Chiefs' Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes couldn’t be more opposite on Isiah Pacheco’s ejection
The last minute of the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Green Bay Packers game was a mismanaged mess by NFL officiating, but they did get one thing right. After some extracurriculars between Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco and Packers DB Keisean Nixon, Pacheco threw a punch that was caught by an NFL pylon cam. Here's the evidence of […]
The last minute of the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Green Bay Packers game was a mismanaged mess by NFL officiating, but they did get one thing right.
After some extracurriculars between Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco and Packers DB Keisean Nixon, Pacheco threw a punch that was caught by an NFL pylon cam.
Here's the evidence of the haymaker:
While both players were at fault for the scuffle, it's always the player who retaliates who gets flagged. Throwing a punch, in this instance, is going to at the very least draw a flag. It did that and more for Pacheco, who was disqualified from the game during perhaps the most vital moment.
Chiefs HC Andy Reid and QB Patrick Mahomes both commented on the ejection of Pacheco after the game. They landed on vastly opposite sides of the spectrum about the penalty and ejection.
Andy Reid & Patrick Mahomes at odds:
Andy Reid gave the ultimate coach's response when asked about Isiah Pacheco's ejection. While he didn't necessarily agree that Packers DB Keisean Nixon wasn't also flagged in the scuffle, he said that Pacheco needed to keep his composure in that moment.
"Yeah, you can't do that," Reid said. "We've got to be more composed than that, even though the guy shoved his head into the dirt, you've got to stay composed on it."
As for Patrick Mahomes, he feels that the fire that Pacheco brings to the offense is a necessary evil. It may have finally boiled over in that moment, but Mahomes didn't think it hurt the team and that having a player with such passion is more valuable than not.
"I love the fire from Pop (Isiah Pacheco), man," Mahomes said. "That gets us going as an offense. Obviously, it got a flag in the situation, but we were already in a bad situation. I never want to take the passion away from a guy. He'll learn from it. I'm sure he won't make that mistake again. But that's the stuff that we need on this team in order to have the success that we want to have."
Ultimately, you don't want that fire and passion to result in penalties frequently, but you also don't want it to go away if it inspires the team. In this particular moment, it didn't cost the Chiefs any more or less than their play and performance cost them.
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