And here we go to Minneapolis for tomorrow's NFC wildcard playoff game between Reid's Eagles and the NFC North champion Minnesota Vikings.
Even this unexpected trip to the postseason didn't stop the speculation that the end could be near for Reid. A story by Bob Grotz of the Delaware County Daily Times earlier this week suggested that Reid might walk away from the Eagles should the team lose to the Vikings.
Bob LaMonte, Reid's agent, was asked yesterday if he thought that could happen.
"I really don't," LaMonte said.
If you're looking to get inside the head of the Eagles' head coach, you probably have a better chance of getting there through a conversation with his agent than you do by talking to the coach himself.
LaMonte speaks to Reid at least once a week, and he said he never felt this season that his client was feeling the substantial weight of disgruntled Eagles fans or that owner Jeffrey Lurie and team president Joe Banner were looking to make a coaching change.
"In the entire time Andy has been there, I have never in any conversation with Jeffrey and Joe felt anything but universal support for Andy Reid," LaMonte said. "The relationship between Jeffrey, Joe and Andy is a very good one."
LaMonte said he believed some NFL head coaches might have been combative if they made the playoffs after being battered by the fan base for most of the season. But he said Reid doesn't feel that way about Philadelphia or its fans.
"I think Andy understands and embraces the fans of Philadelphia and, for that matter, the Philadelphia media," LaMonte said. "Andy Reid likes knowledgeable people, and he knows they expect the best. He truly believes he's coaching in one of the greatest cities in America to be a head coach."
That doesn't mean Reid is going to listen to the fans when they scream for him to change his passing ways.
