Correction 2: in my conclusion, "either Mack or Clemons, and Bird" should say "either Bird, or Mack and Clemons." Sorry,
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Correction 2: in my conclusion, "either Mack or Clemons, and Bird" should say "either Bird, or Mack and Clemons." Sorry,
Mongo......
My compliments. I don't agree with you, but at least you came up with a plan. I will try to figure out how to give you some "rep" for that.
Why do I not agree with you? Because other teams are spending like drunken sailors in a whore house on free agents. So I don't think your plan would have worked. Largely because last year's draft was so thin.
Teams are paying idiot money for most any free agent that is a little above average because they didn't get what they hoped in last year's draft. So I think your approach would not have worked.
So no....I think you are wrong. And I will take the Dorsey/Reid approach over yours. HAPPILY.
But you made a decent case, so I tip my hat.
Mongo - Kudos for coming up with a plan. Goes a long way to making your arguments more credible.
Towards the parts of everyone else's discussion - Because of our cap situation, the end result was that we traded vanilla for less expensive vanilla. If you think that the board has been busy lately...wait until the draft (when Dorsey gets taken over Al Davis' ghost and drafts nothing but pot smoking kickers...j/k)
One thing that seems to get overlooked in a lot of this discussion is that KC did sign Weston Dressler. Granted, it's going to take a preseason to get any sort of idea whether or not he's strictly CFL material, but the guy can say he held the Grey cup. Whether or not he's NFL vanilla....We're going to find out.
Good post Eydugster! I had forgotten about Dressler. I am not expecting huge things from him but he might well equally replace one of the FAs we lost.....for about 1/10th what that free agent would have cost us.
Risky? Yes..... But then....Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I like most everything Dorsey has done since we got him about a year ago.
Byrd is a better player than Berry is. Don't care if there is a sucker out there willing to overpay Berry or any Safety. I just hope it's not John Dorsey.
The only Safety that I can see being worth being paid the high dollars is Kam Chancellor & he's rightfully earned it without the hype that Berry comes with.
You are starting to sound like if Berry were ever to come to a sudden halt, then your face would go half-way up his arse. And yet, you suggest they unload Hali, whose had far greater impact than Berry has. Berry can't hold Hali's jock in that regard.
Yes, I'm a fan of Berry. I don't think we've seen the best of him yet and he still is a top ten safety. By the end of his contract Hali will be 32. Sacrifices will be made to correct this cap situation. There's no way around it. Dorsey's chosen to attack it by letting the OL go to scraps.
Given the choice of ascending, young player and a guy entering the twilight of his career, the intelligent choice is to let go of the 32 year old.
You've been reading the Star.
http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/12...-to-trade.html
I thought brdempsey wrote this article himself. :D
You don't trade good young players for the opportunity to try and find other good young players. Removing Eric Berry does not make the Chiefs better now or in the future.
Sign Eric Berry now.