Not Enough Attention Is Being Paid To The Fact That Andy Reid's Most Lethal Play Is Called "Corndog"
Jamie Squire. Getty Images.There are only 14 head coaches who have won multiple Super Bowls in their career. You think about how many coaches we see come into the league year after year, and only 35 of them have ever won a Super Bowl in general. But to win 2, you have to be one of the best in the game. Andy Reid already locked up his 2nd Super Bowl last year by beating his former Eagles, thanks in part to these touchdowns by Kadarius Toney and Skyy Moore where they ran the exact same play on both sides of the field.
Nothing but a little zipper motion, and all of a sudden you have a wide open receiver for the easiest touchdown of your life. With that one singular play, Andy Reid put himself in one of the most elite echelons of NFL head coaches.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. So what does Big Red come back with in overtime of last night's Super Bowl against San Francisco? The same damn thing.
Bill Belichick. Chuck Noll. Bill Walsh. Joe Gibbs. Andy Reid.
That's it. That's the list. Only 5 coaches have ever won 3 or more Super Bowls, and Big Red is the latest to get in there. Anyone can get lucky enough to win 1. You need to be the top 1% to get your hands on the Lombardi three times. And it's all thanks to one play…
Now anybody who has ever coached a team before knows that coming up with play names is one of the most daunting tasks of the job. Doesn't matter if you're designing plays for 10-year-olds, or designing Super Bowl game winning plays. The options are limitless, which makes it such a hard job. You can come up with any name, but it's tough to come up with the right name. I just love the fact that Andy Reid is going through a list of his favorite foods when naming plays. Guy designs a play, decides what he's hungry for, and there's the name. Sure as shit beats Spider 2Y Banana. Corndog with a little mustard and ketchup. Perhaps the most lethal play in football history.