Thursday was the last press conference media day before the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles played in Super Bowl LIX. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid was once again questioned about rumors that game officials showed preferential treatment to Kansas City.
“They don’t favor one side for the other,” said Reid. “That’s not how this thing goes.” I don’t think the officials care about what’s said; they’re doing their job, and they’re doing it to the best of their ability. They don’t favor one side or the other; that’s not how this thing goes.”
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell shot down assumptions that game referees favored the Chiefs during his Super Bowl press conference earlier in the week. Reid wanted to ensure he emphasized what his team had echoed going into Sunday’s game.
“It’s a good story, but that’s not the reality of how it works. You’d be insulting them to think that’s what they do,” said Reid. “They go out, and they call it like they see it. There’s some, as a coach, I sit there and go, ‘I don’t agree with it.’ There are some I agree with. That’s how it goes.”
The Chiefs won eleven games by one-score margins during the regular season and were the top seed in the AFC playoffs. A third consecutive Super Bowl victory this Sunday will silence the critics.