The Kansas City Chiefs snapped their two-game losing streak on Sunday, November 8, 2026. In the Week 9 showdown, head coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes secured a dominant 35-12 win over the New York Jets. While the team is hopeful of building on the win and continuing its winning ways, Reid’s recent decision-making and responses during press conferences have drawn scrutiny.

Some of those decisions have drawn comparisons to Bill Belichick’s final season in New England, with critics questioning whether one of the NFL’s most accomplished coaches is struggling to adjust to his team’s current circumstances.

Andy Reid Gets Compared to Bill Belichick

According to OutKick’s Bobby Burack, Reid looks more “confused” than ever. His remarks reflect some of the criticism surrounding the Chiefs.

“Andy Reid is approaching last year Bill Belichick of an all-time great coach who looks completely confused by the current iteration of the NFL,” Burack wrote on X.

Belichick’s final season in New England was a difficult one. The Patriots finished 4-13 in 2023, the worst record of his coaching career, and ranked bottom of the NFL offensively, averaging just 13.9 points per game.

New England was also eliminated from playoff contention with four weeks remaining, its earliest elimination since Belichick’s first season with the franchise in 2000. The struggles ultimately ended a 24-year run that included six Super Bowl titles.

In the past, Burack had also criticized the Chiefs and local coverage of the Josh Simmons situation. Reports indicated that Reid and Mahomes told the left tackle to leave a team meeting after a disagreement over how Simmons was sitting while dealing with back and hip discomfort. Simmons later apologized for the incident.

Reid and the Chiefs also faced backlash after signing veteran kicker Justin Tucker to their practice squad. Tucker previously served a 10-game suspension for violating the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy after multiple massage therapists accused him of sexual misconduct. Tucker has denied the allegations.

Questions were also raised over Reid’s continued reluctance to call quarterback sneaks, a play Kansas City largely abandoned with Mahomes after he dislocated his kneecap on one in 2019. When Reid finally called a sneak using backup Justin Fields against the Jets, the play resulted in a fumble.

The head coach then joked with reporters after the game, saying, “You guys asked for it, so we gave it to you, and it didn’t work. How’d you feel?” The exchange drew attention online, although Reid and reporters were laughing before he gave a more serious explanation of the play.

Kansas City also left Sunday’s win with injury concerns. Wide receiver Xavier Worthy suffered a hamstring injury, while Mahomes took a hit to his right throwing elbow on a second-quarter strip-sack.

Mahomes, who ranks sixth on PFN’s QB Impact Metric, returned before halftime and finished the game. Afterward, he acknowledged that he “wasn’t throwing the ball the way I wanted to” early in the second half, though he said his arm loosened up as the game progressed.

Mahomes underwent an MRI after the game that reportedly revealed no significant damage. The Chiefs are expected to monitor pain and swelling in his right elbow ahead of Week 10.

The Chiefs are currently ranked No. 7 in PFN’s NFL Team Impact Rankings. They will next face the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, November 15, 2026. The game is scheduled to kick off at 1:00 p.m. ET at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.