Part of the.
I think it was.
It was where we started at and we
started in Texas in the offseason.
I mean, me meeting basically a brand new
group of receivers and and learning,
learning what they did well,
learning what we could get better
at and guys leading from there, man.
I thought the guys accepted the challenge.
It was a crazy, it's a crazy year,
but we ended up on top, man, you can't,
you can't ask for anymore from those guys.
I mean, it felt great until I I
kind of rolled it a little bit.
I I thought I felt really good.
And then that happened and not a
lot of soreness going through into
halftime and was able to move it around
and kind of get taped up a little
bit and and go out there in that
second-half and it didn't feel good,
but I was going to leave it all out there
and I'm glad it was enough for the win.
Your relationship with him,
yeah, I mean he's one of the
greatest coaches of all time
and I think everybody knew that.
But these last two Super
Bowls kind of submitted that.
And to have someone that is such
a great person who who gets
the best out of the players
and to become men and players,
you wanted to do that.
You wanted to win those Super
Bowls Forum and it was.
It's it's great that we did that.
And like like you said man we're not done.
I'm have them around here for
a little bit longer at least.
Yeah. No, I was.
I was proud because it.
I mean, I I I talked a little bit,
but it was everybody.
It wasn't like I was the only
person talking in that locker room.
And we just challenged each other,
man, to leave everything out there.
And I don't want to say we
played tight in the first half,
but you didn't see that
same joy that we play with.
And I wanted guys to just know that
everything we worked for is for this moment.
You have to enjoy this moment.
You can't,
you can't let the moment overtake you,
man.
I thought the guys did that in the
second-half and they fought to the
very end and that's all you can
ask these guys leave everything
to have on the football field.
When is. I'm going to do.
Second time.
It's hard, man.
It's it hasn't even sank in.
I don't think even yet.
I mean, I appreciate it.
I appreciate it because of the failures.
I mean the failure of losing
the Super Bowl and and
losing AFC championship game.
And it gives you a greater appreciation
to be standing here as a champion.
And luckily I'm going to Disneyland now,
so I have Disney World and Disneyland
crossed off and also make some
more parks so I can go around
everywhere and do a world tour.
Think about you guys made counting
out all season. Does that make
this win feel more special?
Yeah, I think it does.
I mean, I wouldn't necessarily
say we were counted out,
but I mean there was a lot more
critics than there was on the the
previous years I've been here.
And I told him at the beginning of the year,
I said long as Andy Reid's coaching,
we're going to have success as an offense,
not trusting the leaders
that we have on that defense.
And so to go from a team that wasn't,
I wouldn't even say majority
pick to win the AFC West,
to to win the Super Bowl,
that speaks to the guys we
have in that locker room.
Yeah, I thought, I thought I
felt really good until I I read,
I read kind of aggravated
a little bit, but it was.
I mean, you're in the Super Bowl,
you can worry about getting
it healthy in the offseason.
So I I just kind of just thought through
and we were able to win the game.
Yeah, I mean if there was
any doubters left there,
there shouldn't be now.
I mean the way he stepped up on this
stage and ran through the ball,
whatever it took for his team to win.
I mean I was a special performance
that I don't want to get.
I don't want it to get lost in the
in the the loss that they had.
I mean even in whenever we got
all the momentum in that game and
and we went up eight points in the
fourth quarter for him to respond
and move his team right down the
football field and run it in himself
for the two point conversion.
It was a special performance by him man and.
I mean, you make sure you appreciate
that when you look back on this game.
The first Super Bowl I I thought was
I mean obviously I didn't win it
the first year that I started but I
thought the first Super Bowl was just
kind of like ohh it's this is amazing.
Like we won the Super Bowl like this
is happy like just like a little
kid when it when in when in a prize
at the at the fair I mean it.
Whereas this one you've dealt with
failure you understand how hard it is to
get back on this stage and to win this game.
I mean I played the Super Bowl I
got blown out where it was I got
all hyped up and then we you go out
there and you don't do anything.
And then I'll lose a championship game
in overtime when I thought we had a
chance to win the Super Bowl that year
and have a full brand new team and
have to go through the the strain of
being better and better every single day.
It gives you a greater appreciation
for winning this game. This is.
Yeah, I mean it's, it's a brand
new team I think I mean every Super
Bowl is is something that you will
have for the rest of your life.
I think there's only like 12 guys that were
on that team that won that first Super Bowl.
It might be a little bit more,
but so have a brand new team with a lot
of rookies playing that that stepped up.
I mean we were down 10 points at
halftime to probably the best,
the best team in the NFL all
year long and they, they're,
they're known for getting ahead of teams
and kind of finishing the game off.
And for those guys to step up and make
those plays in that second-half, man,
it was just speaks to the the hard work.
