It has been relatively commonplace to say that the 13-1 Kansas Metropolis Chiefs shouldn’t be what their file is – however that is simply gas to the fireplace for the back-to-back champions.
Positive, the Chiefs have received a number of video games on their final possession, and the ball has bounced their method loads of instances – actually and figuratively.
However Chiefs security Justin Reid, fairly actually, is thanking those that doubt what the Chiefs can do within the playoffs.
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Justin Reid #20 of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs celebrates a defensive cease towards the Las Vegas Raiders in the course of the fourth quarter within the recreation at GEHA Area at Arrowhead Stadium on November 29, 2024 in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. (David Eulitt/Getty Pictures)
“Thanks for the motivation. We admire the motivation that folks give us,” Reid advised Fox Information Digital in a current interview. “Regardless of profitable two championships in a row, regardless of every part that they mentioned final 12 months, they nonetheless don’t imagine. And we admire it. That fires us up once we hear it. I like the additional motivation. It will get me fired up, and it will get me to go on the market to show some extent.
“They don’t ever should [learn]. We’ll simply hold displaying up.”
Reid has received two Tremendous Bowls with the Chiefs, however his ring again in February wasn’t the one championship he received this 12 months. He additionally took dwelling Chess.com’s BlitzChamps title.
Reid was at all times intrigued with chess however took it extra significantly when he acquired into the NFL – and now, it is grow to be considerably of a staple within the locker room.
“We’ve got a convention the place we play each evening earlier than the sport. Proper once we end group conferences, I’ve a chess board sitting at my locker, guys come, and we play fast five-minute video games. Guys from the entrance workplace come down, gamers play, and in the event you win, you keep, you lose, you get again in line,” Reid mentioned.
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs security Justin Reid (20) within the fourth quarter of an NFL recreation between the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on September 15, 2024 at GEHA Area at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis, MO. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
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The protection added it is grow to be a mix of each superstition and firing up the mind earlier than a recreation.
“You possibly can’t at all times be too deep in something. It’s good to get your thoughts off one topic and do one thing else. I feel it is enjoyable for that and it has grow to be a little bit of a convention that we simply at all times try this now,” he says.
NFL Movies will probably be releasing a documentary about Reid’s chess title and the way different NFL stars have gotten concerned. The title additionally gave Reid the power to lift cash for his personal charity.
“Everybody makes use of the identical ‘it’s a recreation of chess’ whether or not it’s soccer or enterprise or no matter’s happening,” Reid mentioned, including it is a great way for folks to attach. “It’s a method of utilizing techniques and being three steps forward of your opponent. It is enjoyable they’re selling it. I feel that it is good, and I feel it is a enjoyable recreation for anybody to play.”
Reid faces his former Houston Texans on Saturday afternoon because the Chiefs are within the closing homestretch. And contemplating he is a back-to-back reigning champ, he is aware of precisely what it takes to deliver dwelling one other Lombardi Trophy.
Justin Reid #20 of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs poses for a portrait with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after Tremendous Bowl LVIII towards the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ryan Kang/Getty Pictures)
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“You need to be enjoying your greatest soccer going into the playoffs, and we don’t really feel like we’ve performed our greatest soccer sure, which is nice,” mentioned Reid. “There’s nonetheless methods to construct, nonetheless issues to do to maintain getting higher. It’s nearly not being glad and the preparation every week. The bodily aspect will deal with itself, however whoever’s mentally ready and doesn’t make these psychological errors when the stress’s on goes to be the distinction. We’ve been right here earlier than, we’ll simply hold persevering with to do it.”
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