The Kansas City Chiefs, behind what could potentially be one of the most explosive offenses in NFL history, have as good a chance to win the Vince Lombardi Trophy come February as any team in the NFL. As such, it should come as no surprise that Andy Reid is a frontrunner for Coach of the Year.
In its NFL Honors Poll, ESPN forecasted the Chiefs' head coach as the 2019 Coach of the Year. Reid received 12 points in the voting, including three first-place tallies, ahead of second-place Freddie Kitchens of the Cleveland Browns and third-place Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots. The New Orleans Saints' Sean Payton, Green Bay Packers' Matt LaFleur, and San Francisco 49ers Kyle Shanahan round out the top-six vote-getters.
Reid won the AP Coach of the Year award back in 2002 with the Philadelphia Eagles, and has received the honor from multiple other publications in subsequent seasons, including the Sporting News last year. The 61-year-old became coach of the Chiefs in 2013, leading them to the playoffs in every season of his tenure but 2014. Last season, Kansas City advanced to the AFC Championship for the first time since 1993, falling to the eventual Super-Bowl champion Patriots in overtime.
The Chiefs are led by reigning MVP Patrick Mahomes, who set the league ablaze in first year as a starter, becoming just the second player ever to throw for over 5,000 yards and at least 50 touchdowns. Kansas City has a plethora of dangerous offensive weapons, too, and revamped a defense over the offseason that finished second-to-last in total yards a year ago.
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