Andy Reid had a little fun with the media after Justin Fields’ fumble turned into an early Jets scoring chance on Sunday.
On 3rd-and-1 to start the game against New York, Reid dialed up a quarterback sneak for Fields, who was trying to pick up a yard against his former team and move the chains. Instead, Fields put the ball on the ground, Demario Davis came up with the recovery, and the Jets got the ball at the Kansas City 34-yard line. Four plays later, New York cashed in with a field goal.
Kansas City still shook off the rough opening and rolled from there, putting together 21 unanswered points in the second half on the way to a 35-12 win at Arrowhead Stadium.
Afterward, Reid was asked about the play and took a light jab at the people who had been asking for Fields to be used that way.
"Yeah, I mean, you guys asked for it, so we gave it to you, and (it) didn't work," Reid said, via Charles Goldman. "How'd you feel?
So listen, we've got to make sure those are hard to practice live... Quarterbacks, I think, it's hard to practice unless you do it in a game.
"And so we just got to get those two on the same page on it, and make sure we get the ball up first and in the quarterback's hands, and we can roll from there."
The Chiefs acquired Fields from the Jets in March so he could serve as Patrick Mahomes’ backup while Mahomes was rehabbing from his ACL injury. Fields’ mobility has long made him a candidate for designed runs, and some around the media had floated the idea of Reid using him on sneaks or as a runner in those spots to help protect Mahomes.
Fields finished with two carries for minus-1 yard, and the former first-round pick by the Bears has not attempted a pass this season.
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