They put in every single day and
luckily a lot of those guys are
young so we'll have them a lot
of those guys back next year.
You as a player.
Yeah, I had to become a better leader
and I've always vocally talked.
But I had a I had a I take a next step
and my leadership ability of of how
I showed guys how we work and how I
couldn't let the little stuff slide
because we have such great players
around me that I've done it for so long.
And I had I had a teach the culture that
we have here that I learned from Alex
Smith and I learned from Derek Johnson.
It was I had to teach those guys the
culture of how we work and do things.
And luckily for me I have guys like
Travis and Frank and Chris that that
helped me out with that as well and.
Ohh man, I was proud of those guys man.
How they responded in this big game.
Yeah, I mean it's a it,
it hasn't even sunk in yet.
I mean, to be down to a team like that
and to come back and win the game,
I wish I'd make it easier and not be down.
But I feel like I played
better when we are down.
So I'll try to do whatever I can to
learn how to not get in those situations
and then start fast and finish faster.
But I mean, it's,
I mean you'll you'll look back on these
games the rest of your life and you
want you'll watch these games when
they're on TV and stuff like that.
And I'm just glad I get to
enjoy it with some of the best,
the best men on Earth.
Patrick, did you have to, did you have
to get a painkilling shot at halftime?
If not, what sort of treatment did
you get at halftime on the ankle?
I did not get a painkilling shot,
but we we did some stuff to get it
ready to go for that second-half.
Have different guys and make plays.
How about the one that Jerick
McKinnon made? In the moment
and not getting in the end zone.
Yeah, I mean they have a vet like that.
Who who, who knows?
I mean, all year long he proved how
smart he was in that football field.
He's like another quarterback back
there and he made it a little
close closer than I wanted him to.
We talked about in the huddle before
the play, but we we needed it because
I end up take losing so many yards
on when I was taking those knees.
So it was a it was a smart decision on him.
And then that big of a moment,
you want to run in and just
score the touchdown.
But we work on that stuff every single week
to prepare ourselves for those moments.
And I I want to give a credit to Eric.
The enemy cause even though sometimes
we get tired of listening to
them talking about those moments,
they always seem to happen in the biggest
games and he makes sure we go over the
details every single week about him.
I thought guys just,
they embraced the moment.
I think that's the biggest thing
is that first half we were playing,
we were doing some good stuff,
but I feel like guys were getting getting
consumed by everything around us and not,
not not just going out there and playing
and enjoying this game that we've
played since we were little kids and
guys talked in the locker room and we
just said just leave it all out there.
Let's leave it out there for 30 minutes
and see what happens at the end of the day.
And I thought guys did that.
And I think the biggest thing
is offensive line.
I mean the way they were able to
protect me in that second-half
whenever we couldn't use those.
Since we couldn't use those,
that stuff to help them out,
I guess a great, great defensive line.
That's the reason we won this game.
Yeah, yeah, no. They did a good job of
covering the guys that I wanted to throw to.
That was the biggest thing and I I got
it going up upfield and how the D line
rustic left the lane and I thought once I
got out I know if you can see me running.
I felt like someone was just
right on my back the entire time.
I haven't seen the play but I'm like
holding the ball up here somewhere.
But you should just try to get
full range man.
And we have a a great kicker and you
want to give him a chance to kick a
field goal or score a touchdown and
we were able to get that full range.
We were smart the in there and he was
able to kick the field goal to win the game.
A couple more we're going to,
Steve, go ahead, Steve.
Go ahead, Patrick,
to talk about Andy retiring.
What do you think about that?
Yeah, and it it was news to me.
And I mean, obviously Coach Reed,
I mean, he has every right to retire.
He's done so many great things for so long.
But I could tell by the way he how
much he enjoys this, that that that's
not anywhere in the near future.
And I know that we'll have conversations
before that moment happens and
whenever that time is right for him,
we'll embrace it, man.
But I'm glad that he's sticking around
because we feel like the job's not finished.
Nope. How do you track?
Yeah, it's because I think, I mean,
I don't wanna talk about all coaches,
but he's the the best coach I've
ever had about how he connects
with players from everywhere.
And I think you heard Frank Clark talk
about it during the media week that
we did is no matter where you're from,
he can connect with you and he he you
can tell he cares about you as a man
as much as he does about a player.
And so if there's something
that's going on in your life,
he's going to ask you about it.
He's not going to worry about how
you're practicing or how he needs
you to be better here and here.
He's gonna ask you what's going on.
He's going to get that info
from you and he's.
He's gonna do whatever he can to help.
And I think that's been the biggest.
That's why every player that leaves
Coach Reed talks so highly of him
because it's not about, I mean,
obviously he wants to win football
games and he's and and be great,
but he,
he cares about the the men that step
in that locker room and how he can he
make them better whenever they leave it.