[T-post Tom]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

Well duh...

1. Chiefs have the cap space to sign Manning and then some
2. Kansas City is clearly the best option (besides HOU) to win another SB given the talent that would surround him on offense and the defense that would come with it.

3. Great fanbase. Not that it really matters - but his signing would be Joe Montana v 2.0, this city would explode with excitement, and ST sales would skyrocket, so for Clark, there wouldn't be ANY reason not to give Manning the coin to come play here, it would more than pay for itself I would think at least.

4. Playing for a player's coach that delegates pretty much everything to his asst coaches on offense. Given Manning's credentials as a badass mother****er at QB, this would pretty much open the playbook for anything he would want to do.

5. Weather isn't great in Decemberin KC. But this is football and it's not like it's GB or BUF, he's a gamer, I mean he's strongly considering DEN for crying out loud, so it can't be that big of an issue, if at all.


SO.......that means there are really only 2 options left:

1. Clark/Pioli never made a real effort to get Manning, and played it off like they did. And for Clark that would be just ****ing stupid as hell on his part but whatever. Such a move would only further prove that he doesn't give 2 shits about winning a SB. This is a guy that took away salaries from the people that were making $20-30k a year on the admin side of things during the lockout. This is a guy that will charge tickets to vets that served in the US military industrial complex and risked their lives when they were honored before a game, if they wanted to stay and watch. This is a guy that also too away privileges for the workers to come in and watch the game after they were done ticket punching/scanning etc. So yes, it is possible that Clark/Pioli really is THAT cheap.

2. In addition to #1....Pioli is a egotistical ****tard who still has his nose up NE's ass. Peyton may just want to stay away from that. Rightfully so....I would too. This is equivalent to you getting a job offer out of state for a shit ton of money, but would have to work for someone you absolutely can't stand, or you could take the lesser amount of coin somewhere else and be a lot happier working for someone you like. Personally I know what I'd rather do. There has been word spreading around the league about how SS gestapo this franchise is ran now. Makes players not want to come here....can't say I blame them.

Maybe Peyton holds a grudge against Pioli because of his tenure in NE.