For years, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs head coach Andy Reid has had one of many NFL’s most artistic minds on offense, concocting performs and schemes that led to 2 Tremendous Bowl rings.
Reid’s soccer thoughts is one many would love to select to see how he comes up with performs.
However not all of Reid’s play-calling comes from his thoughts alone.
Throughout an look on the “Inexperienced Gentle” podcast, former NFL defensive lineman Chris Lengthy had a query for Reid.
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Kansas Metropolis Chiefs head coach Andy Reid watches throughout the first half of a recreation towards the Los Angeles Chargers Sept. 26, 2021, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (AP Picture/Ed Zurga)
“You look all over the place, although. Highschool, faculty. I imply, at the least I’ve heard rumors that you simply’ve acquired guys that go all the way down to the underside of the ranks to seek out new ideas and stuff you may need to go along with,” Lengthy mentioned. “Have you ever ever really taken one thing from highschool?
“Oh completely, yeah,” Reid replied.
Then, he dropped this on Lengthy.
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“I took one from a janitor one time at Inexperienced Bay,” Reid mentioned, smiling.
Lengthy laughed out loud, asking Reid to inform his story. Reid labored in numerous roles, together with quarterbacks coach, from 1992-1998.
Head coach Andy Reid of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs appears on towards the Seattle Seahawks throughout the third quarter of a recreation at Arrowhead Stadium Dec. 24, 2022, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (David Eulitt/Getty Photos)
“We had a janitor — it was a mom-and-pop group that cleaned our facility eternally,” Reid started. “After which they labored recreation day. This man stored telling me — he was the proprietor of the corporate, the daddy of the household. He goes, ‘I’ve acquired this play for you.’ And he stored telling me this again and again. Lastly, I mentioned, ‘OK, here’s a card. Draw up the play.’ He drew up the play, and I’m going, ‘Dang, that’s fairly good.’”
Reid didn’t specify which recreation, however the Packers ended up utilizing the janitor’s play.
“We known as the play simply earlier than halftime, they usually scored,” he mentioned. “And he begins hitting his spouse, and he’s going, ‘That’s my play. That’s my play.’ She’s going, ‘Yeah right. Yeah, sure it is.’ We’ll take [the plays] from anyplace.”
Head coach Andy Reid of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs speaks to the press throughout Chiefs minicamp June 15, 2023, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (Kyle Rivas/Getty Photos)
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Reid will likely be getting into his twenty fifth yr as a head coach within the NFL, his eleventh with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, who gained the Tremendous Bowl final season after going 14-3 throughout the common season.
