Originally Posted by Mile High Mania (Post 13990594)

It's still funny to me that so many are bent out of shape when players do this...

Players are cut or not resigned all the time. That player still wants to play - some get lots of looks, others not so much. Smith wanted to play and Denver wanted him (signed him rather cheap) - but, then Neil is the dickhead because he went to a division rival when KC decided he wasn't worth the price.

Always makes me laugh. Sure, you can be bitter that a player you loved has moved on, esp to a division rival that wins two rings with him... but is that really Neil's fault?

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania (Post 13990594)

It's still funny to me that so many are bent out of shape when players do this...

Players are cut or not resigned all the time. That player still wants to play - some get lots of looks, others not so much. Smith wanted to play and Denver wanted him (signed him rather cheap) - but, then Neil is the dickhead because he went to a division rival when KC decided he wasn't worth the price.

Always makes me laugh. Sure, you can be bitter that a player you loved has moved on, esp to a division rival that wins two rings with him... but is that really Neil's fault?

Originally Posted by GloryDayz (Post 13990605)

Yet Donk fans were pissed about Eddie Kennison...

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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania (Post 13990609)

I don't recall many Broncos' fans being upset about losing Kennison to another team. He had some personal issues going on - not belittling that at all. Kennison tells Shanahan 'his heart isn't in it and wants to retire' so he bails from playing in a big game and the team cuts him.



Two weeks later, he's playing for the Chiefs. By the time he signed with KC, he was on his 5th team by the age of 28.



Little should have been expected from him - he was a marginal player prior to coming to Denver, aside from his rookie year.



So, fans were more bent on Kennison because of the timing and how the narrative was sold to fans - it was so long ago, I can't recall how it was played out exactly.



KC fans hate Neil Smith because he was a beloved career Chief going to a rival. Broncos' fans hated Kennison (I guess, maybe loathed is a better word) for wasting a roster spot, quitting because he wants to retire and then resigning with KC two weeks later.



It's hard to get too wrapped up over a guy with 14 career receptions as a Bronco.

Originally Posted by GloryDayz (Post 13990616)

He's not much beloved now, and he had better have known that was going to happen when he chose to defect to the team we pretty much hate the most.

If you're lurking Smith, **** YOU... Thanks for nothing.

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Originally Posted by TwistedChief (Post 13990303)

That night when Rivers broke it off on us seemed to have quite the effect on you! :D

Originally Posted by GloryDayz (Post 13990616)

He's not much beloved now, and he had better have known that was going to happen when he chose to defect to the team we pretty much hate the most.

If you're lurking Smith, **** YOU... Thanks for nothing.

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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania (Post 13990633)

So, he should have just retired after the Chiefs told him his contract was too expensive to renew. I have no idea if they low balled him or not, but believe his deal in Denver was just over a million with incentives that took it higher.

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2 (Post 13990649)

He can't read your insult. It's tough to see the monitor with the glare and shine from his two Super Bowl rings.

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2 (Post 13990649)

He can't read your insult. It's tough to see the monitor with the glare and shine from his two Super Bowl rings.

Originally Posted by GloryDayz (Post 13990616)

He's not much beloved now, and he had better have known that was going to happen when he chose to defect to the team we pretty much hate the most.

If you're lurking Smith, **** YOU... Thanks for nothing.

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Originally Posted by Randallflagg (Post 13990742)

The thing about Smith was that he bailed to play for a SB contender. I guess I get that. However, he not only screwed the Chiefs (team) but he screwed Derrick - one of his best friends.

Honestly, Derrick wasn't the same after Neil left.

Hell, folks in Kansas City despise him, and with good reason. He had to close his "restaurant" - if you want to cal it that - because no one would enter the damned place.

Remember also - that players were still of the mindset that you played for a TEAM and not for yourself. Free agency wasn't that well accepted at that time.

And Neil - IF you lurk here - suck my balls.

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania (Post 13991169)

You type all that as if he chose to be let go... it’s funny really. It’s like Mayfield bagging on the coach the Browns fired. Guys want to play and make money. KC said they were done with him... you guys act like he begged out of his contract.