Earl Thomas a longshot to be a Chief

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

They just said on ESPN we were on the list of teams that he could be dealt to.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Maybe you'd have a point if he shot nothing but blanks.

What has he done so far to inspire confidence?

[Naptown Chief]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Drafting is something you're either good at or you aren't. But hey, letting him try to learn on the job and waste Mahomes' rookie contract is extra-Chiefy.

I agree, but I think we're all just running in circles. It's clear that some of us are all in on this trade, while others are completely apposed. Nobody is going to change their current stance.

The important thing here is getting this thread to 5k ASAP so that those of us in favor of ET, and freedom for that matter, can get our wish. I'm looking at you Veach

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

What has he done so far to inspire confidence?

Mahomes?

[Naptown Chief]

One thousand three hundred and fifty one dag-blasted posts to go gang.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Mahomes?

Drafted by Dorsey, offensive player. Next.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Warrick

Can you add gifs if you're using your cell?

Yes

[O.city]

Do it before they play today

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Drafted by Dorsey, offensive player. Next.

A few days before the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl in January 2017, Chris Cabott and Brett Veach huddled in a quiet hallway outside of a Los Angeles hotel ballroom.

The discussion they’d have that day — about a quarterback prospect out of Texas Tech named Patrick Mahomes II — would shape the direction of the Kansas City Chiefs for years to come, though no one would have guessed that at the time.

Cabott, who co-represented Mahomes with Leigh Steinberg, was trying to convince NFL teams and draft pundits that Mahomes was more than a reckless gunslinger, someone who should be a first-round pick in the coming months. This was long before Mahomes became one of the hottest quarterbacks in the NFL entering Sunday, sporting a 143.3 rating with 10 touchdown passes, 582 passing yards and zero interceptions after two games.

Veach, the Chiefs’ co-director of player personnel, was a mere lieutenant for general manager John Dorsey. But he had long earned the trust of head coach Andy Reid, who was given the same power as Dorsey within the Chiefs’ organization, and held significant sway. And that mattered because Reid never forgot Veach’s strong — and endearingly overbearing, he’d tell you — recommendations to draft DeSean Jackson, Fletcher Cox and LeSean McCoy, way back when Reid was the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and Veach was a scout there.

So as Cox, Jackson and McCoy all blossomed into Pro Bowlers in Philly, Reid came to value Veach’s opinion more and more. And Veach, who was eager for his next score after following Reid to Kansas City in 2013, was convinced he’d found his next gem in Mahomes. He grew infatuated with the strong-armed Texan over the previous 12 months, when the Chiefs were tasked with finding a gifted young quarterback to develop behind incumbent starter, Alex Smith.

So when Veach bumped into Cabott that day, he had an agenda. He wanted to start a running dialogue about Mahomes with Cabott, another ambitious, fast-talking East Coaster in his late 30s. The two bonded easily over big dreams and a love of football, which was a prime reason Veach wasn’t too worried about showing his cards, even though another agent might have used his interest in Mahomes as a means to drum up more curiosity from other teams.

“Oh yeah, you’ve got Mahomes,” Veach said, prompting Cabott to answer in the affirmative. “We’re really serious about Patrick.”

Veach did not know that the latter sentence was music to Cabott’s ears. Everyone loved Mahomes’ gun, gusto and improvisational ability, but prognosticators still had him pegged as a second- to third-round pick, largely due to his raw footwork and the fact that an air raid quarterback had never made it big in the NFL.

But now, finally, someone else believed.

Cabott grinned.

“Good — and I’m serious about him, too,” Cabott said. “I think he’s special, a once-in-a-decade type talent.”

“Agreed,” Veach said.



But sure. Lets not give Veach any credit.

[htismaqe]

Fine, Mahomes was a Veach pick.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER.

Next!

[Naptown Chief]

Originally Posted by Warrick

Can you add gifs if you're using your cell?

Yes, that's how I just learned to do it (thanks to that super awesome mage). I couldn't, however, figure out how to post a gif in a reply on my phone

[dirk digler]

I am sure it has been discussed today but just saw the rolling news across the screen that the Seahawks wants 2 2nd round picks for ET. I say do it KC.

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Fine, Mahomes was a Veach pick.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER.

Next!

I didn't know draft picks had to be used on defense only. We've got a couple of spots on the offensive line that are going to need to be filled very soon, especially if the plan is to let all of our free agents walk sans Fuller, Jones, and Hill.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

I didn't know draft picks had to be used on defense only. We've got a couple of spots on the offensive line that are going to need to be filled very soon, especially if the plan is to let all of our free agents walk sans Fuller, Jones, and Hill.

To heck with fixing the defense then, right?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

I didn't know draft picks had to be used on defense only. We've got a couple of spots on the offensive line that are going to need to be filled very soon, especially if the plan is to let all of our free agents walk sans Fuller, Jones, and Hill.

Letting Hill walk.

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Letting Hill walk.

What?