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In his opening statement, Reid repeated that the Chiefs made too many mistakes in their loss, blaming themselves for not having the players in the right position. He added that the players took responsibility if necessary and would get to work to resolve the issues before the next game. Sunday night football meeting with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Reid then answered the questions, which we’ve broken down into four points:
Replacement kicker Matt Ammendola has been released.
Asked if Ammendola would be back this week if Harrison Butker was still unavailable, Reid didn’t sound like good news was coming for Ammendola, who missed a field goal and an extra point in the loss. Sunday.
“I can’t tell you right now,” Reid said. “(General Manager) Brett (Veach) is thinking about all of this and working on it right now.”
It was later revealed that the Chiefs actually cut Ammendola.
The #Heads have terminated kicker Matt Ammendola’s practice squad contract, according to the NFL Trade Report.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) September 26, 2022
Reid spoke about Skyy Moore and his struggles as a punt returner on Sunday.
The rookie missed a punt that led to the Colts’ first score.
“Skyy (Moore) is a good boy,” Reid said. “He’s young and so some of the things that happened yesterday with young guys, and you have to – I said this from the start – you’re going to have a hiccup here or there and hopefully it doesn’t happen, you practice that it doesn’t happen but sometimes it does.
“Young kids have to grow up and you have to get back on the horse…and learn, and he did. He came back and did a few good things in there, but you know he’ll be better off later.
The Chiefs kept Moore in the game despite the blunder. The rookie was not targeted by quarterback Patrick Mahomes on offense.
“We actually had it for him this game and it didn’t work out that way,” Reid revealed. “We haven’t had a ton of first and second calls, and we have to do better with that. And so, his number didn’t get dialed as much as we wanted. When he did, the defense didn’t play the way he would be open. But it will come. We’ve finished Game 3 here now. His time will come. We’ll just keep working on it.
Moore has only one target in three games.
Reid explained what he sees in the Chiefs’ problems managing football.
Chiefs running backs totaled 17 attempts for 29 yards against the Colts (1.7 yards per attempt)
“Yeah, again, I can help with the various calls,” Reid said. “We have a variety of races, so I can definitely help with that. We can do a better job with our forwards (the offensive line), they’re very proud and responsible for this running game – we can do a better job there. And the running backs do the same.
“There’s a tremendous amount of pride that goes into this running game and being positive with it. And then also giving them more opportunities, if necessary to do so. That’s kind of what we’re going through.
Reid had a big silver lining from Sunday.
The Chiefs came out of the game injury-free, according to the head coach.
