Kansas City Chiefs: Five reasons why Chiefs will beat Jaguars in week five
By Mike Norris
FIVE REASONS CHIEFS WILL BEAT THE JAGUARS
NUMBER 1 – A FOR ANDY
Andy Reid is one of the best coaches in the NFL. His postseason success can be questioned, but even for all the downfalls he has played in one Super Bowl, five NFC conference championship games, and led the Chiefs to their first playoff victory in 21 years three seasons ago.
In the five seasons prior to Reid’s arrival in the barbecue capital of the world, Kansas City was 25-55. In five and a quarter seasons with the Chiefs, Big Red has led his team to a 57-27 record, back-to-back division championships and four playoff appearances.
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Now that we’ve decided Reid is a Hall of Fame caliber coach, let’s acknowledge he and the Chiefs have a huge advantage on the sidelines.
Jacksonville’s Doug Marrone is a fine coach. He is 14-8 as the head man with the Jaguars, but has only been a NFL head coach (four-plus years) about as long as it takes Reid to run a two-minute drill in a tight playoff game. And yes, we can acknowledge Reid manages the clock about as well as Terrance Gore hits a baseball, but the winning results are there.
He loves to play to his team’s strengths, using a mix of play calls to engage nearly everyone on the offense. Nine different Chiefs have caught at least one of Mahomes’ 14 touchdown passes this year, and according to Pryor, in a game earlier this season, Reid called for multiple shovel passes, run/pass options, read options and direct snaps to running backs in the Wildcat formation.
Reid has done nothing but win since he showed up in Kansas City five years ago, and that won’t change Sunday. He’ll put together a scheme that will utilize the Chiefs’ strengths, involve nearly everyone on offense — even the nearly forgotten Spencer Ware — and hopefully provide a enough breathing room for a struggling defense that a two-minute drill won’t even be needed.