Originally Posted by Mecca:
I don't think the team is going to suck, the issue is with the other top teams your margins are razor thin, that's all.
While true, we have improved the defense. I think that is a big factor. We have talent at WR. Unproven, sure, but I think this group is more talented than is being suggested here. Sure, I have concerns about Toney's health. but I also think MVS has a lot more to show than people give him credit. I guess we will have to see what happens. [Reply]
Hopkins could have saved a lot of issues if he'd been honest which was..."Yes I'd like to play for a contender but I'm not taking less money to do that"
So he apparently thought one of the good teams would give him what he thought he was worth and well they didn't. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
Hopkins could have saved a lot of issues if he'd been honest which was..."Yes I'd like to play for a contender but I'm not taking less money to do that"
So he apparently thought one of the good teams would give him what he thought he was worth and well they didn't.
OR Veach never gave Hopkins an offer at all. [Reply]
Breer also provided insight into the Chiefs’ pursuit of Hopkins. The defending Super Bowl champions were long mentioned as a potential destination, in spite of their cap constraints. Before the draft, Breer notes, Kansas City offered a base salary of $4MM with incentives pushing the contract’s maximum value to $10MM. Hopkins was thought to be waiting for the Chiefs to free up money via a Chris Jones extension, but his Tennessee agreement has come before any developments on that front. Even with manufactured cap space for this season, Kansas City likely would not have realistically been able to outbid Tennessee.
Not necessarily gospel, but the most information I've seen on the matter. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ptlyon:
Well Jesus Christ, it was on the internet was it not?
Yea, but it is from Albert Breer, that's worth something. The man is an NFL Insider for SI. This isn't necessarily DJBill here with his neighbor. [Reply]
Breer also provided insight into the Chiefs’ pursuit of Hopkins. The defending Super Bowl champions were long mentioned as a potential destination, in spite of their cap constraints. Before the draft, Breer notes, Kansas City offered a base salary of $4MM with incentives pushing the contract’s maximum value to $10MM. Hopkins was thought to be waiting for the Chiefs to free up money via a Chris Jones extension, but his Tennessee agreement has come before any developments on that front. Even with manufactured cap space for this season, Kansas City likely would not have realistically been able to outbid Tennessee.
Not necessarily gospel, but the most information I've seen on the matter.
This states that Veach's offer was BEFORE the draft which included a trade and the Cards picking up a lot of Hopkins cash which they declined.
Thus Veach probably didn't offer anything to Hopkins as a free agent and the "Chiefs stayed in contact with Hopkins" could have very easily been "We are interested but will need to get Jones contract done before we give you an offer". [Reply]
Originally Posted by Balto:
This states that Veach's offer was BEFORE the draft which included a trade and the Cards picking up a lot of Hopkins cash which they declined.
Thus Veach probably didn't offer anything to Hopkins as a free agent and the "Chiefs stayed in contact with Hopkins" could have very easily been "We are interested but will need to get Jones contract done before we give you an offer".
Probably. At least it gives us an idea of what the original idea was. [Reply]
Right the odds to win the SB are much higher if you're going against a particular team but if you're going against the field 15% is pretty great odds. [Reply]