For the first time since 1978, the NFL won’t play four preseason games, instead deciding to cut a preseason game in favor of a 17th regular-season game. We have wondered on these pages how Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, famous for sticking to his routine, might handle the change.
He provided some clues after the Chiefs’ Sunday practice, six days ahead of the team's first 2021 preseason game — a matchup against the San Francisco 49ers scheduled for Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Reid first said the team would officially transition to full game preparation in a couple of days.