You always have this little chip on your shoulder

After the Chiefs beat the Bengals within the AFC Championship Game, it was onerous to overlook folks speaking about the truth that Chiefs head coach Andy Reid can be going through his former workforce within the Super Bowl.

There was much less discover paid to the truth that Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni additionally has a historical past with the Chiefs. Sirianni was the Chiefs huge receivers coach for the 2012 season and he was let go when Reid was employed in 2013 as a result of Reid wanted to have David Culley in that spot.

Sirianni mentioned Reid “was complimentary” when informing him that he was being let go and that Reid “gave me strength when I was down,” however he admitted that the reminiscence of getting the pink slip remains to be one thing that he makes use of as motivation.

“Do you always have this little chip on your shoulder? Sure, yeah, you do,” Sirianni mentioned, by way of Tim McManus of ESPN.com. “But that’s who I am as a coach and as a person — I want to make sure I’m working my butt off to get as good as I possibly can. And sure, you hold on to some of those things.”

Whatever Sirianni has used to gentle a fireplace for himself has paid off. He rose again up the ladder with the Chargers and the Colts earlier than being employed by the Eagles in 2021 and he’s made it to the Super Bowl in his second season. If he’s capable of beat Reid and the Chiefs on Sunday, which may be sufficient to retire the chip for good.

Nick Sirianni on being fired by Andy Reid: You always have this little chip on your shoulder initially appeared on Pro Football Talk