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The AFC coaches breakfast is Tuesday in Phoenix. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is available to the media."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Kansas City Chiefs NewsOpen ThreadsFull ArchiveLibrary Community GuidelinesContact InformationOdds Shop About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub 鉁旵hiefs updates from the head coaches breakfast in ArizonaNew Terrance Smith Jersey ,62commentsThe AFC coaches breakfast is Tuesday in Phoenix. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is available to the media.CDTShareTweetShareShareChiefs updates from the head coaches breakfast in ArizonaJake Roth-USA TODAY SportsThe NFL annual owners meetings are ongoing this week, and one of the week’s most unique events is called the coaches breakfast.All 32 head coaches, including Andy Reid and familiar names like (Philadelphia Eagles head coach) Doug Pederson and (Chicago Bears head coach) Matt Nagy, are available in a roundtable, breakfast setting. Reid is usually a popular name even for those reporters outside of Kansas City, as he has many ties that extend to other teams’ coaching personnel.Here is some Kansas City Chiefs-related news that came out of the breakfast:12:36 p.m. Arrowhead Time — Matt Nagy likes cheeseburgers, tooNothing like a cheeseburger to get over a tough playoff loss.12:36 p.m. Arrowhead Time: Reid is comfortable with his career choices11:58 a.m. Arrowhead Time — Reid says Chiefs could make a big moveAndy Reid makes a habit of deferring all personnel questions to Veach, but he isn’t above dropping a hint now and then.11:52 a.m. Arrowhead Time — Reid has seen babies being bornThis is a 100 percent Andy Reid quote.Priceless.Later in the day, Pryor revealed the first time Reid had used the word womb in his remarks to reporters.11:35 a.m. Arrowhead Time — Reid dressed for successNaturally, Andy Reid is wearing a Hawaiian shirt for the coaches breakfast!Wouldn’t you?11:17 a.m. Arrowhead Time — Nagy and Reid have bitmojis for each otherHere’s a big scoop: Bears head coach (and former Chiefs offensive coordinator) Matt Nagy and Chiefs head coach Andy Reid have bitmojis for each other.File this as yet another story that never could have been written about NFL head coaches 10 years ago.11:02 a.m. Arrowhead Time — Kitchens fields questions about KareemReporters had a lot of questions for Cleveland Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens about former Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt.11:02 a.m. Arrowhead Time — Jon Gruden raves about MahomesThe Oakland Raiders head coach had a few nice things to say about Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes at the breakfast. (H/T to horsepire for this one).10:54 a.m. Arrowhead Time — Jay Gurden doesn’t know if Alex Smith will playAccording to Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden Khalen Saunders Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys , it’s unknown if former Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith will play in 2019 after a devastating injury suffered in 2018.10:45 a.m. Arrowhead Time — Jon Gruden says he cried after trading MackOakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden told the press that he “cried for three days” after trading pass rusher Khalil Mack to the Chicago Bears, but that deal made it possible for the other big deals the Raiders have made in free agency this spring.10:44 a.m. Arrowhead Time: Frank Reich loves him some HoustonIndianapolis Colts head coach Frank Reich raved about his new defensive end — former Chiefs linebacker Justin Houston.10:33 a.m. Arrowhead Time - Reid hasn’t been in touch with Tyreek HillOf course, the media would ask about Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who is reportedly involved in an Overland Park Police investigation relating to an injury reportedly suffered by his son.Reid told Yahoo! Sports’ Terez Paylor that he hasn’t been in touch with Hill, and other than saying the Chiefs don’t know exactly what happened in the alleged incident, he doesn’t have a further statement to make.More updates to come The sixth-year veteran took up the slack in 2018, and there’s a solid argument he can do the same this season"On November 30 — just two days before they were to play the Oakland Raiders in California — the Kansas City Chiefs released star running back Kareem Hunt.It happened only hours after TMZ released a video of an incident involving Hunt that took place in the hallway outside his offseason apartment in Cleveland the previous February.Ever since then, the question being posed across the league has been, “What will the Chiefs do to replace Kareem Hunt’s production?”It hasn’t been an unfair question.After fumbling the ball on his first NFL carry, Hunt led the league in rushing during his rookie season Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys 2019 , amassing 1,327 yards (at 4.9 yards per carry) and scoring eight touchdowns.He was also dangerous as a receiver out of the backfield, gaining 455 yards on 53 receptions, and scoring another three touchdowns.When Hunt was released with five games remaining in his second season, he was on pace for 1,199 rushing yards (at 4.6 yards per carry) 550 receiving yards and 20 touchdowns.It wasn’t much ofa sophomore slump.But what most people around the league apparently failed to notice was that Chiefs running back Damien Williams played admirably after Hunt’s release.Pro Football Focus noticed.On Friday, the football analytics site published an article about the top five running backs in the red zone during 2018.Williams was ranked fifth behind Derrick Henry of the Tennessee Titans, Jordan Howard of the Philadelphia Eagles, Nyheim Hines from the Indianapolis Colts and Phillip Lindsay of the Denver Broncos.And it wasn’t just in the red zone that Williams played well.While Hunt edged out Williams in his overall offensive grade for the season, there were areas where PFF graded Williams more highly than Hunt.2018 PFF GradesIf you don’t want to take PFF’s word for it Khalen Saunders Jersey Cheap , you can look at the projected statistical season I worked out for Hunt and another based on the five games Williams started in 2018 — the last three regular season games and the two playoff games.The two players again compare favorably to each other.2018 Projected StatsHonestly, this may say more about Andy Reid’s long-recognized ability to get the best out of his running backs than it does about these two particular players.You may recall that in 2015 — when Jamaal Charles was lost for the season in Week 5 — fans and analysts were ready to write off the season.The Chiefs had started the season 1-4 with Charles as their primary offensive weapon, but with Charcandrick West and Spencer Ware shouldering the load the rest of the way, the Chiefs finished the season 10-1, made the playoffs and won their first playoff game since 1993.It took Andy Reid a couple of games to figure out the best approach forward after being blindsided by the Hunt affair last November, but he did figure out a way to make Williams effective in his offense — just as he did when he lost Charles in 2015.You can’t argue that Williams is a better running back than Hunt any more that you could argue that West or Ware were better than Charles.But you can argue that Reid knows how to use running backs to the team’s best advantage.There’s no reason to expect Williams can’t continue to shoulder the load in 2019.