Now I've got to get a bit more into the therapy. I don't feel real good about what I'd been hearing about this Tyreek Hill situation. My work colleague who knows I like the Chiefs came in and told me yesterday that official government people said they didn't have enough to do anything to Tyreek for child abuse. ::Whew:: breathe a sigh of relief.
I didn't know anything about this announcement because as you know I go out of my way to avoid looking at too much Chiefs stuff -- it is just too gut wrenching far too often. Even the Frank Clark acquisition had me feeling that euphoria two days ago, yet yesterday feeling a bit of dejection thinking about when we picked up Chester McGlockton in 1998 after a 13-3 season. I thought "We're going to go undefeated now!" Sure enough we started out splendidly, then slammed into a wall. ::Sigh:: endure more ponderment. Yeah, this year feels different, but I know I can't get too excited. This is the NFL. Right now they're all drafting, building their teams for the future, and the Chiefs haven't got a 1st round pick.
Anyway, after hearing this fine Tyreek Hill quasi-exoneration news, I peeked around today at bit at Chiefs stuff and saw that some television station released a recorded phone conversation between Tyreek and his girl (wife? fiancee?) -- the mother of his 3-year-old boy. The conversation is not flattering, full of vulgarities and vitriol about what happened to the boy and what kind of discipline is or isn't employed.
Apparently the investigators couldn't charge anyone with a crime because they just weren't sure whether Tyreek or his girl did wrong here. Thing is, here we go again with the TMZ-like news organization splashing the "evidence" in everyone's faces so Tyreek may be found guilty in the court of public opinion. It is ugly, just ugly.
I honestly don't think he is long for the Chiefs. I really hope I'm wrong and this is different, but I really feel we're watching yet another Kareem Hunt episode unfold before us, yet again putting the hurt on our team. And yet again I wonder: if what Tyreek Hill was so bad that he's dismissed from the team, will it be so bad that he shouldn't be in pro football again? If so that's perfectly just. Legitimate child abusers should be in prison. Or if what he did isn't so bad, or merely that he can't justifiably be prosecuted even if he's not looking so great here, why can't he just be cool on the Chiefs without all the horrific aspersions blasted from these TMZ operations?
The ironically crazy thing is that another bit of nifty Chiefs news came out just now: Patrick Mahomes is the newest coverboy of Madden. This is not surprising, but everyone is naturally thinking about how jinxable that honor is. I don't believe any of that hokum. I do however know how much the NFL et al do do things that derail sustained Chiefs success. I've written tons about it. And I'm not just picking on the NFL. I pick on the Chiefs themselves just as much, or any guilty party even if it's Tyreek, or Kareem, or even Clark.
In fact, just one more thing -- we do pick in the 2nd round tomorrow. I've heard whispers that we're going after one of those fine wide receivers that I'm told could easily drop into our laps. I can't say I don't wonder about why exactly they'd be considering doing that. Hmm.
The extraordinarily extended Chiefs 2019 Preview -- just so much to get into this year.
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