Five NFL midseason lessons: Reid collects on high-stakes QB bet

Despite their long and storied histories, with the Cleveland Browns having joined the NFL in 1950 and the Kansas City Chiefs with the AFL-NFL merger some 16 years later, the two franchises have rarely met – and never in the playoffs. Start with the coaches: The Browns’ Kevin Stefanski, who missed their first playoff win since 2002 last week in Pittsburgh due to COVID-19, was a summer intern for Chiefs counterpart Andy Reid during his days with Philadelphia. Stefanski later followed Reid disciple Brad Childress to Minnesota, learning many of the nuances of his system along the way.

The Rams’ slide from making the Super Bowl to missing the playoffs raised many questions about the team heading into the future. Some of those questions focused on quarterback Jared Goff’s fit as the franchise quarterback as he failed to match his production of the previous two seasons. Wide