Super Bowl LIV offers chance at redemption for Andy Reid, Kyle Shanahan

Andy Reid.
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Super Bowl LIV promises a lot of excitement on the field of play Sunday once the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs kickoff in Miami at 6:30 p.m. E.T. on Fox. But the sidelines offer their own intrigue. Sunday offers a chance at redemption for Kansas City head coach Andy Reid and his counterpart in San Francisco, Kyle Shanahan.

It's harsh to suggest Shanahan has Super Bowl demons he needs to get rid of. This is just his third year as a head coach and he's only 40-years-old, so it looks like he'll be coaching for a long time. But he still likely has a sour taste in his mouth from 2017 when he was the offensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons and watched his offense sputter in the second half as Atlanta blew a 28-3 lead against the New England Patriots. Shanahan's normally revered play-calling — fairly or unfairly — received some of the blame for the collapse in the immediate aftermath. He's got an opportunity to shed that part of his growing legacy.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.