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Andy Reid has already cemented himself as one of the greatest coaches in NFL history.
He currently sits fourth all-time in regular-season coaching wins (279) and second all-time in playoff wins (28), behind only Bill Belichick. He also has three Super Bowl rings as a head coach, tied for third-most all-time, and six conference championships, the second-most ever.
Reid has won the Greasy Neale Award four times, Sporting News Coach of the Year three times, and AP NFL Coach of the Year in 2002. He turned the Philadelphia Eagles into one of the NFL's best teams from 1999 to 2012, and has since built the Kansas City Chiefs into one of the greatest dynasties in sports.
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But Reid is also 68 years old and has already accomplished more than most coaches could dream of, naturally raising the question of how much longer he'll remain in Kansas City. On Monday, he subtly hinted that retirement could be on the horizon — maybe not next year or the year after, but likely before one of his other aging stars, Patrick Mahomes, calls it quits.
"I don't worry about it because he'll be here a lot longer than I am," Reid said when asked how much longer he thinks Mahomes will play.
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Much like Reid, Mahomes has probably already accomplished enough to land in the Hall of Fame if he retired today. But unlike Reid, Mahomes is still relatively young by modern NFL standards.
He'll turn 31 in September, and the league has already seen quarterbacks play well into their 40s — Tom Brady being the most notable example. Aaron Rodgers enters the 2026 season as the Steelers' starter and turns 43 in December. Kirk Cousins turns 38 on Aug. 19, and Matthew Stafford, last season's MVP with the Rams, just turned 38 himself.
Mahomes is coming off the first serious injury of his career, recovering from a torn ACL and LCL, but there's no reason to believe he couldn't play into his 40s as well, should he choose to. Reid, meanwhile, is under contract through the 2029 season, at which point he'll be 71 — a realistic timeline for when he might call it a career.
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