Andy Reid 'stache honors coaches

YOU'VE NOTICED Andy Reid's mustache. It has grown since last season. It's bigger than Montana and we don't mean Joe.

Sports Illustrated has gotten the story behind the mustache.

Reid told the magazine that he stopped trimming the 'stache after the death of Andy Cheschelski, who was Reid's high school offensive line coach.

Reid said that Cheschelski and Danny Hime, another of his high school coaches, both had large mustaches. When Cheschelski died, Reid told Hime he wanted to pay tribute to him by not trimming his mustache.

"Those guys have been watching over me since I was a kid, and I really appreciate all they've done for me in my life," Reid told Sports Illustrated. "My wife doesn't even know why I'm doing this. I just thought it would be a good way to honor them."