OPENING STATEMENT: “Alright, as far as the injuries go Patrick (Mahomes) hurt his left knee. We’ll get an MRI tomorrow or this evening whenever they get him in there. Then Jaylon Moore, likewise, left knee and then (Tyquan) Thornton got hit in the head and we’ll just see where he’s at but he’s in the (concussion) protocol right now. All-in-all we came up short on both sides of the ball (and) special teams. We had a few mistakes and that ends up costing you against a good football team. I appreciate the effort of the guys and stepping up (and) playing hard and aggressive. Some positions were backup guys to backup guys, and they battled their tail off, that’s appreciated. Our fans, we appreciate them showing up in the cold here and supporting us – best fans in the National Football League. With that, we’ve got to do better. When you get opportunities in the red zone or field position you have to take advantage of that. Special teams we have to create field position and then defensively we’ve got to maintain it. In those cases, we weren’t quite good enough in all three phases and again that’s my responsibility to make sure you don’t have these kinds of mistakes. I’ll look in the mirror first on this. But anyways with that, time’s yours.”
Q: Is Patrick Mahomes’ injury serious?
REID: “I don’t know but it didn’t look good. I mean you guys saw it. We’ll just see where it goes.”
Q: Was that a tough situation for Gardner (Minshew) to step into?
REID: “Yeah, that’s a tough deal. He’s (Gardner Minshew) a big boy. I mean he’s done it – he’s played before, so he understands the role.”
Q: What was the locker room like for you after the game?
REID: “Guys are down. They busted their butt to win the game, and I wouldn’t expect anything less. It’s not a great feeling. I wouldn’t expect it to be after losing a game.”
Q: How did you feel while you were in the locker room?
REID: “I can’t tell you I’m happy. It’s a tough deal there when you deal with that but at the same time, we’ve got a few more games here we have to take care of.”
Q: On Patrick Mahomes’ interception on third down.
REID: “He’d (Patrick Mahomes) probably want that one back. You don’t want to throw the interception there. He thought Kareem (Hunt) could potentially make a play on a linebacker, but that’s what happened.”
Q: On the Chargers getting momentum going into halftime.
REID: “It was a return, yeah. You get a big return (and) that’s not good. That flipped some switches there. Then they get the ball the first series. So, they score on the last series of the half and come back the first series and get points. That’s not good.”
Q: On the game being very physical and spirited.
REID: “It was physical. The guys – I appreciate that – they battled. It wasn’t for a lack of effort or battling it was – just had some mistakes that cost us.”
Q: What were your thoughts on Tyquan Thornton’s hit and the exchange afterwards?
REID: “The league you know they took care of it. It was what happened. It’s one of those kind of hits. There were a couple of those (and) they got him on that one.”
Q: On being eliminated from the playoffs.
REID: “We’ve got to take care of business the next few games. I’m just coming off of the field. My mind was on this game here and taking care of it there (and) I wanted it to come out different obviously. I haven’t gone too much further than that.”
Q: How much does it limit the pass game to have backup offensive lineman in playing?
REID: “I’ll find a positive in that. These young guys had an opportunity to play (and) get a chance to see what they can do. I thought they did a respectable job in there so it’s good as we grow here as a team.”
Q: On Chukwuebuka Godrick’s performance.
REID: “Yeah absolutely, Chu’s (Godrick) come a long way from not playing a lot of football and he’s a very good athlete (and) smart kid. It’s great that he had a chance to get in and compete.”