Andy Reid's Super Bowl Win With Chiefs Likely Took Eagles Logo off His Hall of Fame Bust
By Jerry Trotta
It took a whopping 21 years, but Andy Reid finally captured his first Super Bowl as an NFL head coach after his Kansas City Chiefs toppled the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
Coming into the world championship clash, Reid was already one of the winningest coaches in league history -- sixth to be precise -- and most of his apologists would argue that he was a Hall of Famer before conquering his formerly evasive crowning achievement.
Now, Reid is a lock to receive the call to Canton, and all of his supposed shortcomings in Philadelphia should no longer be held against him. Not only that, but we can expect he'll get enshrined with the Chiefs logo on his bust, not the Eagles'.
In our eyes, his work with the Eagles should only bolster his HOF resume. Reid left the City of Brotherly love with the HIGHEST win percentage (.583 or 130-93) in franchise history. Across his 14 championship-less years, he advanced as far as conference championship four times, the SB once, and made the playoffs nine times.
That's one heck of a resume, and it will now be commemorated instead of lambasted and tossed in debates foolishly making the case against his now-inevitable enshrinement in Canton.
But his numbers with the Chiefs could eclipse his with the Eagles in some capacity if he continues to coach with Patrick Mahomes at the helm. He's 77-35 in KC with a 5-5 postseason record and a Super Bowl victory.
That concept won't sit well with Eagles fans who were enraged when he took the head coaching job with the Chiefs back in 2013. For Reid's sake, we hope that they can find it in their heart to venerate the achievement of a man who gave his heart to the city for 14 years.