KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the hours following his greatest professional accomplishment in 15 years, Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid celebrated in a simple, but fitting, manner.
"I had a cheeseburger and went to bed,” Reid said Monday with a gleam and a chuckle.
The same can’t be said for the men in his locker room, the ones who played their tails off for him in the Chiefs’ 35-24 win over the Tennessee Titans in the AFC championship game.
For them, winning for Reid, one of the greatest coaches to never win a Super Bowl, was a personal mission, just as much as it was for his legion of supporters throughout the organization, all of whom praise Reid for charting a steady upward path since his Kansas City arrival in 2013 following a miserable 2-14 season.