MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — About an hour after the end of Super Bowl LIV, Mike Kafka’s voice started to crack when asked what it meant to deliver a title to Andy Reid. He wasn’t alone.
Bills coach Sean McDermott was misty as the game clock ticked down. Redskins coach Ron Rivera got goosebumps when Reid pulled his headset off. Bears coach Matt Nagy felt the way that he knew Reid felt about all the guys who’d worked for him through the years in Philadelphia and Kansas City.
If it seems like half of the professional football world wanted Reid to bring home the title, that’s probably not far off from the reality of the situation—and this is nothing against Kyle Shanahan or John Lynch or anyone else in San Francisco.