The Kansas City Chiefs are 3-1 after an impressive Week 4 showing against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Before the team shifts its focus to Raider Week, Andy Reid addressed media members on Monday. He spoke on the improvements made in Week 4 and some of the impressive performances on both sides of the ball.
Here are some quick takeaways from what Reid had to say
Improvements were made, but there is still room to get better
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Kansas City knew that they had to step things up and put together a better game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 4 than they did against the Indianapolis Colts the week prior. Andy Reid said it was a group effort from the coaching staff all the way down through the players.
“Yeah look, I don’t think it’s a secret, but we didn’t do as well as we wanted to there against the (Indianapolis) Colts,” Reid told reporters on Monday. “It wasn’t the way that I wanted it, I didn’t handle it with the play calling the way I wanted it done. And EB (Offensive Coordinator Eric Bieniemy) went through and talked about it and everybody needed to raise their game – the both of us and the rest of the guys.”
Reid also recognized that raising their game in Week 4 meant having a better performance in the trenches. He challenged those guys, but that challenge also reverberated throughout the locker room.
“And so, the challenge is out there for all of us to step up, but it always starts up front (with the offensive line),” Reid continued. “It always starts with the big guys. And so, inevitably they want – they don’t say much – but they want that responsibility. And look, we needed to pick our game up. And so, they did a nice job last night. (There’s) plenty of room for improvement, (but) last night they did a nice job. They came out with a purpose and (a) certain intensity level and their assignments were pretty sound there.”
The key is to use the momentum established in this game to continue practicing, challenging each other and getting better as the season progresses.
Isiah Pacheco is growing into a bigger role
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Rookie RB Isiah Pacheco saw the most action of his young career on Sunday night. He made the most of those opportunities too and it seems like the decision-makers in Kansas City took notice.
“So we’re getting to know number 10 (Isiah Pacheco),” Reid told reporters Monday….
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