Creative, Aggressive Andy Reid Is Exactly What Chiefs Need for Deep Playoff Run

That is the Andy Reid you want to see. Thank you, Andy. Please keep calling plays like that. Pleasseeeeee.

With the game out of hand, 346-pound Dontari Poe lined up in the backfield. He took the snap from the shotgun and threw a jump pass for a touchdown.

A 346-pound dude. Jump pass. Creative as hell.

Was it cheap running a play like that with the game out of hand? Yes. Was it a little over the top? Yes. Will the Broncos remember it? Hell yes.

But was it creative and fun as hell? Oh yes. Yes it was. 

Who are you and what have you done with Andy Reid?

I know Poe has been used as a running back before, but a jump pass? A fat boy throwing a touchdown? From Andy Reid? Are you kidding me?

There are times when you watch Reid coach, and you are mesmerized at his skill and smarts. Then there are times when you watch him, and you want to punch yourself in the face.

Reid is the kind of coach who could amaze NASA engineers by building the Apollo spacecraft, but then would mistakenly send it to Mars instead of the moon.

We saw both Reids against the Broncos on Christmas Day. The Poe jump pass was beautiful. The scripted opening series was a wonder of coaching, precision and imagination, all against a solid Denver defense. The Chiefs jumped to a comfortable lead and feasted on the jumpy and inaccurate Trevor Siemian. This game should have been 30-0 at the half.

Instead it was 21-10 at the half because the alternate universe Andy Reid kicked in: lacking in imagination, so conservative that a turtle in its shell would look at Reid as his idol.

In one moment, we see a 300-pounder passing touchdown. In another, Reid coaches frightened. If we see the …

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