reid said during his weekly news conference. “I’m the one accountable when it’s all said and done.”

And as anyone who watched the Chiefs’ disappointing 26-10 loss Sunday could tell you, there was no shortage of issues — starting with the limited use of star running back Jamaal Charles, who logged only seven carries for 19 yards and four catches for 15 yards.

“I’ve got to do a better job on my end of putting the quarterback and the rest of the offense in a better position to make plays,” Reid said. “Not giving (No.) 25 the ball more than seven times is negligence on my part, also.

“This offense is best when there’s balance. I’ve got to make sure I maintain that and continue to give your best player, or one of your best players, the football.”

Reid said after the game that the Titans did a lot to take out Charles — who was playing his first game since he bruised his foot before week two of the preseason. After breaking down the game Sunday night, Reid expounded upon that.

“They primarily went with a Cover 3 look, and/or a Cover 4 look with a cheat safety look,” Reid said. “Both are good run-stopping coverages. And they (shot) gaps and so on. It wasn’t anything that should have veered us off the run game as much as I did.”

Charles, who spoke to reporters after the game, said the Titans didn’t play the run more or less aggressively than teams did last year.

“It was the same,” he said. “I definitely think we could have run the ball more, but the outcome of the game, that’s the way it went.”

Running the ball more could have also meant more playing time for fullback Anthony Sherman, who had a Pro Football Focus grade of 15.7 last season — the highest in the league at his position — but only logged six offensive snaps Sunday.

“Yep, we could have done a little bit more of that, yeah,” Reid said.

But Charles’ usage wasn’t the only thing that seemed a little off Sunday.

Reid also took responsibility for quarterback Alex Smith’s three interceptions, nearly half of his 2013 total, and the low usage of athletic tight end Travis Kelce, who only played 18 of 57 possible offensive snaps but still caught three passes for 49 yards.

“He’s young, but he’s capable of more than 18 plays,” Reid said. “I’ve just got to make sure I call those plays.”

But not everything that went wrong Sunday was Reid’s fault, obviously. Take De’Anthony Thomas’ absence, for instance. Thomas came down with a sore hamstring during Wednesday’s practice and couldn’t get healthy in time for the game.

Based on training camp, and the way he was used throughout the preseason, Thomas appeared to be someone the staff was carving out a fairly significant offensive role for.

“To say were we gonna use him? Yeah, we were gonna use him,” Reid said. “But things happen. That’s how this league works. You see it with every team. I’ve got a lot of experience in this business and I’ve been on teams where things happen and you work around it and get better. That’s where we’re at right now.”

But Reid didn’t seem confident Thomas would be ready to play Sunday at Denver.

“It will be a fight for him to get there,” Reid said. “Those things normally take a little bit longer. But we’ll see how he does.”

Reid also expounded upon the loss of linebacker Derrick Johnson and defensive end Mike DeVito, two of the team’s most diligent veteran leaders, to season-ending Achilles’ tendon tears.

The Titans rushed 10 times for 26 yards before Johnson got hurt, an average of 2.6 yards per carry. After he got hurt, they ran 28 times for 136 yards, an average of 4.9 yards per carry.

“The thing that jumps out at you is the amount that they ran the ball and the yards that they got,” Reid said. “We’ve got to secure that up and do a better job there.”

But while the run defense will need shoring up — Reid said linebacker James-Michael Johnson and defensive linemen Vance Walker and Jaye Howard would be the next men up — it was primarily the anemic offense that was on Reid’s mind Monday, as he made it clear that what his team did Sunday simply wasn’t acceptable.

“We’ve got to get our execution right, particularly on the offensive side, and I’ve got to make sure I put them in the right positions to do that.” Reid said. “And we’ll get that done. We need to get back to the drawing board here.”

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[PhillyChiefFan]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

NFL is passing him by.


Now I see why he is in KC...

Ask any knowledgable Eagles fan (albeit they are few and far between) and they'll say Reid wasn't the reason they were successful. Normally, they'll tell you Reid is piss poor at clock management, misused talented offensive players (see: Charles last game), and failed to adapt his gameplan when it wasn't working.

And Jim Johnson made Reid's life easy. He needs to have a solid and autonomous DC in order to be successful, which Sutton isn't. Reid didn't have nearly the success he had after Johnson became sick.

[SlinkyDick]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

Are you going to mention all of the 1st round picks he landed on too, or are you just going to continue cherry picking shit and sounding like an idiot?

I'm actually laughing at you right now. I signed up to say one thing about your Reid defending.

For one: Reid was not that great of a coach and if we had a better coach (I'm an Eagles fan) we would have won at least one Super Bowl. Our team won in spite of Reid. He was terrible at in game adjustments and was always out thinking himself. He's made so many boneheaded play calls and wasted timeouts it was disgusting.

Reid is not going to change and I guarantee you he will cost your more games. Football won't be fun to watch for you Chiefs fans until Reid is gone, I promise you that.

[SlinkyDick]

Originally Posted by PhillyChiefFan

Ask any knowledgable Eagles fan (albeit they are few and far between) and they'll say Reid wasn't the reason they were successful. Normally, they'll tell you Reid is piss poor at clock management, misused talented offensive players (see: Charles last game), and failed to adapt his gameplan when it wasn't working.

And Jim Johnson made Reid's life easy. He needs to have a solid and autonomous DC in order to be successful, which Sutton isn't. Reid didn't have nearly the success he had after Johnson became sick.

Hit the nail on the head.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by SlinkyDick

I'm actually laughing at you right now. I signed up to say one thing about your Reid defending.

For one: Reid was not that great of a coach and if we had a better coach (I'm an Eagles fan) we would have won at least one Super Bowl. Our team won in spite of Reid. He was terrible at in game adjustments and was always out thinking himself. He's made so many boneheaded play calls and wasted timeouts it was disgusting.

Reid is not going to change and I guarantee you he will cost your more games. Football won't be fun to watch for you Chiefs fans until Reid is gone, I promise you that.

Andy Reid is an excellent coach. Saw plenty of his Philly games too. Players like him and they play hard for him, and an excellent technical coach who improves his players . Good offensive mind. Let's not lose sight of that.

That being said, was never crazy about the choice. Terrible game manager, makes too many bone headed decisions, doesn't use the run game nearly enough. Got lots of credit for Jim Johnsons handywork . I wouldn't have hired him.

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Coogs

I get that. But he is also a 1st round draft pick. The job discription is LB'er. It can't be that difficult if you are a good enough athlete to be picked in the first round.

BINGO !!

[OldSchool]

I guess his jedi mind-trick of a game plan just didn't work out the way he wanted it to.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

His last nine games he's 2-7!! (PLEASE GOD IGNORE THE NINE PREVIOUS GAMES)

The 9-0 start, and the 2-6 finish last season are both indicative of what this team is, though we can throw out the final regular season game that was played primarily by backups.

The 9-0 start came against mediocre and bad teams, while the 2-6 finish came against playoff quality teams, for the most part.

So we should surmise that this was a middle of the pack team that benefitted from a soft schedule.

And the fact is, this team regressed during the off season.

[Dinny Bossa Nova]

BURN HIM!!!!!

[Sweet Daddy Hate]