HEAD COACH ANDY REID
POSTGAME MEDIA AVAILABILITY VS. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2024
HC ANDY REID: All right, as far as injuries go, [WR] Hollywood Brown, kind of that same thing that
[former Chiefs WR] Tyreek [Hill] had down here actually, sternoclavicular post[erior] dislocation. They’ve
taken him to the hospital, they’ll check him out and they’re working on that as we speak. And then [G]
McKade [Mettauer] had –he hurt his left knee, so they’ll evaluate that in the next day or so. Other than
that, I think everybody else made it out okay. [OL] Wanya [Morris] didn’t play, but we had talked about
his injury there. So, there was some good things and there were some things we need to work on in this
game. I think the obvious is we’ll clean up the special teams and what took place there. But the defense
kind of compromised their first series there by putting them into a short field. I thought the offense did
some nice things. I mean, normally we’ll catch that ball that was a little bit low there and complete that
and keep the drive going. You know, so things to work on, but there are also some positive things
throughout. I thought Hicks and Steele played well. Those two you can look at and go, ‘All right, they
jumped out a little bit.’
Q. Coach, if you don’t mind, on the special teams with the safety, did they give you an explanation on
that?
ANDY REID: Yeah, they did. I think they’re trying to work that out. Normally when a ball goes in the end
zone and you touch it there, then it’s a dead ball. That’s a—we’ll get it cleared up and see what they
come up with.
Q. You mentioned WR Hollywood Brown’s exact injury. But just a level of concern with obviously
[former Chiefs WR] Tyreek [Hill] missing time with that injury?
ANDY REID: Yeah, no, he did. So, I think he’ll miss some time. We’ll just see where it’s at, I mean, I said
that they’re kind of going through it right now and we’ll know more later on.
Q. You touched on RB Carson Steele. Just wondering if you could speak to his first action.
ANDY REID: Yeah, he started off like gangbusters and then the rush, the rush got him. So, that’s not—
what he did and how he handled things was great. It was just he had a lot of pressure there working
through.
Q. Coach, you said you wanted to get some of the higher draft picks some reps with better
competition. What did you see from those guys?
ANDY REID: Yeah, I thought for the most part they did a good job. [WR Xavier] Worthy got in there and
did some things on a few plays. First call was for him. They threw a little different coverage at us, but
that’s alright. So, and then I thought [TE Jared] Wiley, I thought he got a ton of snaps, thought he did a
pretty good job there. Defensively they all played, they all got a ton of reps. I thought [DB Jaden] Hicks, I
mentioned him, just stepping up. I thought he did a real nice job in there.
Q. You mentioned TE Jared Wiley, he took a hit there. Was that kind of his welcome to the NFL
moment?
ANDY REID: Yeah, he’s a big target. He’s going to take a few of those, but as long as he bounces up,
that’s a good thing.
Q. Obviously DB Jaden Hicks has had a really good training camp. What takes us to another level when
you see him be able to translate over to a preseason game?
ANDY REID: Yeah, I liked what I saw. Big, he’s big and he’s fast. Thought he did a good job on special
teams, so, he did a nice job all the way around.
Q. Coach, you’ve got players obviously that come to the league for the first time. Since you’re one of
the two teams that don’t do joint practices, what are some of the – I know you’ve kind of given us a
little bit, but a little bit more— what are some of the positives you take away from tonight that you
saw from your new players?
ANDY REID: Yeah, just kind of what I mentioned. Just I like what I’ve seen. I’m not going to go back
through all those guys. I thought there were some positives things they can take from it. In some cases,
they have to learn and we’ll clean all that up. That’s what it’s for, that’ll be a good tape for them.
