Super Bowl Bites: A Break From the Justin Fields Debate, Everyone Loves Spags, Kyle Shanahan's Beginnings

Day two of Super Bowl week is in the books, and I’ve got another smattering of bits from around Las Vegas.

I spent today at the Chiefs and 49ers team hotels chatting with various players, so be forewarned: I have no Bears news to share with you today. And quite frankly, I’m tired of talking about the Bears QB situation, so I’m not upset about that.

We’re going to be talking about what the Bears should do under center for the next six-eight weeks, so it’s okay to take a few days off from it when you have the chance.

Everybody loves Spags

After spending the morning at the Chiefs hotel in Lake Las Vegas, one thing is crystal clear: everyone loves Steve Spagnuolo, or more affectionately known, Spags.

Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones is the president of his fan club.

“He hates me fluffing him, but that's my guy. I love Spags,” Jones laughed after laying it on thick for the mind behind the Chiefs defense.

“Spags and his resume speaks for itself. I think he's the only DC that was able to go to the championship with two different teams. And his scheme; he’s been very successful in the defense that he's run over during his span in the NFL. It’s Spags, man, what can you say?

“I think Spags should be in the Hall of Fame. I mean, look at his resume. I think he should have been for Assistant Coach of the Year this year. Look at what he's been able to do. When you look at where our defense was last year to where it was this year, I mean, look at it. Two years ago, we kind of had bigger names on the defense. This year’s defense kind of outperformed last year’s defense. So that type of progression and what Spags was able to do with these young guys is remarkable.”

He’s not wrong. Kansas City’s defense has been a blessing for them this season, one in which their offense was challenged more than they have been in the Reid-Mahomes era. The Chiefs defense ranked fifth in the NFL in DVOA this season.

Justin Reid, George Karlaftis, and Drue Tranquill were others who raved about what Spags means to the Chiefs’ defense. I’ll have more on that later this week.

It doesn’t sound like Kadarius Toney is going to get a chance to suit up for the Chiefs in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

“Yeah, we'll see how that goes. He's been practicing, and we'll just see whether he's up or not,” Andy Reid said when asked about Toney’s status for Sunday.

It sounded like the way our parents answered us when we asked for something, and the answer was no, but they didn’t want to say no just yet. If I had to guess today, Toney won’t be playing on Sunday.

Reid delivered a couple of updates on other Chiefs dealing with injuries on Tuesday as well.