Chiefs confident they can keep good thing going minus Tyreek Hill

The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs needed to maintain broad receiver Tyreek Hill, however head coach Andy Reid mentioned it got here to some extent throughout contract negotiations that it simply wasn’t possible.

“I really like Tyreek Hill,” Reid mentioned Monday on the NFL conferences in Palm Seaside, Florida. The Chiefs final week traded Hill to the Miami Dolphins for 5 draft picks. “There’s no rift between Tyreek Hill and myself. I believed he deserved a chance if that’s the place he needed to go. He’s a household man that has just a few youngsters and he’s obtained to have the ability to help them now and down the highway, and this offers him a chance to try this. On the similar time, it provides us nice compensation.

Reid mentioned the workforce felt like Hill deserved a chance.

“We got here in aggressive [with a contract offer], and after we obtained to some extent, we simply mentioned, ‘Pay attention, this present day you’ve gotten points you must cope with with the cap.’ So we felt prefer it was higher to permit him to go forward and be traded,” Reid mentioned, per ESPN. “You may go totally different routes with a participant. You may play hardball or you possibly can go about it the best way I did, or we did.”

Overthecap.com exhibits the Chiefs now have over $23 million in cap house, the fourth-most within the league, after beginning the free-agency interval with minimal house accessible.

“You’ve obtained to have the ability to handle that the best method,” Reid mentioned. “In case you’re paying your whole cash to a quarterback and you’ll’t encompass him with gamers, that may be an issue. So you must discover a method with a Tyreek Hill possibly that you must do away with so you possibly can replenish. That’s offense and protection. I’m not simply speaking in regards to the offensive aspect.”

Broad receiver Tyreek Hill #10 of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs catches a primary quarter landing cross in entrance of cornerback Chidobe Awuzie #22 of the Cincinnati Bengals within the AFC Championship Recreation at Arrowhead Stadium on January 30, 2022 in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. 
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In free company, the workforce added some offensive weapons in broad receivers Marquez Valdes-Scantling and JuJu Smith-Schuster and working again Ronald Jones and added security Justin Reid on the defensive aspect.

The workforce additionally signed offensive deal with Geron Christian, defensive again Luq Barcoo, linebacker Elijah Lee and broad receiver Corey Coleman in an effort so as to add depth on either side of the ball.

Within the Hill commerce, the Chiefs acquired a 2022 first-rounder, a 2022 second-rounder, a 2022 fourth-rounder, a 2023 fourth-rounder and a 2023 sixth-rounder from the Miami Dolphins. Hill arrived to Miami with a cap hit of $6.23 million this season, however it then rises to $31.2 million in 2023.

Reid emphasised his belief in quarterback Patrick Mahomes to maintain the Chiefs aggressive.

FILE – AFC broad receiver Tyreek Hill, of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, is seen earlier than competing on the 2022 Professional Bowl Abilities Showdown Wednesday, February 2, 2022, in Las Vegas.  The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs traded broad receiver Tyreek Hill to Miami for a bundle of draft picks on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, and the Dolphins are giving the three-time All-Professional a $120 million, four-year contract extension, an individual conversant in the strikes instructed The Related Press.
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“Clearly, Patrick’s a giant a part of that [idea the team can stay competitive],” Reid mentioned. “You need to encompass him with good gamers, however that’s a sticky query as a result of we did attempt to signal Tyreek at a sure value. As soon as it will get previous that, now you possibly can see what we’re doing right here with the gamers we introduced in, and we really feel they’re superb soccer gamers. So we’ll see. I imply the top result’s going to be what takes place in the course of the season, however Brett’s constructing this factor again the place we really feel comfy that we are able to go win on Sundays.”