ANDY REID
ANDY REID: Appreciate our fans and the support that we
had from them today. It’s always good when you go on the
road and you’re able to have all that red up there.
A couple of things on the injury front: Nazeeh Johnson has
a concussion, and then Jody Fortson hurt his right knee.
We’ll do some work on that, see what that is. Other than
that, we’re pretty good.
Pat got his ankle rolled up on a little bit, but he was fine as
he went on.
Listen, I thought defensively we really stepped up with the
five sacks. I thought Pennel, Drew, Nick Bolton, I thought
those guys played really well, exceptional throughout the
day. I’m neglecting the rest of the guys who I thought also
played well, but I thought we did a nice job defensively.
Offensively there were some real good things that took
place. Pat had a nice day, 27 of 38 for over 250 yards with
a couple TDs thrown in there, which is a positive. Trav had
a big day, 10 receptions for 90 yards, and it was good to
get DeAndre in there in the limited reps that he had in
practice. A couple catches, one or 3rd down, which was a
big catch for us.
Kareem was 21 of 59 I believe it was, and there wasn’t a
lot of room in there, but that’s okay. He pounds it in there,
and normally he’s going forward, so that’s a good thing.
Then on 3rd downs we were 12 of 16, in the red zone three
for four, so those are always good stats to throw out there
when they’re positive.
Q. How did you feel (indiscernible)?
ANDY REID: Yeah, listen, I thought he was good. He
wanted to be in there, which was a positive, and I
understand. He’ll get more chances the next game.
Q. (Indiscernible).
ANDY REID: No, it was about that. He was in a few runs
and a few of the passes.
Q. What’s it take to have that kind of goal line stand?
ANDY REID: Unbelievable. Offensively we put the
defense in a bad position, but we held up as a defense.
We came out and put our foot down and did a nice job
there. That was important.
Q. What stood out to you (indiscernible)?
ANDY REID: Listen, I thought Pat had a good day. I
thought the guys were running good routes. The protection
was good. When it wasn’t, he moved around and made
some plays.
I think Nags had a great plan on 3rd down, and guys
believe in what we’re doing there, and that’s a positive
thing.
Q. (Indiscernible).
ANDY REID: Yeah, they do a good job. Their head coach
likes to play us. Those guys get fired up, and I’m glad our
guys were able to answer it.
PATRICK MAHOMES
Q. After the interception you started to talk to the
defense on the way out (indiscernible).
PATRICK MAHOMES: I did not, but those guys stepped
up to the challenge. Obviously put them in a terrible
position off the tipped pick. Not only them getting that stop,
I think it just flipped the momentum of the entire game.
They kind of came back in that second half and were firing
on all cylinders, and so for them to get that stop, then for
us to have that long drive, it ended in a field goal, but it
kind of switched the momentum and then we were able to
get the win from there.
Q. Can you describe the emotion after the 4th down
stop for everybody?
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah, it was big time because I
think the ball was on like the 3-yard line. A couple times it
was on the 1. For them to not just let up — it’s easy in that
situation to just let them kind of get in the end zone just
because it’s not really on them. It’s on the offense to put
them in position, but they stood their ground. They went
up there and said that they were going to make them earn
it. They’re going to make them earn every single yard.
The defense made a big-time stop, and we were able to
carry that momentum into a win.
Q. How do you feel like Hopkins did?
PATRICK MAHOMES: I thought he did a great job.
Obviously 3rd down hit a big catch early in the game, and
then he had a couple other big plays. I missed him on the
one corner route early but still got open, and as I looked
back at the tablet there was a couple times where in man
coverage he was just really working and winning. Even the
touchdown to Trav I threw, if you look back on his side,
he’s open, too, for a touchdown there.
Now that you see that, obviously I know the type of player
he is, but you see that on the field, it shows that if they’re
going to play man coverage against him, he’s going to get
open, and I have to give him chances to go out there and
make plays.
Q. (Indiscernible).
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah, honestly, it’s high-level stuff
just because it was zone coverage. They kind of were in
the right spot. He pulled up in the right window, stuff you
see Trav do a lot, you see Juju do a lot. I was able to
throw the ball, and I’ve kind of talked about it a little bit. He
has good body language when he runs routes, so you can
kind of tell what he’s going to do before he does it. We’d
only practiced that play I think once, maybe twice, and for
3rd down in that situation, for him to run it and be in the
right position, it shows that he’s going to fit in perfectly in
this offense.
