Andy Reid was asked the inevitable question moments after the Chiefs earned the right to face the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII.
What will it be like facing your former team?
“I’m happy for them,” Reid said of the Eagles, via Yahoo Sports. “I’m happy for the city. They’re passionate. They love football.
“I can’t wait till Kansas City and Philly clash. I mean, it’s gonna be awesome. What a great Super Bowl it’ll be.”
After winning a ring on Mike Holmgren’s staff in Green Bay, Reid began a highly successful 14-year run with the Eagles, a franchise that had fallen on hard times prior to his arrival in 1999. Reid quickly helped elevate the franchise into one of the NFL‘s elite clubs. Under Reid’s watch, Philadelphia advanced to five NFC title games that included a conference title in 2004. Reid’s 140 wins is the most all-time by an Eagles coach.
The only thing Reid didn’t do in Philadelphia was win a Super Bowl, something the Eagles did for the first time as a franchise in 2017. Reid finally won his coveted ring as a head coach in 2019 after helping the Chiefs snap their 50-year championship drought. He is hoping to win his second ring after helping the Chiefs return to the Super Bowl for a third time in four years.
Reid will become the fifth head coach to coach against his former team in the playoffs. Here’s a look at how the previous four fared against their old team in the big game.
Weeb Ewbank, Super Bowl III
Result: 16-7 W
Ewbank won back-to-back NFL titles as the Colts coach in the late 1950s. But he was unceremoniously let go by the team after a 7-7 campaign in 1962. Ewbank quickly found a landing spot in New York with the Jets, a new team that was part of the recently-created American Football League (AFL).
The Jets toiled through several years of mediocrity before breaking through with an 11-3 record in 1968. New York boasted the AFL’s second-ranked scoring offense and fourth-ranked scoring defense that season. Led by future Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath, the Jets defeated the Raiders in the AFL title game for the right to face the Colts in Super Bowl III.
An 18-point favorite, the Colts lost just one game during the regular season. Five turnovers, however, loomed large in what remains the biggest upset in pro football history. The Jets’ defense picked off NFL MVP Earl Morrall three times and Johnny Unitas — who relieved Morrall in the second…
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