Andy Reid
Andy Reid
Andrew Walter Reidis an American football coach who is the current head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. Reid was previously the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, a position he held from 1999 to 2012. From 2001 to 2012, he was also the Eagles' executive vice president of football operations, effectively making him the team's general manager. He led the Eagles to five National Football Conferencechampionship games, including four consecutive appearances from 2001-2004, and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 March 1958
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
He's a good pass rusher and he's stout enough up front to where he holds his own. We played against him (in the season-opener in 2001), so we know what he can do.
We liked him as a defensive end coming out. He played linebacker in Pittsburgh and we asked him if he was interested in putting his hand down and playing defensive end again and he liked that. We thought he was a heck of a player coming out of Florida State.
(Defensive coordinator) Jim Johnson had a great plan for him and the players came out and executed it. They played aggressive, emotional football.
I thought they played hard, but I thought there were too many mistakes. We had way too many penalties. You can't go backwards in the National Football League and expect to win football games.
I thought our defense just played their hearts out in this game, against an offense that I consider to be one of the best in the NFL,
He did a nice job for it being his first time getting a number of reps. There are some things he can continue to work on in the run game, getting to know how we do things up front. He ran hard, played hard and did some nice things that you probably wouldn't expect him to do after just playing two weeks here.
He played corner in the Arena League and did a decent job there. So it's not like he has never played the position.
He played against good enough players to get an idea of what he can do. You have a pretty good idea of what he can handle.
When all is said and done, people really don't care whether you ran or threw the ball. They care about winning and losing. We're going to try to do what's working for us and do the best way can.
We understand it's never as good as you think and never as bad as you think in this league. Mike Nolan's putting together a football team right now, working his tail off to get that thing right. He's got a bright future ahead of him.
I've said that from the beginning. Both of them are good people.
Is it going to bug him here for a little bit? ... Yes, probably. Will the bye week (after the Dallas game) help? Probably. But I can't tell you that this far in advance. Donovan's a pretty straightforward guy. Certain guys, you can talk to about (injuries) and they will tell you what's up and if they can go or not go. Donovan's one of those guys.
First thing is, he is a great kid. He worked so hard in the offseason to get that thing back and he came (into camp) in phenomenal shape. We were looking forward to getting him back in there and for that to happen, your heart just goes out to the guy.
There's quite a separation between the ligaments, almost to the point where there was a dislocation of the ankle,