I just don’t buy that he’d sit for any substantial amount of time. He’s got too much of a questionable past that the media has already lied about that wouldn’t be good for him or his value for him to draw that much attention to himself. Who have we seen sit out with ONE YEAR left on their contract? Lev Bell was about to be franchised.
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Absolutely not. I usually stay mostly unemotional about players leaving because it is a business. But for some reason this one has bothered me. Probably because we drafted, developed him into a HOF/generational player and those guys don’t come around very often and we traded him in his prime. This is like breaking up Rice/Montana in their prime IMVHO.

I will feel way worse though if it were Mahomes.
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The argument about more money is moot. 21 million a year versus 30...who cares. At that point you could be set if you are smart. How many of us will make 21 million in our lifetimes?

It was about bragging rights and feeling important. These athletes are alpha males and currency or the hall of fame are really the only two things that show how alpha you are. Rings are a team thing.

All of this is fine. It's his call. But I agree with a previous poster that with mahomes, hill had the ability to be remembered as one of the best ever. Now he'll have to settle for the money and being great. His call.
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I wonder if Tyreek would still put his SB ring on the line against Usain Bolt.

That would be crazy if he did... lost it, and never got another because he went to the Dolphins.
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One thing we can all be proud of is the culture Reid has built here because if you read the Nate Taylor story in the Athletic they let Hill pick the team and would have taken the Jets deal. So it wasn’t easy for them and they tried to take care of Hill.
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I’m picking the Chiefs to win the AFC and everyone left the set.

Andy Reid. Patrick Mahomes. Travis Kelce.

They will be just fine. https://t.co/z4OVSliqOj

— Dianna Russini (@diannaESPN) March 24, 2022

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I can appreciate that. I think it's difficult to visualize the Chiefs without Hill because he's become such an important part of the fabric of the team. The guy is legitimately the most exciting player in the entire league and he played on OUR TEAM. It's infinite the number of times I've thought, "Gosh, I'm so happy that guy is on our side."

It feels weird now. But we almost lost him to ignominious circumstances a few years ago. At least we got another 3 years from him, a Super Bowl title, and some real compensation in return.

My advice would be to just wait until the draft. We all have a tendency to massively overrate our picks, and given how many we have this year, we'll have a lot to be excited about and hopeful for.

The sadness around losing Tyreek will fade like anything else.
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As long as we have Mahomes, this is The Way.

May the window be ever open.
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Miami clubs are a bit more fun for a 28-year-old than KCP&L.
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Wouldn't we have just packaged it in with the Hill trade?
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Here you are being all reasonable and shit. Making it difficult for us emotional ones to just cry out loud :-)
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I’m already over it. Let’s grab a FA WR and draft a couple that Reid and Veach like. WBF
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I remember justifying traveling for the AFCCG with the thought of seeing Mahomes, Hill, and Kelce playing together for championships being finite.

Fuck that game and now here we are. Woof.

Oh well, off to the draft and a newer-ish era of Chiefs football.
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I’d be surprised if we have all this picks come draft day. Veach will likely swing a trade for a WR before then.
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Man…taking Clyde over Higgins still hurts. We’d still have Higgins, Kelce and Hardman with maybe Juju today. That’s actually not that bad.

Just goes to show how much one pick can mean. Burt will need to remember that next month
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