Actually from what I read, Reid was basically told he had no choice. Dorsey and Veech both seemed to love Mahomes, at least more than Reid.
Dorsey's influence got the Chiefs to within a minuscule offsides call from being in the Super Bowl. If Veech fails to maintain that level of success, Dorsey will also be known as the last guy to put together a championship-caliber team in KC.
Can't be sure this guy is right, but.........
If nothing else. the guy knows how to time departures/hires. Comes to KC with a championship level coach, the #1 pick and nowhere to go but up. Does more than solid work but gets let go when the cap is starting to catch up to them.
Sort of. Dorsey would still need to do well with the Browns to get credit. Otherwise most if not all people will point to Tyreek Hill being irreplaceable.
That's odd, because I'm reading that he was #1 on Dorsey's QB list, ahead of Trubisky and Watson, and that he was working on trading up 5 days before the draft -
See I keep hearing the cap was so bad, but that didn't stop their new GM from immediately going out after Dorsey was let go and backing the Brinks truck up to get Sammy Watkins, which IMO could end up being a worse contract than Bowe, as well as signing big name guys like Mathieu and Frank Clark the next season. I just don't see this as being in "cap hell" as so many people say they were in.
But isn't this from after the draft? Not saying it's not true, but no more credible than the other report.
I'd say he's already cemented his spot in Cleveland. If we win a division and a playoff game, he's already done what hasn't happened in Cleveland in over two decades. Hell we've only won 7 games two other times in the last 17 years and he did it with a rookie QB and two different head coaches, one of which is the worst HC in the modern NFL era. Unless we just get pummeled with injuries for the next 3 years, I'd say we're in good shape.
Oh, I fully agree that the Sammy Watkins and the Anthony Hitchens contracts are worse than anything Dorsey did. I actually dont mind the Frank Clark contract
It is, but it has actual quotes and a timeline of events that were recorded. He had basically already confirmed that Mahomes was his #1 guy before anyone knew what he was about to do the following year. I guess I don't see why he would take credit for it for no reason.
Shit, forgot all about Hitchens. That was an awful deal. If Clark is healthy and keeps his nose clean, it could end up being a fine contract.
You don't see why he'd take credit? How would it make him look if he said, "ya know what...I just did what Reid and Veach wanted, and really had little to do with the choice."? Not saying he didn't have a huge say, but nothing to gain by telling the truth if he didn't.
It was an awful deal but its actually possible that he might be decent next year with the Chiefs formation switch.
