Chiefs WalterFootball grades the Chiefs Free Agency LOL

**Bufkin** · 03-15-2015, 12:10 AM

Chiefs sign WR Jeremy Maclin (5 years, $55M; $22.5M guaranteed): C- Grade
This move is getting a ton of hype, but it's all unjustified. This is a bad signing - and that goes for both Jeremy Maclin and the Chiefs.

Paying $11 million per year and $22.5 million in guarantees to Maclin is insane, considering his dubious injury history. Maclin finally stayed healthy last year and thrived as a consequence, but he has two bum knees and can't be counted on to have many more healthy seasons. It's also worth noting that Maclin's 2014 stats were inflated because of the number of snaps he played in Chip Kelly's offense. I'm not saying Maclin is a mediocre player, or anything; on the contrary, if he can stay healthy, he's very effective. He's just not the stellar No. 1 receiver that his 1,318 receiving yards say he is, and that's without even factoring in his health.

As for Maclin, you have to wonder what he's possibly thinking. I can't completely bash him because he's reuniting with his former head coach, but he's effectively sabotaging his career by choosing to play with Alex Smith. Maclin should've consulted Greg Jennings, Mike Wallace, James Jones, etc. about how it feels to take more money to play in a worse offense. All three receivers are regretting their decisions.

Chiefs sign G Paul Fanaika (3 years, $8.1 million): D Grade
Quite frankly, this is not a good move whatsoever. The Chiefs traded for Ben Grubbs earlier today - scroll down for that grade - but they wanted to add another guard. That's fine, but they could've done much better than Paul Fanaika. The former Arizona Cardinal was a dreadful blocker this past season in all regards. He doesn't seem like an upgrade, so it's puzzling that the Chiefs would sign him for nearly $3 million per year, especially when there were so many equal or better guards available, per the NFL Free Agent Rankings list.

Chiefs re-sign S Ron Parker (5 years, $30 million): D Grade
Uhh... did the Chiefs mean to re-sign Ron Parker to a 5-year, $3 million deal? Because that would've made more sense. Parker is barely a starter; he would be better served as a backup. He was decent enough in coverage this past season, but was an abomination in run support. In fact, aside from the injuries, Parker was the primary reason why Kansas City struggled to stop the rush in 2014.

Making matters worse, Parker has been a starter just one season in his 4-year career, so it's not like he even has a proven track record prior to his pedestrian 2014 campaign. I just don't get this signing, but I won't give the Chiefs a Millen grade because other teams were inexplicably interested in Parker's services as well.

Chiefs extend G Ben Grubbs (4 years, $24M; $8M guaranteed): B- Grade
I'm not as big a fan of this extension as I was of the initial trade. Giving away a fifth-round pick for a temporary upgrade at one of the guard positions made a lot of sense, but an extension with $8 million guaranteed isn't as good of a move.

This isn't a terrible extension, or anything, as it won't set Kansas City back very much if Grubbs flops. However, there's a chance that he will continue to regress. He's been a strong player throughout his career, but his play dropped off last year. He just turned 31, so that could continue. He should still be a temporary upgrade, but it's conceivable that Kansas City may want to cut him Year 2 into this deal.

**TimBone** · 03-15-2015, 12:11 AM

WalterFootball can eat my asshole with jelly.

**TimBone** · 03-15-2015, 12:12 AM

Or syrup.

**TimBone** · 03-15-2015, 12:12 AM

I prefer syrup.

**mdchiefsfan** · 03-15-2015, 12:14 AM

I see what you did there.

ThaVirus · 03-15-2015, 12:28 AM

I'm having a hard time disagreeing

**mdchiefsfan** · 03-15-2015, 12:46 AM

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I'm having a hard time disagreeing

**DaneMcCloud** · 03-15-2015, 12:47 AM

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I'm having a hard time disagreeing

Which is why no one takes you seriously

ThaVirus · 03-15-2015, 10:33 AM

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Which is why no one takes you seriously

You have some of worst opinions on this board. You're the Bufkin of football takes.

jd1020 · 03-15-2015, 01:14 PM

The only thing I really love about this off-season is that Maclin is still just 26, which means he doesn't need to peak with Smith. He should be around longer than Smith with a few good years remaining, assuming he remains healthy.

tk13 · 03-15-2015, 04:00 PM

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The only thing I really love about this off-season is that Maclin is still just 26, which means he doesn't need to peak with Smith. He should be around longer than Smith with a few good years remaining, assuming he remains healthy.

Absolutely, and he's the perfect fit for Reid's offense regardless of who the QB is.

**BigMeatballDave** · 03-15-2015, 03:30 AM

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I'm having a hard time disagreeing

ThaVirus · 03-15-2015, 10:35 AM

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There's much truth in what he says..

Outside of stating Maclin was a bad signing and giving the Parker contract a D grade he makes very valid points.

chiefzilla1501 · 03-15-2015, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

There's much truth in what he says..

Outside of stating Maclin was a bad signing and giving the Parker contract a D grade he makes very valid points.

Outside of those 2, he's ripping on the Grubbs trade (which is absolutely ridiculous in a FA market where Hudson got $9M) and a low $ value signing in Fanaikis.

Okay, well, I guess of the 90% he was wrong about, maybe he was a little right about our dinky pick-up of Fanaikis.

ThaVirus · 03-15-2015, 10:56 AM

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Outside of those 2, he's ripping on the Grubbs trade (which is absolutely ridiculous in a FA market where Hudson got $9M) and a low $ value signing in Fanaikis.

Okay, well, I guess of the 90% he was wrong about, maybe he was a little right about our dinky pick-up of Fanaikis.

I don't mean to be rude but did you even read it? He gave the entire Grubbs transaction a B- grade. That's far from "ripping on" it.

He said he just wasn't as big a fan of the extension as he was the initial trade, which I agree with. He also goes on to say that the extension isn't some crippling move, which I also agree with.

I won't lose sleep over it and it appears we can move on fairly easily after year 2 of the deal but it just didn't seem ideal, IMO.

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