Justin Reid is waiting all year for Thursday night.
That is Sept. 10, and that is when the 101st season of the NFL kicks off with the Super Bowl LIV champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the AFC South champion Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium.
Houston and Kansas City had exciting battles at Arrowhead twice in the 2019 campaign. In Week 6, the Texans executed a fourth quarter comeback and beat the Chiefs 31-24. In the divisional playoffs, the Chiefs rallied from a 24-0 deficit and embarrassed the Texans 51-31.
Reid indicated in tweets Sunday night that his wearing a shoulder brace in Week 6 and the divisional playoffs compromised his ability to challenge jump balls.
“Yeah we gone see what happens just throwing the ball up when I have my shoulder brace off this year,” Reid quote-tweeted of a video from the NFL’s official Twitter account hyping Texans-Chiefs in Week 1.
Reid followed up with another tweet.
Reid wrote: “Just to clear up any confusion… HELL YEA I’m mad about this play and HELL YEA I’m mad about the playoffs! We are all pissed about it. I haven’t stopped being upset since January & this exactly how I’m supposed to feel. I refuse to let it go. I’m taking it with me all 2020.”
If Reid is a representative sample of the Texans’ defense, then the Chiefs may not have as easy of a time picking apart Houston in the rematch.
