Re-casting Ted Lasso characters with Kansas City Chiefs
By Matt Conner
![WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JULY 15: (L-R) Hannah Waddingham, Jason Sudeikis, and Juno Temple attend Apple's "Ted Lasso" season two premiere at Pacific Design Center on July 15, 2021 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JULY 15: (L-R) Hannah Waddingham, Jason Sudeikis, and Juno Temple attend Apple's "Ted Lasso" season two premiere at Pacific Design Center on July 15, 2021 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/3a4de0e1f32ecec262612cb12b1207e3daf42e5acb31b10c50fc92303f2c7b41.jpg)
Andy Reid as Coach Beard
Tell me this: which Ted Lasso coach is going to step up to a mic and say “Time’s yours”? The answer is clearly Coach Beard.
Coach Beard is always calm, always collected, always ready for whatever comes his way. He’s a genius tactician. He does his talking on the field, and when he does say something, everyone listens.
For years, Andy Reid has proven to be impermeable to the questions and concerns that everyone has wanted to discuss around him. He was the only unflappable coach who could have handled Michael Vick‘s return. He never cared about the “couldn’t win the big game” label applied to him before winning Super Bowl 50. He knows what matters most and keeps his focus there.