Browns sign Kareem Hunt

[IUsedToBeATightEnd]

Originally Posted by Bump

I feel like we should get a compensation pick for this, Chiefs do the NFL a favor and cut one of the best RBs in the league right after news came out for good PR. Then some other team gets to just pick him up for next season for cheap, while we are out of a recent 3rd round pick. Doesn't seem right.

No, we should get no compensation at all for this.
The NFL NEVER asked us to let go of the best runner of the league for free.
It was a PC move aimed at earning us some general consensus and to please the media, so we already got AMPLE compensation.
Sure, you don't win Superbowls out of PC and general consensus, but that's an altogether different matter, and one that don't seem so high on the priority list of whoever decided to "donate" the top running back of the league to some other team.

I'm not questioning Mahomes being a generational talent, but matter of fact his stats have changed quite a bit since Hunt is gone.
Williams is a good running back, but not one you need to plan and double against.
That's why he made good numbers, and something that should be remembered every time we will see linebackers blitzing with DB playing man to man next year, same as the pats did on the AFCCG, because there was no Hunt to look out for.
We all know next year stats for Mahomes won't be the same as this year, and we will basically have a one-dimensional offense, with an average running back who can run for a fair gain here and there thrown in for good measure.
Given our offensive line, a RB who can make yards after contact (which Williams is not) is worth his weight in gold.

This stupid decision to release Hunt is one that will come back to bite us when it hurts the most, same as it did in the AFCCG this year.
Hope (and think) the "new" defense can make up for that, nonetheless letting Hunt go is something we will regret for a long time.

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

Clark Hunt has a business. One of his employees lied to him. Not about a minor infraction, but about something quite serious and something that could certainly impact the value of said business.

In football, the value of "said business" is STRICTLY AND DIRECTLY related to the number of Superbowls you win.
And yes, in order to win multiple Superbowls you certainly have to be "desperate" about it. This hardly comes as a "byproduct" of management aimed at general consensus.

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by IUsedToBeATightEnd

I'm not questioning Mahomes being a generational talent, but matter of fact his stats have changed quite a bit since Hunt is gone.

That includes games against the two toughest defenses we faced all season(Balt, healthy Bosa San Diego). In the 7 games overall without Hunt, the Chiefs put up an average over 30 ppg. Including 31 ppg in each playoff game. With even a moderately below league average defense, this team probably wins the SB and no one here ever GAF about Kareem Hunt again.

[IUsedToBeATightEnd]

Originally Posted by Why Not?

That includes games against the two toughest defenses we faced all season(Balt, healthy Bosa San Diego).

...and one game in which we were blanked in the first half against a mediocre defense.
I'm not saying this loss is on the offense, this would be stupid, but I guess it's hard to deny that had we scored a couple TD in the first half that game would have taken a different route.

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by IUsedToBeATightEnd

...and one game in which we were blanked in the first half against a mediocre defense.
I'm not saying this loss is on the offense, this would be stupid, but I guess it's hard to deny that had we scored a couple TD in the first half that game would have taken a different route.

Absolutely. But I put that much more on Andy Reid and the O line then I do the lack of Kareem Hunt

[MahiMike]

Originally Posted by Why Not?

Absolutely. But I put that much more on Andy Reid and the O line then I do the lack of Kareem Hunt

Not me.

[Jimkcchief88]

Originally Posted by IUsedToBeATightEnd

No, we should get no compensation at all for this.
The NFL NEVER asked us to let go of the best runner of the league for free.
It was a PC move aimed at earning us some general consensus and to please the media, so we already got AMPLE compensation.
Sure, you don't win Superbowls out of PC and general consensus, but that's an altogether different matter, and one that don't seem so high on the priority list of whoever decided to "donate" the top running back of the league to some other team.

I'm not questioning Mahomes being a generational talent, but matter of fact his stats have changed quite a bit since Hunt is gone.
Williams is a good running back, but not one you need to plan and double against.
That's why he made good numbers, and something that should be remembered every time we will see linebackers blitzing with DB playing man to man next year, same as the pats did on the AFCCG, because there was no Hunt to look out for.
We all know next year stats for Mahomes won't be the same as this year, and we will basically have a one-dimensional offense, with an average running back who can run for a fair gain here and there thrown in for good measure.
Given our offensive line, a RB who can make yards after contact (which Williams is not) is worth his weight in gold.

This stupid decision to release Hunt is one that will come back to bite us when it hurts the most, same as it did in the AFCCG this year.
Hope (and think) the "new" defense can make up for that, nonetheless letting Hunt go is something we will regret for a long time.


In football, the value of "said business" is STRICTLY AND DIRECTLY related to the number of Superbowls you win.
And yes, in order to win multiple Superbowls you certainly have to be "desperate" about it. This hardly comes as a "byproduct" of management aimed at general consensus.

Another on the $$$ post here. The Patriots as a franchise are second in value on the to the Dallas Cowboys. That's according to Forbes. The bottom five???? Bucs, Browns, Bungles, Lions, and Bills. Five teams that have 1 Superbowl win in between them. Clark made a decision that his image and his franchise image was more important than winning. So he discarded KH for nothing and Dorsey picked up the fumble. The Steelers still haven't L. Bell. In fact it sounds like they are going to tag him again in efforts get some compensation. Why let an All-Pro running back walk for nothing??? But silver-spoon Clark Hunt??? He didn't build the franchise, is not a football guy, and is more concerned about running a "respectable business" than winning. The shame is that there is a large group of Chiefs fans that are ok with that.