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He was spotted with the third cousin of a friend of a brother's sister who knows a realtor that specializes in finding homes for athletes in Leawood.

Chris Mortenson releases a report that the Chiefs have re-ignited trade talks for Earl Thomas. Or something like that, after reports that the Thomas/Seattle situation has gotten worse and he's not attending meetings/practice regularly.

Some other talking head confirms that the Chiefs were having talks with Seattle for Thomas back in the offseason.

Andy Reid gives a blank, "That's not where we're at" comment regarding the rumors.

A bunch of Rando's on the internet are floating rumors of Chiefs 2nd/3rd picks for Thomas, 4 yr 55mill.

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rep

OH yeah, you'll rep him huh

You forgot

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Profit

This is not a mega thread but there is relevant news somewhere between posts 78 and 1262 .

good luck.

He makes me feel important and valued.

You just make me feel old.

The Chiefs have traded their 2025 7th rounder for Earl Thomas and 2012 Richard Sherman

If rando reeruns report of a Houstin restructure is accurate, this probably takes a couple of days. That's a ton of moving parts.

stfu sam!!!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Chiefs have interest in Seahawks safety Earl Thomas. Of course they do. Here’s why they shouldn’t do the trade unless something major changes. <a href="https://t.co/6LncfKEcgz">https://t.co/6LncfKEcgz</a></p>&mdash; Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) <a href="https://twitter.com/mellinger/status/1044651290335354880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Thank god our front office didn't listen to the 'too risky' bullshit when we drafted Mahomes.

I wonder if Mellinger cites anybody in that claim that we're interested.

And by I wonder, I mean somebody read it for me and tell me.

Jesus. He's basing the argument on "2 2nd round picks is too much for a rental." Yeah, no ****ing shit there, sherlock.

The thing is that Earl Thomas should be considered both a short term and long term fix. He's probably got at least 5-6 years and maybe even a full decade of productivity left in him. It's not like he's a CB.

Sam Mellinger he knows what fan base he is talking to, a conservative one that doesn't like to take risky chances.

His whole argument is stupid because he basis it on only having him the rest of this year.

Why are so many people so ****ing stupid, yea they're gonna get him and not do a new deal, right.

Oh and Sorenson is coming back..he does bring this up no joke.

What is the complaint here? I don’t understand.

He can't read it, hog jizz in his eye.

I wonder if that dude got rid of his Bowe Jersey if he gets stoned at Sonic to remember.

Exactly. They gave up two 2nd's for Alex Smith and got 5 years out of him.

Anybody that thinks this is a bad idea because the Chiefs are only going to get him for 1 year is a freaking moron.

A long-term deal is getting done or he isn't getting traded.

Exactly!

I think someone should inform Mellinger that his whole argument is brain dead.

That being said, **** off at 2 2nd round picks. He can just be a cancer on your sideline and leave at the end of the year.

Two second round picks that are almost 3rds. Earl Thomas is 10x the player Alex Smith is.

But hey, because Chiefs.

LMAO So because they won't give 2 2nds for a 29 year old disgruntled safety playing on the last year of his deal it's "because Chiefs?" Alrighty then.

This fan base hurts my brain...lets not make this trade.

We are obviously going to replace both Dee Ford and Justin Houston in the offseason and find a safety and a corner...uh huh sure we are....

Realism it's hard.

If you bring up the last year of his contract point 1 more time I am going to shove a severed toe up your ass so you'll talk about something else.

They gave two 2nds, one of which was almost a 1st round pick, for a benched never-was game manager.

Absolutely "because Chiefs".

Your argument is completely flawed.

He's disgruntled because he doesn't want to be in Seattle and he wants a new deal. The minute he gets a new deal somewhere else, he's NO LONGER DISGRUNTLED.

He's not playing here or anywhere else on a 1-year deal.

Sorry, but it actually is pertinent to these discussions. You can't just bury your head in the sand and pretend we won't have to sign him to a gaudy extension after the trade. 2 2nds and an extension making him the highest paid safety like he wants? It's not getting done like that no matter how badly you want it to.

Is the opposite of disgruntled, gruntled?

Yeah, fans play with house money, they aren't held to their decisions. Trading 2 2nds is trading two potential 5 year players for cheaper contracts than what Thomas will command. He's good, but he's not that good, and if this plan falls apart the same fans that are yelling "BUY!" will be the first ones in line saying Veach needs to go for these ridiculous decisions.

Just embrace it Turtle!

So if there's a gaudy extension after the trade, he's NOT disgruntled nor is he a 1-year rental. You're talking in circles dude.

I think he is just an average turtle, he is no longer super because of how long it is taking him to understand this point about contracts.

If it continues he can be slow turtle.

Wrong.

Is he better than Alex Smith...

No, I don't really give a shit one way or the other. If they get him, it's cool. I'm talking how the Chiefs are going to handle it. They absolutely are not shelling out 2 2nd round picks just to sign Thomas to an extension.

They did it for captain checkdown....

Then stop calling him disgruntled and a 1-year rental. Because they can't all be true.

