For the past few days, Kansas City Chiefs fans might be desperately looking for the answer to a question: Why did Justin Fields fail the quarterback sneak against the Jets? The fans were already running on thin patience when head coach Andy Reid’s reaction fanned the flames. Turns out Reid did not take the reporter’s question about the decision to use the particular short-yardage play in good spirits.
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“Can you close the evaluation on the short yards, but it’s all the quarterback seat, but the two, the Travis Kelce kind of run?” asked the reporter.
“Yeah, you guys asked for it, so we gave it to you, and, you know, it didn’t work. How’d you feel?” Reid said to FOX4 sports reporter Harold Kuntz. “Those are hard to practice, live. The quarterback sneak is hard to practice, unless you do it in a game, so we just have to get those two on the same page on it and make sure we get the ball up on it first, into the quarterback’s hands, and we can roll from there.”
Through his response, Reid pointed fingers at the media, suggesting that reporters wanted to see the team attempt the play, so the coaching staff finally gave it a shot.
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