Q. (Indiscernible).
PATRICK MAHOMES: I think guys just do their job. I don’t
think it was one or another. We ran it sometimes. I ran it
sometimes. We threw the ball when we needed to throw
the ball. That defense has a lot of different coverages and
guys were able to recognize the coverages and execute at
a high level, and then I thought we played a pretty good
football game offensively. Obviously the pick hurt us there
in the second half, but other than that, I thought guys did a
good job. We’ve got to clean up some of the penalties on
the turnover, obviously, but I think we’re building and going
the right direction.
Q. (Indiscernible).
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah, I mean, just being able to
find guys, getting them open in windows, make the throws.
I thought guys came in with the right mindset. I think now if
we can just kind of connect on some of those deeper
passes downfield, that’ll really expand the zones that the
teams are playing against us.
I felt good about how we played today. They have a good
defense, and I thought we did a good job of executing at a
high level and getting the win at the end of the day.
Q. (Indiscernible).
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah, it’s a rivalry. It goes back
further than anyone on that football field. No matter what
the records are, you come into this football game, you
know it’s going to be a fight. You know it’s going to be a
fight every single snap. There’s going to be no give-up.
They have a lot of guys on that team that have a lot of
pride, and playing at home and playing in this stadium, we
did a good job of executing, and they made some plays,
we made some plays, and at the end of the day we found a
way to get a win.
Q. (Indiscernible).
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah, Chiefs kingdom travels well
everywhere, but they’ve done a great job of traveling here
to Vegas. It’s exciting to see whenever you can get into a
stadium and you’re in an opponent’s stadium and you can
see red everywhere, and it shows the support that we have
and we’ve gotten throughout my entire career. It’s a
special place, and I don’t take it for granted because it
costs money to travel, it costs money to come to games,
and people want to show that they support us, and we’re
going to show that same support to them when we’re in the
community.
Q. (Indiscernible).
PATRICK MAHOMES: Not at all. He’s like the least — if
you asked anyone on the team they’d want Travis to score
a touchdown more than he’d want to score a touchdown.
That’s just the type of guy he is. He was able to score the
touchdown there. It was a tight window throw, he made a
big-time catch. He had a good game. But I don’t think he
mentioned that natural tight end day one time. He’s all
about ball and all about winning, and I think you saw that
the last game last year whenever he could have got a
thousand yards and he sat himself out even though he
wanted him to play. He’s just all about winning at the end
of the day, and that’s what makes him such a special
player.
Q. 30,000 passing yards in your career. Just talk
about that.
PATRICK MAHOMES: I didn’t even know about that until
after the game and them telling me. Obviously an amazing
accomplishment. It speaks to the organization I’m in. It
speaks to the people I have around me, the coaches I have
around me and the players. It takes everybody.
I think just being able to execute and get to that milestone
is awesome, but we have a lot more to do, and we’ve had a
great start to the season, and we want to keep building on
that.
Q. The broader way about the defense, the last couple
seasons in particular, what is it that he’s done to make
the team —
PATRICK MAHOMES: I think the biggest thing about the
defense and about this entire team is whenever your
number is called, the guy is going to step up and make the
play. That goes for the whole entire team but especially
the defense in situations like today. They had a good drive
to start the game, and our defense, we lost all the
momentum, and they were able in a bad situation and that
whole entire unit stepped up when their number was called
to make a big-time stop. That’s what it takes from great
football teams. It takes greatness from everybody. It can’t
be one guy. That’s what’s made us so great for so long
throughout my career. It’s not all about me, it’s not all
about Trav, it’s about this entire team, and that’s what
makes it so special.
Q. (Indiscernible).
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah, without giving away all our
secrets, we knew the coverage that they were going to
play, and we knew that guy was going to be going over
there to get to Travis, and if he went over there enough, we
were going to get back to the backside to D-Hop. It was a
good play call, and we executed and got a touchdown.
Q. (Indiscernible).
PATRICK MAHOMES: I thought I could get him, man.
You just never know. No, I was scrambling downfield. I
knew I was downfield, but the guy was open. But yeah,
pump fake — I wasn’t going to be able to juke him. I was
like, maybe he’ll jump or something. But the guy behind
me got me, so I’ve got to be a little b