Alex Smith is way more Chiefy than Earl Thomas.

So? A franchise that's off to a 3-0 start with an All Pro in their minds caliber player on the way back at the position isn't going to make the same moves as a franchise who wanted to do everything and anything they could to field a competent football team because fans just flew ****ing banners because of how desperate they were just to see good football again.

*farts*

He's disgruntled right now in Seattle. I wouldn't give them anything close to what they want right now. Let Thomas drive his trade value down some more. I haven't once brought up the fact that he'd be a rental, but he would require a new contract.

Go for it.

If Berry comes back healthy the combo of the two should be good enough to compete in the playoffs...

They should be desperate to win a Superbowl this team hasn't seen one in 50 years and that Head Coach needs one to validate his career.

No! No it's not pertinent! Knock it off. Why do you keep bringing this up?

A trade would NOT be agreed to by the Chiefs unless a contract agreement is agreed to in principle before hand.

Seattle clearly isn't going to pay him so a sign/trade will be happening with someone...

slowturtle!

My stupid friend literally called me and said "Seattle isn't even going to trade him then they'll franchise him"

This is the type of fan I personally know.

We need Earl Thomas to skip practice all week. Again.

Sleep in Earl

Take a nice vacation to Europe

I'm not talking about anything once he's here. I'm talking right now, in trade negotiations. If that's what they want, then let Thomas drive his value to the Seahawks down some more with his actions.

Derp.

Seattle will get more in a trade than a comp pick.

They aren't going to pay him and they aren't going anywhere this year.

He'll be signed/traded to someone and we suck with our 2nd round picks anyway...

He's killing his value with the action of being the best safety in football this year.

Obviously, he's not worth it. He's only 1st among all DB's (including corners, not just safeties) in INTs, 2nd in combined tackles, and 2nd in passes defensed.

Can we trade for both of the Seahawks safeties? We ****ing had McDougald here and let him go.

I'm pretty sure you could blindfold him and he could out play Eric Murray.

Earl Thomas is a ****ing ballhawk that plays his position great, he's the best cover safety since Reed, why is this worth a debate?

Would everyone here have traded picks for Ed Reed? I think so.

He won’t practice I doubt. Nothing has changed since last week except for him actually upping his value, so I’d keep it up if I were him.

I know the circumstances aren’t identical but think about when GB snagged Charles Woodson as he was getting older... could be similar.

And they won a championship.

When have I said he's a bad player? I'm just saying the Seahawks are already getting tired of his antics and we shouldn't pay their asking price.

Someone tell me why he isn't worth a late 1 or 2 2's, I wanna know. For a win now team you'd think this would be a no brainer.

Upped his value? No way then. I'd rather have more Dee Ford's and Kpass'.

Well if it is already an adversarial relationship. I could see that.

Hawks: Unless we get a 1st, we are not trading you.
Thomas: Cool, I'll go to FA then at the end of the season
Hawks: LOL Franchise baby
Thomas: Shit :#

I'll be honest shit like that is why players should fight for the end of the franchise tag in the new CBA.

What exactly is their asking price?

If you realistically look at where we'll be picking in the 1st and 2nd rounds, are you suggesting you wouldn't trade Dee Ford for him? Or Speaks and KPass?

This is the Chiefs we're talking about. You only bank when you have currency. More often then not, the Chiefs are banking Chucky Cheese tokens.

And then they're stuck in the Pittsburgh/Bell situation......except for the fact that Thomas has done a solid for his team by taking less money in his previous contract. Want to piss off your fans? **** over the guy that took less money so you could keep everyone else.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">an extension he’d be happy with would probably mean not signing one of Hill, Jones, or Fuller. That’s a bad trade off.</p>&mdash; Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) <a href="https://twitter.com/mellinger/status/1044666484474212353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hmmm not sure it would cost us all 3 guys.

I’m thinking Justin Houston is gone after 2019. $17.5 million saved for letting him go in the Spring of 2020.

:cuss: **** that. Mahomes needs to remain a Chief forever.

Even the better picks would you trade Mitch Morse for him? How about Morse and Nelson...or Alex Smith?

**** the answer is always yes, nevermind this is more of a no brainer than I thought.

He's being reactionary, 40 mill of cap space next year and that's with Houston and Berry still on the roster.

Also Fuller and Jones are not and will probably never be the game changer Thomas is. I think some people have this really overblown view of what some of these players are.

That's so ****ing stupid. It will not cost any of those three. Want to keep all three of those AND trade/sign Thomas? Yeah...it can be done.

Seriously, the ONLY guy on that list that isn't replaceable is Hill. Chris Jones and Kendall Fuller are guys you can replace. That's stupid homer talk.

Making a lot of good points...

If Kendall Fuller wants a similar contract to his brother he can eat my ass and leave. If Chris Jones thinks he should get like 30 mill guaranteed I'll wave bye.

Look, everything is negotiable. If the braintrust at Arrowhead wants this guy, they can get him. Period. Depends on price? No period. Got it?

I've already said in this thread I'd give the 1st this year for him pending an extension.

id be perfectly ok with not being able to resign Chris Jones