Kansas City Chiefs: Everything You Need to Know for Week 5’s Matchup vs. 49ers

Coach and Player Quotes

A.J. Jenkins on whether playing his former team adds an extra element:

"No, I’m just more focused on myself and trying to get myself ready to play. Can’t go down there with all these emotions on my first start. It’s not going to be a good thing if I’m so emotional about going back, so (I’ve) got to stay focused, got to stay in my playbook, got to just keep it simple."

Andy Reid on his advice to Alex Smith (as he prepares to face his former team):

"What I did, I just ordered a cheesesteak and then went and coached. You focus in on what you do. All the distractions, going home and all that – it doesn’t mean anything. You’re there to play the game and once you’ve said hi to your buddies it’s over. You’re playing the game, that’s what you’re doing. You’ve got to prepare and you’ve got to go through all the steps here on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. That’s what it is, everything else is kind of fluff. Everybody talks about it but that’s not what’s real. The real is you get in the grind and get yourself ready to play a game."

Smith on returning to San Francisco:

"I’m trying to get a win. I could care less about the stats and out-dueling anybody. And I guess the thing that I’m talking about is I know that this is going to be a story and I have to deal with it. Yeah, and going back there and playing against some of those guys that I played with. But there’s a lot of unknowns too – it’s a different place, different stadium, a lot of new faces there as well in some respects. It’s different."

Jim Harbaugh on pre-game warmups, per ESPN’s Adam Teicher:

"Alex and I have had this conversation before about the going up and slapping each other on the rear end and hugging before the game. Both our point of views was, ‘Nah, we wouldn’t do that.’ That conversation came up and we were both, ‘We’re not into that.’"

Colin Kaepernick on Smith mentoring him, per Teicher:

"He really helped me develop as a player. I attribute a lot of my success and development and coming along so quickly because of what he did for me. “He’s one of classiest people I’ve been around with the way he handled that situation and the way he continued to help me after I started playing. He [did] everything you could imagine to try to help this team win."