Kansas City Chiefs: Trading for Frank Clark seems unlikely
By John McCarty
Frank Clark could make an impact for the Kansas City Chiefs, but the past for both Clark and the Chiefs likely eliminates the Kingdom as a realistic landing spot.
**EDITOR’S NOTE – THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED PRIOR TO THE CHIEFS TRADING FOR FRANK CLARK ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON**
There has been much discussion about the Kansas City Chiefs being a landing spot for Seahawks defensive end Frank Clark. After moving off the older Justin Houston and the poor scheme fit and injury prone Dee Ford, would the Chiefs trade valuable draft assets and money for the pass rushing end?
While perhaps on paper the player and team makes sense, in real life, it’s a move that just doesn’t make work out. Peter King, in his mock draft, has the Chiefs trading their first (29th) and second (63rd) picks to the Seahawks for the defensive end.
Both the player and organization have an issue that is a major part of the discussion
In the fall of 2014, Frank Clark was a starting defensive end for the Michigan Wolverine football team when he was kicked off the football team following a domestic violence and assault charges during an incident with his girlfriend. The arrest and ensuing legal charges resulted in Clark falling out of the first round to Seattle in round two.
Clark doubled down on the concerns when he sent a rather insensitive tweet to a reporter that had written about domestic violence in the NFL (speaking specifically about Greg Hardy and referencing Clark). There certainly are reasons to be concerned about who Frank Clark is and what he stands for.
The Chiefs have their own issues they are and have been dealing with. The very selection of Tyreek Hill set off a firestorm of controversy and anger that subsided somewhat but has been brought back to the surface with the issues surrounding Hill’s child.
Kareem Hunt was released midseason after video footage surfaced showing him involved with a physical altercation with a female during the last offseason.
Can the Chiefs, with their own issues between players and violence so fresh in everyone’s minds bringing negative attention and concerns about the organization, really bring in a player with the violence issues?