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 OnTheWarpath15:
Completely agree. I would have been livid had they given Tyreek what Miami did.
But it sure seems like several folks seem to think these picks are going solve our 2022 problems - and they may on defense - but expecting a WR picked 29+ to make a difference Day One is unrealistic.
You're absolutely right. Sometimes you have to take a step back to take additional steps forward. You can't live off the credit card forever. Eventually, you have to make some investments. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
Juju's contract is insanely cheap this year but that money counts against the cap next year. Now we're less in need of that immediate cap relief. We didn't win by getting JuJu on a 1yr 10.75mm deal. We would've won had we gotten him on a 3-year deal with that AAV.
And Juju probably wasn’t going to sign anything more than one year. He wants to build his value, which he didn’t get to last season, and cash in next year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15:
Completely agree. I would have been livid had they given Tyreek what Miami did.
But it sure seems like several folks seem to think these picks are going solve our 2022 problems - and they may on defense - but expecting a WR picked 29+ to make a difference Day One is unrealistic.
And this is my biggest problem with trading Tyreek.
The Chiefs are taking a significant step back in a season when Mahomes is still in his prime and the rest of the division has gotten significantly better.
You can't gamble on potentially wasting these seasons with Mahomes still in his prime by hoping you can essentially hit the lottery in the draft... which is what the Chiefs are going to have to do... to effectively replace what they are losing with Tyreek Hill. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BryanBusby:
Oddly enough, that stupid troll might accidentally predict the DK Metcalf trade.
And that's the HOLY SHIT kinda move I'm referencing above. But we're right back in the same position with a WR wanting a metric fuck ton of money in 2023. [Reply]
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15:
Completely agree. I would have been livid had they given Tyreek what Miami did.
But it sure seems like several folks seem to think these picks are going solve our 2022 problems - and they may on defense - but expecting a WR picked 29+ to make a difference Day One is unrealistic.
I mean this is it. Hill was massively expensive, because he was a unique weapon. There is no-one in this draft or FA that offers what he does. We can get some very good players, and possibly improve our depth across the defence. But we can't replace this in the short-medium term.
It's an offence minded team with a HOF WR. Trading that to develop a marginally better defence is an odd move. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BryanBusby:
Oddly enough, that stupid troll might accidentally predict the DK Metcalf trade.
So we're going to trade a potential hall of famer because we don't want to pay him to trade for a maybe great player with a bad attitude who's also going to want to be paid by next year?
I guess that would make as much sense as the past 6 months of the chiefs season/off season. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Fishels:
I do. Making a little more a year to lose when you’re already ridiculously wealthy. Some of you guys act like the Chiefs are offering him minimum wage or something. If our drafts aren’t spent amazingly well he basically left Mahomes and Kelce to die on an island
Yea, whatever, if you had a job offer making 30% more, and it was located in a tax free State in a city like Miami you would probably make that decision too. Especially if that decision was approx. $40 million more over 4 years... [Reply]
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15:
And that's the HOLY SHIT kinda move I'm referencing above. But we're right back in the same position with a WR wanting a metric fuck ton of money in 2023.
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15:
And that's the HOLY SHIT kinda move I'm referencing above. But we're right back in the same position with a WR wanting a metric fuck ton of money in 2023.
The Chiefs were willing to pay Tyreek a ton of money. He just wanted to completely reset the market.
The Chiefs can't do that with every single extension. I think that was the difference. [Reply]
Gonna be fun to revisit this thread in a few years and laugh at the people who were knocking this deal. I went from the uneasy feeling that we were on the downward curve side of our run to being totally stoked about the next 5 year window. And I'm as big of a Tyreek fan as anyone. This is a great move, not only for the future, but for this season as well.
Great move Veach!
Congrats on getting paid Tyreek, and thanks for your contributions! [Reply]