Kansas City Chiefs: Can Kansas City handle polarizing athletes?
The dust has settled. The compensation the Kansas City Chiefs will receive for Marcus Peters from the Los Angeles Rams is now known. No matter what your opinions of Peters are, the return on Peters’ services leaves a lot to be desired. But does the trade speak to a bigger issue in the Heartland?
The 124th pick in 2018 and a likely late-second-round pick in 2019. That is apparently the going rate to acquire a 25-year-old All-Pro cornerback these days. That is apparently all the Kansas City Chiefs will receive.
In the NFL, teams are constantly trying to find a way to balance youth, effectiveness and cost on their rosters. The best teams consistently strike a compromise between having an infusion of cheap, young up and comers with proven, dependable veterans.
That said, the salary cap all but ensures that every team has a chance to sign big name free agents when they come available – should they manage their cap successfully.
Take away the evil empire in New England, and where have teams found success? With young stars, often still on rookie contracts. That’s why this deal makes no sense from a football perspective.
But maybe… just maybe this deal was never supposed to make sense from a football perspective. Maybe this deal wasn’t made with production on the field taken into account. After all, how could it have been?