Comments on: Report: Chiefs, Poe not close on a deal yet

By: sc5000

sc5000 — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:18:07 +0000

What does it say about the Chiefs chosing a player they have NO confidence in with their first round pick? Taking pot shots at Poe is just overlooking a really bad decision, if they were worried he couldn’t play, why take him at 11 when Fletcher Cox the consensus number one DT was still available. Embarassing double standard for making such a foolish pick.

By: tjacks7

tjacks7 — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:13:47 +0000

Better guarantee as little money as possible cause this guys gonna be a bust!

By: ezmoover

ezmoover — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:37:20 +0000

Poe knows he’s an overated, over hyped bust waiting to happen. He couldn’t even dominate in a 3rd rate college conference, so….

He wants to make sure he locks in all is unearned, undeserved bust money now before he goes bust.

By: prior913

prior913 — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:23:13 +0000

@ jbaxt

Math wasn’t your strongest subject I gather. 74 wins over the last 10 years does quite equate to a 5.4 win per year average.

Guess the Chiefs should have gone the route of the Redskins and spend big every year (prior to the last couple… guess they realized it didn’t work too), which garnered a whooping 73 wins in the last 10 years.

By: nflofficeadmin

nflofficeadmin — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:22:53 +0000

Actually he wasn’t lucky – he just had a good combine. Get as much as you can kid, you don’t know how long all of this is gonna last.

By: houndofthebaskervols

houndofthebaskervols — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:17:20 +0000

Welcome to Albert Haynesworth Part II.

I still cant believe this guy was taken in the first round. Hopefully Romeo can get him to live up to the potential, he sure never showed it at Memphis State.

By: jbaxt

jbaxt — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:02:48 +0000

Dontari, you were lucky to be picked that high. Either your holding out because you suck or the cheaps are trying to screw you. They have a history of trying to lowball, hence their continual bottom third of salary cap spenders. Wonder if that has anything to do with their 5.4 wins per year average over the last 10 years?

By: Patriot42

Patriot42 — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:53:31 +0000

I guess a guy has to do what a guy has to do but some agents are just after the big bucks and forget this guy isn’t a lock to be a force in the NFL.

By: txxxchief

txxxchief — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:30:17 +0000

I hope they reach an agreement soon, and get Poe in camp. He defintely is a potential bust, and that is exactly why there should be offset language in his contract. The lack of a full guarantee in his contract might increase his motivation to produce on the field.

By: redwingfan1234

redwingfan1234 — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:04:23 +0000

Be thankful for what the combine has granted you. Take whatever the Chiefs are offering!

By: tjjohnson98

tjjohnson98 — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:03:53 +0000

Poe, you had a mediocre college career at Memphis (2nd team all-conference was the best you could muster) and were fortunate enough to get drafted in the first round anyway. Sign the deal and get to work.

By: piemasteruk

piemasteruk — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:03:37 +0000

I severely doubt any of the players give a flying duck about offset language. The only reason any of this crap is happening is because agents want to show off to next year’s seniors how they got the best possible deal in each given ‘slot’. And the team contract lawyers are happy to drag it out too because obviously if the negotiation under the new RWS is seen as too easy most of them will be out of a job.

There is suddenly a wide disconnect with what the teams and players want and what the people apparently representing them want.