During the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, a 65-yard punt return from Kadarius Toney set up a crucial fourth-quarter touchdown for the Chiefs. And that play still haunts Eagles special teams coordinator Mike Clay.
“It’s just one of those things where you see that play on and you know what’s going to happen,” Clay said according to the Kansas City Star. “And it runs through your mind when you’re laying in bed. It just happens that way. It’s unfortunate but looking forward to getting back on the field and trying to wash that away.”
Clay made it clear that he intends to learn from the play.
“It’s one of those things where you’ve got to look at the film,” Clay said. “You can’t just say, ‘This play never happened.’ It’s one of those things where if you could go back and picture the perfect play, you obviously want to change the script, but you can’t change what happened three, four months ago, and it’s tough, you’ve got to face the man in the mirror and it all starts with me in terms of we’ve got to get that guy down regardless of the situation. Do we want something better to happen? Absolutely. If something does happen better, does it change the outcome of the game? Who knows? But it’s one of those things where in that heat of the moment, a football player made a play where we could have at least stopped him or minimized the gain but didn’t. . . . You kind of face the reality of it, and you live with it. I’m always going to live with that. With coaches, you don’t remember the good plays, you always remember the bad plays.”
It’s clear that this play is going to haunt Philadelphia Eagles fans for quite some time.
