Ryan Lilja: Too expensive for Clark Hunt?
 

Per 810: Lilja's brother spoke to the station and said that Lilja had interest from four teams, including the Chiefs. However, the Chiefs indicated that they weren't interested in matching what the other teams were offering and it appears that Lilja will probably not come here.

Tim G. was on later and said that he has met Lilja. He said that Lilja is a hometown guy and grew up a Chiefs' fan. Also said that Lilja is a definate starter, a great locker room guy and would love to play here.

Yea I talked about that in another thread. Thnkfully we won't sign him.

Sorry, missed that. Probably could have put this in the other Lilja thread, but I thought the part about compensation warranted a fresh thread.

He'd be a nice addition.
I'm glad the FO isn't interested in overpaying for him though.

It's ok. People on hre are probably tired hearing me say how Clark is cheap.

I'd agree with this except we don't really know if Lilja's request could be classified as excessive. If the Chiefs were far and away the lowest offer, then maybe they're not in touch with the market place. Additionally, this uncapped year gives the owners a chance to sign FA's to contracts that will be cap friendly in the future.

Hey, this team needs OL help, big time. If Hunt is pinching pennies to further his acquistion of soccer teams (or overly cheap for any reason), Jackson County should get its money back.

That said, I LOVE THE JONES SIGNING! THANK YOU CLARK, SCOTT, ET AL!

I doubt CLARK is pinching pennies.

I think PIOLI IS pinching pennies. I doubt that Clark has any freakin' idea what's going on with the team right now.

Wasn't Lilja going to retire last season then decided to come back?

If other teams are all willing to pay a certain amount and KC isn't, seems like we are low-balling him more than anything. He's a good guard, A LOT bette than anything we have at the moment. Protected one of the best QB's in the game, We should sign this guy.

He's nothing special, they shouldn't overpay.

They've shown interest... That's enough for me.
I wouldn't overpay for Lilja. Give him a fair market offer and hope like hell he'd prefer to come back to his hometown over more money elsewhere.

That ship sailed like 5 years ago. I wouldn't come here if I were him.

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Why in the world would anyone advocate signing a right guard to a large contract?

what's considered large, compared to what he's been offered? Do we even know what they other teams are throwing at him?

Do you know of any guard on this team that we currently have now....that's better??