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A historic three-peat is on the line for Andy Reides

A historic three-peat is on the line for Andy Reid and the Chiefs. Standing in the way is his former team: The Eagles

For many years, Andy Reid was synonymous with midnight green, white and black. Now, he is best known for red, white and gold.

Reid was a vastly successful head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles for 14 seasons, leading the team to nine playoff appearances, five NFC championship games and one Super Bowl.

Their friendship would eventually result in Reid getting his first coaching opportunity in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers – after stints at San Francisco State, Northern Arizona, UTEP and Missouri – when he was hired as the team’s assistant offensive line and tight ends coach.

Holmgren’s staff was full of now-household names – such as Reid, Jon Gruden, Dick Jauron, Ray Rhodes and Steve Mariucci – many of whom went onto be NFL head coaches but at the time were hungry, aspirational coaches. And that atmosphere of determination bred a desire to prove themselves.

“It became a competition between us young guys to see who could come up with the next great play,” Gruden – who was the head coach of the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers – explained, per the Chiefs website. “We wanted to impress Mike Holmgren. We wanted him to trust our research and to put that play in the game plan.”

That environment drove the Packers to extreme heights, with five straight winning seasons and a Super Bowl ring in 1996, the first of Reid’s career.

“In our staff meetings, you could throw out ideas on the table, and if it was a good idea, I’d stick it in the game plan,” Holmgren said, per the Chiefs website, “and so, what I didn’t realize is they kept track of that. They’d go back and give a hard time to each other about that.”

Ahead of Super Bowl LIX, Reid explained the effect Holmgren had on his career and in particular, the evolution of the West Coast offense – where the attack focuses primarily on passing rather than rushing – which has taken the NFL by storm.

“It started with Paul Brown and then Bill Walsh and then Mike Holmgren took it, put his spin on it, along with a few other guys,” the 66-year-old said. “But in Green Bay, he put his stamp on it, went to Seattle and got to a Super Bowl there. And every guy that branches off keeps a foundation and the base principles but they always add something to it. We’ve done that.”

In 1997, Reid looked to be getting the big move he wanted when Mariucci was named head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and wanted Reid to be his offensive coordinator. However, Holmgren stepped in.

“I said no,” Holmgren noted. “I blocked it and said: ‘Look, I need you. I can’t let you go.’ Andy was upset about it and I don’t blame him.”

In a move to appease Reid, Holmgren moved him to be quarterbacks coach, meaning Reid was directly coaching Brett Favre, one of the greatest to ever play the game.

After the 1998 season, Holmgren moved on to be the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks. He had initially scheduled to also interview for the vacant Philadelphia Eagles head coaching role but when he called owner Jeffrey Lurie to inform him he was taking the Seahawks job, he put in a special word for Reid.

“I phoned Jeffery Lurie and said listen: ‘I’m scheduled for the interview, but I’m staying in Seattle, I’m sorry, thank you for everything. But here’s who you have to hire – you have to hire Andy Reid.’”

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