We at Pro Football Rumors often report on actual transactions and recent news, but the word “rumors” is in our name for a reason. This most recent report comes from a rumor out of Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio and crew who say that “the Chiefs have a possible Andy Reid retirement after the current postseason on their radar screen.” 
What does that mean, exactly? Not much, honestly. Reid hasn’t said much, if anything, to stir such rumors. The Chiefs’ brass hasn’t said anything hinting at such an attitude, either. Reid said in 2020 he was open to coaching past 70 and indicated following Super Bowl LVII he was coming back for the 2023 season.
Recently, the subject of retirement was only broached when Reid responded to a question about a potential retirement following the team’s win over the Dolphins last week. “I haven’t even thought about that,” Reid told reporters. “I’m thinking about one thing. I figured that would come up when you guys were asking these questions because I’m old, but (I’m) not that old.”
Reid, 65, is oft mentioned in those conversations concerning the top head coaches in the league, and he belongs there. In 25 years of head coaching experience with the Eagles and Chiefs, Reid holds a 258-144-1 regular season record (.641 winning percentage) and a 23-16 record (.590) in the playoffs. His time in Kansas City has rewarded him with two Super Bowl wins. It’s quite the resume to end with, but Reid’s Chiefs are still currently alive for a potential third Super Bowl, and despite taking a slight step back this year in the regular season, the team shows no signs of giving up ground in the AFC West.
There could be an easy solution to who may replace Reid in that unlikely scenario. It could also answer the question of why Commanders offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, who has been an annual name in head coaching vacancy rumors, has only so far been mentioned as a candidate to step in for the team he’s already on. If there’s any truth to the possibility that Reid steps down, Bieniemy may be the natural choice to step in and take over after he spent 10 years on the Chiefs’ coaching staff from 2013-22.
Regardless, all of this is mere speculation for now. If the Chiefs fail to advance in the playoffs this weekend, we should be provided some clarity on the matter sooner rather than later. The Chiefs would be put in a difficult position if Reid waits too long to vacate the position and all the best head coaching candidates get hired. If Reid is going to retire, it’s likely to come soon after the Chiefs 2023 season ends.
I’ve just always really liked Andy Reid. He just seems like a good dude, someone you’d love to buy a beer for. I don’t know him but I hope that it’s accurate. In my mind he should do whatever makes him happiest as he has proven what a great coach he is already.
Andy Reid: “No beer for me thanks…but where do you keep the donuts?”
Maybe he’s a good dude…maybe he “just seems like a good dude”.
His living son is currently in prison for almost killing a 5 year old girl in a drunk driving incident in which he was leaving the Chief’s practice facility from a job his father got him that all but certainly didn’t deserve.
Not sure that girl’s parents would label him a good dude.
How is his son being an idiot and driving drunk Andy’s fault??
“…in which he was leaving the Chief’s practice facility from a job his father got him that all but certainly didn’t deserve.”
OK, let’s start there…if for some reason you don’t think parents have any responsibility for how their kids turn out…
It’d be interesting to know to what extent some of the judgmental ‘bass turds’ in here STILL blame their parents for bad decisions they make as adults today.
It would be interesting to know to what extent the people who vehemently defend a guy who has one son in the ground and one in prison after almost killing a family while never ONCE putting them above football despite years of struggles are themselves really shi**y parents who make no effort and take no responsibility for what they have spawned.
EXACTLY Odessa !
That is just a fool spewing nonsense. The REAL Elephant in the room is Eric Bieniemy being surmised as the heir apparent… He took a lateral position with a terrible franchise because his playcalling duties were being taken away. What about that sprouts anything positive, let alone that he has an inside track to one of the juiciest positions in sports ? If Eric was head coaching material, he’d have already been hired.
By the time of his DWI crash, Britt Reid been an NFL assistant for a decade and had a Super Bowl ring. I hope any of my kids find that level of success in life.
… Just like I hope they never make a terrible mistake that results in a tragedy.
Then you better get a job as an NFL coach and hire your own kid and then give him a ring.
…Just like you’d probably need to prioritize your kids EVER if you want to prevent those terrible mistakes…something Reid never EVER did.
But, hey, he’s a jolly fat guy and funny in commercials so, he’s all good, right?
Listen a-hole, Everyone is responsible for their own actions. Period. Once you’ve raised your children to the standards that are above society’s expectations, you have no control whatsoever over that person’s behavior! So get off your high ground and get a life, A-hole
Did you pick this name for it’s irony…?
Dad: FATHERS HAVE NO INFLUENCE OR RESPONSIBILITY OVER THEIR KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
K, Dad.
So, if you raised TWO out of control drug addict sons who were struggling for YEARS….YOUR solution would be to keep spending 16 hours a day at the practice facility and shrug your shoulders and say “oh well”?
That is what you’d do, Dad?
“They committed their crimes and/or died after they turned 18. That’s someone else’s problem. Don’t put that on my scorecard!”
Yeah this makes a ton of sense! We should label every single felons parents as foul and useless people too,as it’s their fault their child ended up a criminal. This makes ZERO sense chief.
The standard on the table was “good dude”.
Also, the number of people who don’t think parents have any responsibility to raise their children at all explains SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO very much.
A guy who would have never be voted for father of the year
I didn’t want to be the first to state that, thanks!
Nuggie time!
Oh gawd. It’s Matt Nagy on deck
I was watching the 1999 Wild Card game
Packers versus the 49ers
And I was shocked as to how young Holmgren and Reid looked as well as Mooch
“Bieniemy may be the natural choice to step in and take over”. On behalf of the entire AFC, PLEASE let this happen.
Anything that mike florio reports is complete garbage. He’s easily the most annoying football reporter or so called expert since skip Bayless. Bottom line is I wouldn’t put much stock in anything florio reports
I consider Weekly World News a more credible source than Florio.
National Enquirer journalism
Most of Florio’s articles are pure speculations, “what if’s”, and “reports” (someone said something)
Reid isn’t going anywhere, he just might coach til he’s 70, and he wasn’t drinking and driving, hope everyone doesn’t have to pay for what their adult kids do
It’s Florio wanting to spread crap again. Garbage reporting
Other Reid rumors…he’s in line for father of the year and he’s stopped eating for the last twenty minutes.
Please stop reporting on what that unbelievable HACK Florio thinks. Has he ever been correct?
I love Andy Reid and especially his commercials. This man is just a jolly, cool, and funny guy.
The Chiefs should already have someone on staff that’s learning from him and his offensive mind.
If that person isn’t ready to be a HC, and they aren’t fond of Bienemy, then they should just promote Steve Spagnolo, and keep the offensive assistant as OC…
Right now, with Mahomes in tow, Spags is probably more important to retain in order to have continued success and cohesion.
Mahomes could probably be the OC himself at this point..lol