‘He let me have him’ – Andy Reid thanks Bill Belichick for $80million star with more Super Bowls than Patrick Mahomes

The Big Red’s Kansas City Chiefs are heading to the big game for the fifth time in six years and chasing an unprecedented third consecutive triumph.

Reid already has three rings and can move alongside Chuck Noll on four with a victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.

New England Patriots icon Bill Belichick is out on his own with six Super Bowl victories (as a head coach) and played a massive role in the Chiefs’ recent success.

The UNC coach invited Reid onto his Let’s Go podcast to discuss the game and congratulated his friend for fixing what had been a troublesome offensive line in time for the playoffs. A big part of the solution has been moving guard Joe Thuney out to the problem left tackle spot to protect Patrick Mahomes’ blindside.  Thuney was named a Second-Team All-Pro in 2019 and joined the Chiefs on a bumper five-year, $80 million contract in 2021.

He was part of the offensive line that gave up zero sacks in a Super Bowl triumph over the Eagles—the start of the three-peat charge. The four-time Super Bowl champion was injured for last year’s victory over the 49ers

He will now take to the biggest stage for the sixth time in nine seasons as one of the few players currently in the game with more experience of competing for the Vince Lombardi Trophy than the man he protects.

Mahomes has three rings from four trips and can help his personal quest to eclipse Tom Brady’s legacy with a third consecutive win, something the Patriots legend and his old coach never managed.

He knows he would not be in that position without the men in the trenches—and spoke highly of Thuney earlier this month.

“I mean, he’s played every position on the offensive line and wherever we need him, he’s willing to go out there and do it,” he said on ‘The Drive.’