Middle of the Day Bullshit: one of the worst things about the Peters trade.

[Direckshun]

One of the worst things about the Peters trade is how goddamn predictable this is all going to be.

Clark Hunt will say he deferred to the GM/HC.
Brett Veach and Andy Reid will both say that Peters is a great talent, never provide any reasonable explanation as to what caused this, instead saying things like "we saw an opportunity to make the team better" and leave the rest of us to speculation.
Peters himself will say a few veiled things that will largely leave the episode unexplained.

And then a few media guys will have """""a source""""" that will say something like "we caught wind that there was this heretofore unreported incident that tells us exactly what happened" leaving the rest of us to kick each other in the dick as to whether we take that shit seriously.

And we'll never know. Nobody will take responsibility for Dorsey/Reid drafting Peters thinking they could reel him in. Nobody will take responsibility for Reid and his staff failing to reel him in. Nobody will take responsibility for them theoretically doing all they could but Peters just being too goddamn big of a moron. Nobody will take responsibility for putting him on the block and getting probably a pathetic draft pick haul in return.

JUST ONCE, guys. Just once, wouldn't it be nice if they shot us straight.

Like this:

"When we drafted Peters, we had sent Chris Ballard up to Oakland to meet his family and get to know him as thoroughly as we could. From that meeting, we came away with a comprehensive understanding of his fallout with the staff at Washington, and though that we could avoid some of those pitfalls here in KC.

Dorsey thought the risk was worth taking and pulled the trigger, and Reid and Albert Lewis worked their ass off to incorporate him into the culture here at KC. Our owner was not particularly happy with the cultural resentment that Peters protests brought, and Peters has had a few instances of unacceptable behavior in the locker room and on the field. In the end, the marriage just couldn't work.

That's why we're uncomfortable paying him $100 million, which he'll ask for and his on-field performance clearly demands. Clearly other teams agree because we could only really get one team interested in doing just that. Now that the trade is secured, we'll willingly say the return was less than his on-field talent demands, and we're going to have to do our best to overcome that.

All that said, LAR are getting a hell of a player and we hope Marcus can continue playing lights out while finding a way to discontinue some of his worst tendencies before he makes himself a poisonous commodity."

I have no idea how much of that is true, but god damn I'd sure appreciate being talked to like an adult who has willingly forked over hundreds to this team over the years, rather than a child that has to be managed.

But we never got the straight scoop on KeiVarae Russell. And we'll never get the straight scoop on Peters.

That's just the worst part of all of this, in my opinion.

[Sassy Squatch]

Its really not that hard to figure out why we want him gone.

[bowener]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Its really not that hard to figure out why we want him gone.

No shit. It seems like everybody collectively forgot about his collegiate career. Peters is now 0/2 on teams that took a chance on him. Best of luck to him and the Rams. It is what it is.

[threebag]

Second worse thing? A Direckshun thread detailing the events

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by threebag02

Second worse thing? A Direckshun thread detailing the events

[Over Yonder]

Has it ever been laid out what we got for him? I can't determine what the worst part is until I know what the cost/benefit is.

[Titty Meat]

This didn't need it's own thread.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

This didn't need it's own thread.

This didn't need it's own post.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

This didn't need it's own post.

Go on another online date to cover up your own insecurities bundle of sticks.

[threebag]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

Go on another online date to cover up your own insecurities pillowbitergot.

Shit, now you'll have New World Odor, pawnmower and Sweet's posting in this thread.

[MahiMike]

These guys are all politicians. Very few guys in the NFL are going to spit out anything worth quoting.

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by MahiMike

These guys are all politicians. Very few guys in pro sports are going to spit out anything worth quoting.

Fixed. That's one of the reasons I love the Olympics. You get pure emotion and honesty in the post event interviews.

[RealSNR]

We never did get a straight answer out of Hunt why Dorsey was fired. A simple "He sucked at negotiating contracts and managing the cap" would have been fine. But we still don't know if it was that or if it was that 'line of communication' garbage"

[Hammock Parties]

You guys aren't even trolling this thread properly.

Let me show you how:

Progressive liberal upset with lack of responsibility taken by conservative leadership over failure to properly manage outspoken, troubled social justice advocate. Film at 11.

[RealSNR]

We all need to be nicer to Direckshun. We don't seem very nice.