Chiefs are trading six-time Pro-Bowl WR Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins for five draft picks: a 2022 1st-round pick (No. 29), a 2nd-round pick (No. 50) and a 4th-round pick, as well as 4th- and 6th-round picks in the 2023 draft, sources tell ESPN.
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
Which wasn’t going to happen with Hill on this roster. You can thank Hill for fucking up contract negotiations for that one.
Yeah, Hill really fucked us by dragging this shit out, while REALLY helping himself out. That's life, and that's why I don't get overly attached to players any longer. The Chiefs have to do what's best for the Chiefs, and the players have to do what's best for them. My personal incentives won't ever align with the players, so it is what it is. [Reply]
I don’t understand how this isn’t the needed move? Instead of 1 pick in the top 60 and a gigantic contract weighing us down we now have:
3 picks in the top 50 + our late 2nd
Multiple 3rd and 4th rd picks as ammo to trade up
A lot of cap space to sign players
This was a needed move and I don’t think losing Tyreek will cripple us. FFS we have Mahomes, Andy Reid, a top 10 OL, Kelce, Hardman, Juju and ammo for a 1st rd WR. Our offense isn’t going to fall apart [Reply]
I'm not sure I get the argument that this was dumb because we are losing a year in Patrick's prime. If that's your stance and you give Hill the bag you likely lose 2 years of PMIII's prime digging out of cap hell in '23-'25 because of the contract you give Reek this year. We were always going to have to take some steps back to reload, deciding to do it now by stockpiling cheap, controllable assets is not the worst idea.
It SUCKS to lose #10 but that was his choice more than ours. Giving into crazy contract numbers is a catch-22 that would give us a better chance to win this year but immediately lowers our odds of winning in future years. [Reply]
Originally Posted by R8RFAN:
But on a side note I cannot imagine the Chiefs doing this without a plan in place. So we will see in the next few days ...
I'm really worried that Veach got caught flat footed here.
I refuse to believe he went into the offseason planning to trade Tyreek Hill. [Reply]
Originally Posted by MahomesMagic:
Hill draws so much attention.
When you take him out everyone gets worse.
Hardman is a fun gadget player. That's it.
JuJu is a complimentary WR without an alpha in front of him.
That's what we need to find...it's possible but not easy at all.
Won't even pretend Hardman and juju can replace hill but he does play better when he plays hills role instead of side by side. And a lot of jujus struggles have to do with horrific qb play. Yeah right now we're rough. But adding a legit extra wr and we end up at least OK. It's not a complete rebuild and we still have some options with free agency and a deep draft [Reply]
You can’t replace Hill. That’s a given. But if you can replace him with two WRs who can get open in their own right….then it’s harder for the defense to focus on one player. [Reply]
From the @chiefs side, 5 picks for 1 non-QB player is about as much as you can possibly get on the market in a post-Herschel world. You’re now banking on one of the best front offices in NFL to maximize a boat load of cheap draft picks and 70M in cap space over the next 3 years.
Originally Posted by RunKC:
I don’t understand how this isn’t the needed move? Instead of 1 pick in the top 60 and a gigantic contract weighing us down we now have:
3 picks in the top 50 + our late 2nd
Multiple 3rd and 4th rd picks as ammo to trade up
A lot of cap space to sign players
This was a needed move and I don’t think losing Tyreek will cripple us. FFS we have Mahomes, Andy Reid, a top 10 OL, Kelce, Hardman, Juju and ammo for a 1st rd WR. Our offense isn’t going to fall apart
I expect a cheetah like player to be drafted by the Chiefs this year because that's the style Andy likes [Reply]