Originally Posted by htismaqe:
There is ZERO risk with this. None. This is already a fully-formed team.
Exactly.
This isn't some young team on the fringe of a playoff berth that just signed a player they think will "put them over the top".
The reigning Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs signed a very talented football player to a 1 year deal to compliment the Chiefs offense, not "save" it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief:
Love him or hate him, Whitlock is not wrong... He's also not right. He's pointing out the risk and his opinion of said risk. The risk is real. I'm glad we made the move, but it could backfire, even if we cut him when it does, it can have a negative effect on the team. My thoughts are he will be a good fit and be a model teammate this year. I would be suspect of a long term deal if I am any team if he has some success this year. I like the risk, Whitlock doesn't, but to deny their is risk is intellectually dishonest.
Eh... I'd be surprised if that happened. I think it would be different if he was coming in with high expectations of getting the Chiefs on track or something like that, but he's just one more weapon and could fill a need in short yardage/goal line situations. I'd be surprised if he was able to drag down a championship caliber team that already knows what it takes to win a Super Bowl, or if the locker room allowed it to happen.
There's still a risk of him being a distraction (for whatever that's worth), right up until the moment he's cut. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
Eh... I'd be surprised if that happened. I think it would be different if he was coming in with high expectations of getting the Chiefs on track or something like that, but he's just one more weapon and could fill a need in short yardage/goal line situations. I'd be surprised if he was able to drag down a championship caliber team that already knows what it takes to win a Super Bowl, or if the locker room allowed it to happen.
There's still a risk of him being a distraction (for whatever that's worth), right up until the moment he's cut.
Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief:
Love him or hate him, Whitlock is not wrong... He's also not right. He's pointing out the risk and his opinion of said risk. The risk is real.
What risk?
There's no fucking risk here. This whole "Locker room cancer" thing is a bunch of trumped up bullshit.
The worst thing Bell ever did was ask to get paid. That's it. His teammates in Pitt got salty because they wanted him on the field. WTF does that have to do with being a locker room disrupter?
Not being there does not make him a disruptor.
In NY, his goddamn HC had been sending out smoke that he didn't want him before they even hit TC. Gimmie a break with this shit.
There's ZERO, 0, Zilch, NADA evidence of him being a bad team mate or locker room cancer.
False narrative. 110%.
And even if he were, where's the risk? The Jets are fucking paying him, not us. He's a 10 game rental. The Chiefs could cut his ass and there'd be no repercussions.
Where's the risk? You really think he's going into the Chief's locker room and then all of a sudden Pat Mahomes is going to start wearing his hat backwards or some shit? The players are going to go into party mode or something? Everyone's gonna be like, "Fuck it, Bell isn't staying late so i won't either"?
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
I have no idea why anyone reads or links his bullshit articles because Whitlock is the epitome of a buttfucking moron.
Why would Clay ever do such a thing... :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief:
Love him or hate him, Whitlock is not wrong... He's also not right. He's pointing out the risk and his opinion of said risk. The risk is real. I'm glad we made the move, but it could backfire, even if we cut him when it does, it can have a negative effect on the team. My thoughts are he will be a good fit and be a model teammate this year. I would be suspect of a long term deal if I am any team if he has some success this year. I like the risk, Whitlock doesn't, but to deny their is risk is intellectually dishonest.
Uhhhh no.
He's not not wrong. He's not right. He's not close to being right. Don't give him any credit whatsoever for having a right idea at any point in this article. Because it's just nothing but fucking wrong. [Reply]
Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief:
Love him or hate him, Whitlock is not wrong... He's also not right. He's pointing out the risk and his opinion of said risk. The risk is real. I'm glad we made the move, but it could backfire, even if we cut him when it does, it can have a negative effect on the team. My thoughts are he will be a good fit and be a model teammate this year. I would be suspect of a long term deal if I am any team if he has some success this year. I like the risk, Whitlock doesn't, but to deny their is risk is intellectually dishonest.
Backfire? On this team? Yeah, I'm sure HB, Frank, Pat, Travis, EB, Reid, et al. will let him act a fool and tear the locker room apart. Great point. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
Backfire? On this team? Yeah, I'm sure HB, Frank, Pat, Travis, EB, Reid, et al. will let him act a fool and tear the locker room apart. Great point.
News Flash from Whitlock: Bell could be a problem in the locker room. Well......duh, that’s the obvious downside to the move.
He makes it out that we signed him to a long term deal. We can cut him at any time. No way Reid, Mahomes, Jones etc. allow him to become a locker room problem and stay on the team. No way in a million years does that happen. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
News Flash from Whitlock: Bell could be a problem in the locker room. Well......duh, that’s the obvious downside to the move.
He makes it out that we signed him to a long term deal. We can cut him at any time. No way Reid, Mahomes, Jones etc. allow him to become a locker room problem and stay on the team. No way in a million years does that happen.
Exactly.
This team is full of alphas. They're all on the same page. There's zero chance Bell is an issue. They'll just ignore him. [Reply]
He's only here for this season. No contract issue, doesn't have to carry the team, Jones is his friend and if he becomes an issue and starts bitching then they can cut him without owing him anything. I doubt he will be a problem. [Reply]
