SEATTLE — As Andy Reid ambled off Lumen Field through the rain late Friday night after his Chiefs had been clobbered, 33-16, by Seattle in a preseason game, a rare and striking scene unfolded:

Following his terrific performance against his hometown team, Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock had hurried to intercept Reid before he could exit — a gesture he planned in advance as if it were part of his game-planning.

“I knew going into the game I was going to make a point of trying to get him before he gets off the field,” Lock, the former Lee’s Summit and Missouri standout, told The Kansas City Star.

For years, there’s been mutual respect and admiration between the two that has its roots all the way back to 1989 — when Reid was the offensive line coach at Missouri and coached Lock’s father, Andy.

“We only had about a year’s relationship at Missouri, but it’s funny how ... you carry that relationship over and years go by and by and by, but you still feel like he’s a great friend and mentor who would do anything in the world for you,” Andy Lock told me in a 2018 phone interview. “I know for a fact that if I ever needed anything, or if he did, we’d be there for each other. That’s a neat thing and a powerful thing.”

But there’s a poignant added dimension to those connections since the death of Andy Lock, the popular and charismatic Kansas City restaurateur who died April 3 at age 57.

While Reid on the eve of the funeral joined a tribute to Andy Lock with a number of former MU players, he’d been unable to take part in services. So he called Drew and left him a touching voicemail that included words he remembered without looking:

“‘Your father was a great man. If you ever need anything …’” Lock recalled, his voice trailing off. “It was a good message.”

And Friday was a good time to just say thanks.

From the heart.

“I just wanted to let him know I appreciated it; he didn’t have to do that,” said Lock, who smiled as he thought of Reid getting together with his father’s former teammates. “It was just cool to see him take his time out to do that.”

As he spoke in a nearly empty Seahawks locker room, Lock wore a baseball cap marked by the word “ANDY.”

It was one of 10 or 12 of those that Drew’s wife, Natalie, made in the weeks after his father died.

And it’s been put to good use.

“It’s pretty dirty,” he said, smiling.

As he thought about his father Friday, Lock said he’s making some strides emotionally.

“You’re not as sad all the time. But then there’s those moments that come back and take you to that place …” he said. “It just makes you appreciate what life is.”

As for his performance Friday as he enters his seventh NFL season, Lock was both sharp in his backup role behind Sam Darnold and his irrepressible self in the eyes of coach Mike Macdonald.

“We love him. I love having him around,” Macdonald said. “Really great guy, and so great for our football team.”

Lock completed 10 of 12 passes for 129 yards and two touchdowns, including a gorgeous 12-yard strike in the end zone to Jake Bobo. And he had a 30-yard run that looked like he was end zone-bound before he was tackled at the 6.

His role, it seems, is both understudy to Darnold and mentor to rookie Jalen Milroe.

“I love being there to push Sam … and then at the same time having a young guy,” he said. “It’s my first time having a young guy underneath me, and it’s a lot of fun, too.”

Just like it’s always been to play the Chiefs for Lock, who spent three seasons in Denver before a previous two-year stint in Seattle and last season with the Giants.

“A lot of people back home hopefully are torn a little bit watching the game,” he said. “Want the Chiefs to win but want me to play well.”

And you can count Reid among those — maybe now more than ever.

“A good kid,” Reid said.

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