Andy Reid thanks Raiders coach Antonio Pierce for Chiefs Christmas wake-up call

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The were left for dead on Christmas Day. Having their worst performance of the season in a lo s to the at Arrowhead Stadium, the Chiefs weren't going to have home-field advantage in the conference.There were doubts outside the Chiefs organization Kansas City would reach the , having to go through Buffalo and Juan Lagares Jersey Baltimore on the road to emerge out of the AFC. Kansas City won both games en route to winning the .Chiefs head coach Andy Reid he texted Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce prior Steven Matz Jersey to Super Bowl LVIII, thanking him for the wake-up call for his football team."I texted him," Reid said. "I just said, 'Hey, beautiful facility, first of all. And I appreciate you kicking our tail because you taught us a le son. You get complacent in this busine s, the margin between winning and losing is tiny. You better step up.' "There's a time and a place for these Asdrubal Cabrera Jersey players that have been here before. You know what it takes. If you're the veteran that's dropping the ball or you're the veteran getting the penalties, you better figure it out. Figure it out quick. This season's gonna go down."The Chiefs didn't lose a game after that lo s to the Raiders, winning six straight in order to capture the Super Bowl title. Chiefs cornerback also admitted after the AFC Championship victory over the Michael Conforto Jersey the Raiders lo s was motivation for them -- albeit in a different way."We heard it all year, from Game 1 when we lost to the ," McDuffie told CBS Sports. "Everybody doubted us, but good thing about this team is we don't hear nothing. You feel me? We don't care what people got to say. We trust each other to go out there and win games, and we ended up in Vegas." The lo s to the Raiders fueled the Chiefs Zack Wheeler Jersey , who weren't "the Chiefs" until after that defeat.