Andy Reid had discussed postseason overtime strategy with Chiefs’ analytics coordinator

The Chiefs' new postseason overtime rule, guaranteeing both teams a possession even if the team that receives the overtime kickoff scores a touchdown, was put to the test for the first time in Super Bowl LVIII. San Francisco won the coin toss, and coach Kyle Shanahan chose to receive the kickoff. If Kansas City had won the toss, coach Andy Reid would have kicked.Reid said on Monday morning that he and Chiefs statistical analysis coordinator Mike Frazier have discussed the overtime rules and strategies and they both agreed that it's advantageous to get the ball second because that way you know what you need to do when you have the ball."Mike Frazier, our analytics chief, he does all the work on it," Reid said. "It can go either way, but the one thing it does, is it gives you the opportunity to see what you've got to do. They came down and scored three points, you've either got to score three or get a touchdown."Reid noted that postseason overtime is fundamentally different than regular season overtime not only because of the rule that the team that kicks off is guaranteed a possession even after a touchdown, but also because the game can't end until two full possessions are...