Andy Reid can say whatever he wants, coaches are rarely 100% truthful to the media and give political answers all the time. Ultimately with what they spent in free agency they could have signed Hill if they prioritized doing so, I'm not even sure how that is up for debate.
I think you're spot on about the actual money they spent. They missed as most of the free agency money they spent on RT Taylor. I honestly don't know that the Chiefs would trade Trent Mcduffie straight up for Hill at this point.
It’s up for debate, but KC didn’t look like they were going make the Super Bowl last season. In the opener at home against Detroit their WRs were terrible and without Kelce it cost them the game. In November they lost three of four games. I thought their WRs would be their undoing. However, they came on strong at the end of the season and were hot entering the playoffs. Any QB lesser than Mahomes and they’re not that great. They lost six games with him, but he’s money and postseason.
You do, but the teams that screw up that may high picks typically have very bad front offices and don't contend to begin with. Most teams will hit on at least a couple of those by chance.
There were others that said it was about money. Tyreek Hill was looking for over $30M. We’ve exhausted this.
You don’t walk away from a player like Tyreek Hill unless you can’t pay them. We walked away from Amari Cooper because Jerry said it was because of money and we certainly didn’t get any value for him. KC wouldn’t have traded Hill unless they got several draft picks including a first.
I get that money was a factor, but they turned around and gave Jawaan Taylor and Justin Reid a combine $30M AAV in free agency. This wasn't a situation where Mahomes contract had them up against the cap, they felt they could use that $30M plus the 5 draft picks more than they could use 1 Tyreek Hill. They had the resources to keep him if they wanted to, but had a very lucrative package to trade him for as well.
That’s it, they were able to get two players for the price of one. Their thinking was that with Mahomes he can make it work with the WRs they have. You have to wonder if Tyreek Hill didn’t wish he gave KC a hometown discount and taken a little less so he could be winning those Super Bowls.
That is strange, because usually the more back-and-forth’s lead to a wider gap and all hell starts breaking loose. lol
I mean I would BUT a real GM wouldn't I think lol. Especially if he has Mahomes as his QB.
I mean the draft is hard but you are right when I think of teams screwing up multiple first rounders the Raiders are who I had in mind.
The biggest chunk of that is Mahomes and Jones.
Jones yes but Mahomes wouldn’t be factored in as he signed his deal before Hill left
Yeah they have the best QB in the league and the best of this generation .. That buys you flexibility to do thangs elsewhere. Dak is good.. really good.. but he aint Mahomes.. This aint rocket surgery.
You were wrong yet do not want to let go.
