Kansas City Chiefs Insider Podcast: 3 Biggest Chiefs Draft Needs

In today's episode of the Kansas City Chiefs Insider Podcast, we discuss what three areas the Chiefs need to address before leaving the 2025 NFL Draft.

To watch today's episode, view below.

For a partial transcript of Andy Reid's comments at the NFL's annual combine, view below.

Q: Mike McCarthy gave up his play calling, why is it that important to you to have that role? Do you lose anything from a global perspective of the game when you are play-calling as the head coach?

REID: "I think everybody will give you a different answer on that. I think Mike feels that way now, just from things I've read, I haven't talked to him about it. Whatever he has decided to do will be the right thing. He's a pretty sharp guy. He's a heck of a head football coach. He's a great football coach too. He obviously has confidence in (Tom) Clements to do that and EB (Offensive Coordinator Edgar Bennett) to do that. I think it will work out. He knows better than I do, the situation."

Q: I meant from your personal experience. You loved play calling.

REID: "I did. I had a guy that I had 100 percent trust in so I had no problem doing that and it worked."

Q: You signed Alex Smith to a huge extension, how do you deal with a guy on the board playing the same position as a player you just resigned?

REID: "Take the best you can, you stick to that. Your players know it. The people around you know it. If it's a quarterback, it's a quarterback. If it's a running back, it's a running back. You've got to try to stay true to that the best you can."

Q: How do you deal with wanting a player to help you right now, do you get impatient?

REID: "I've got a lot of patience. You do what you do."

Q: Do you feel like you've exercised that in your career?

REID: "Yeah, that's what you try to do. In Philadelphia we drafted two corners and basically sat them for a bit until the old guys got older. Then they stepped in and did a nice job for us."

Q: What did you like about Terrelle Pryor to sign him?

REID: "Well, listen. He's a young guy that has great athletic skill and ability. He's from Pennsylvania; I mean how are we going to lose? We thought it'd be an opportunity for him to see if he's fitting into the things we are doing."

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