I listened to Felger and Mazz this afternoon. They had video from all the national media talking about this, Colin Cowherd, ESPN, etc. And the whole time the discussion was framed as Shanahan versus Mahomes. Mahomes is great, that's why Shanahan lost, not because of any coaching mistakes. Only Mazz chimed in to offer that KC really won because of their defense over the last several games.
Why is Shanahan the focus? Only because he's considered an offensive whiz kid and he has Brock Purdy.
So who is the guy never mentioned but who should've been mentioned? Andy Reid. Why is he forgotten? Because he has Mahomes.
It's a mindless thing to forget what Andy Reid called on the last few drives. He pulled a play they hadn't run all season. He had innovative bunch formations. But the neatest thing of all was watching them run the simplest play imaginable for 28 yards on a crucial 3rd down at the 9ers 38 yard line. They ran a shallow cross to Kelce. He took it for 28 yards. Now, anyone could have thrown that ball, you didn't need Mahomes, it wasn't a play with a great design, but it confused the 9ers D because they hadn't seen it before, and Reid suckered them all game with deeper stuff. He set them up with a play that had a high chance of being executed well, a simple play, but it was against the run of his offensive design. This is the kind of thing a coach does when he doesn't need to be innovative. He only needs to know how to kick your butt.
And that's what Andy Reid did. He deserves a lot of credit, and people should stop looking at the young "innovative" coaches and start looking at the masters of the game who simply know how to coach football. They run circles against these kids.