Andy Reid Praised, Clark Hunt Criticized in KC Chiefs' 2024 NFLPA Player Team Report Card

The latest edition of the NFLPA Player Team Report Card sees the Chiefs land one notable positive grade but plenty of unfavorable ones.

With the NFL offseason ramping up, the legal tampering period and free agency will begin in March. Prior to that, players are getting a bit of a head start on gathering intel on potential suitors. Results are mixed, to say the least.

For another year, the NFL Players Association is back with the NFL Player Team Report Cards. Those cards, per the NFLPA, are documented with working conditions in mind to "highlight positive clubs, identify areas that could use improvement, and highlight best practices and standards." A whopping 1,706 players were surveyed from August 26 to Nov. 26 of last year, with their responses collected anonymously. 

In 2023, the Kansas City Chiefs ranked 29th overall. They're down two spots to 31st in 2024, carrying a fantastic grade for head coach Andy Reid but struggling in many other categories. Here's how Kansas City came out in each one: 

Category	Grade	Rank
Treatment of Families	D+	18
Food/Cafeteria	C-	26
Nutritionist/Dietician	F	31
Locker Room	F	28
Training Room	D	31
Training Staff	F	32
Weight Room	C+	23
Strength Coaches	C+	27
Team Travel	D	27
Head Coach	A+	1
Ownership	F-	32

The good news for the Chiefs is that, as expected, Reid is still regarded as a top-shelf head coach. According to Kansas City's report card, Reid got a 9.77/10 individual rating from players and they feel that Reid "is very willing to listen to the locker room." That goes hand-in-hand with what many have known for years — Reid is a player's coach who is respected and loved by just about everyone he's dealt with over the years.

The bad news, on the other hand, pertains to team Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt. Per NFLPA President JC Tretter, the only measure of Clark's ownership was a question about his willingness to invest in facilities. He got a 4.9/10 rating as a result, slotting in dead last among all 32 teams in the league. The report card reveals that the "majority" of Chiefs think the weight room isn't any better than offsite training spots, with the training room allegedly being "significantly understaffed" and not having necessary equipment found elsewhere.

That may not even be the worst of it. Kansas City's report card reveals an 'F' grade for the locker room, largely due to players feeling that the team "promised them much more" than new chairs being provided. Jesse Newell of The Kansas City Star touched base with Tretter to get some additional context for the situation.

"Asked NFLPA president JC Tretter about Chiefs' NFLPA low grade (31st overall)," Newell wrote on X. "He said team — and specifically ownership — did not follow through on its promises to players for a new locker room after 2022 season. Tretter said players were told that the Chiefs played too long in playoffs last year, so the team didn't have time to fix locker room. Tretter: 'I think there's some frustration there in the room, 'We keep winning Super Bowls, and nothing's coming back to us. There's no priority on making our lives better.'"

Hunt alluded to locker room renovations taking place in the past, later pivoting to the need to upgrade the Chiefs' practice facility. 

"I mentioned that the practice facility is something we're going to continue to think about," Hunt said. "It's coming up on 20 years. We certainly, in a lot of ways, have outgrown it. We recognize that we have a need to expand it and modernize it."

Clark Hunt on the recent NFLPA Report which ranked the #Chiefs 31st and ranked Owner Clark Hunt as 32nd in the survey. “The practice facility is certainly a high priority for us.” pic.twitter.com/UOg6tzWURo

— Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) February 28, 2024

Another 'F' grade for the Chiefs stems from the nutritionist/dietician category. Kansas City's head dietician received the 31st overall individual grade, with just 37% of players thinking they receive an individualized plan (also second to last). Year-over-year, the organization declined in nearly all ranks. The inclusion of Reid this time around gives the Chiefs something to hang their hat on, although the players believe there's room for improvement elsewhere.

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