Andy Reid conceded the Kansas City Chiefs had been outplayed and outcoached as his team’s hopes of an historic three-peat were ended by the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Chiefs went into Super Bowl 59 as favorites but were overwhelmed as the Eagles’ defense set about Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts sparkled in masterminding a 40-22 win for his side.
It was a sombre end to what has been a challenging season for the Chiefs, who recorded a 15-2 regular-season record without playing their best football.
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“We’ll learn from this,” said head coach Reid. “We didn’t really play well in any of the phases and we didn’t coach good enough.
“There were too many turnovers [and] too many penalties. Against a good football team, you just can’t do that.
“They played well, they’ve got good players and [a] good scheme, and they executed better than what we did. They coached better – it starts with me – and they played better.”
They all hurt – Reid
Reid admitted the failure to get the job done on the biggest stage was a major let-down.
“Listen, they all hurt,” he added. “You get this far – you battled your tail off to get this far – it’s very, very hard to do and we spent a lot of time doing this. It’s not a hobby. So, we’re in it the whole way and we spent a lot of hours doing it as players, as coaches, so it’s going to hurt.
“Three-peat aside, or any of that stuff. You get this far, and you don’t play as well as you want to, it hurts.”
