Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Is Jared Allen Leaving Kansas City?

In their weekly draft Q&A, Pro Football Weekly had the following to say in response to speculation that Kansas City will move down in the draft:

"From what I'm told, there has been ongoing discussion in Kansas City since the start of free agency about shipping franchised DE Jared Allen to a number of suitors, including Minnesota, Jacksonville or Tampa Bay, in exchange for draft picks. However, if the deal were to occur, it would seem the Chiefs would want the comfort of being able to replace him in the draft. Depending on whether the right defensive end is available at the No. 5 position, a move may not be made until Draft Day. If it does happen, the Chiefs would wind up with an additional first-round pick to address their most pressing need, on the offensive line."


Why would you ever trade a guy like Allen? He may be the best defensive end the franchise ever sees. I doubt they could grab another talent like him in their next 100 tries. Let's hope the rumors are true. Allen gave our battered line fits last year. Leave it to Herm to burn Vermeil's legacy to ashes.

As an aside, the article also indicates that Denver is strongly interested in moving down in the draft. He lists Detroit and Philadelphia as possible trade suitors. Detroit is not surprising but Philly was a little unexpected. With all the demand for offensive tackles there could be multiple attempts to leapfrog to #11 or #12. Denver will likely have their pick of trade suitors.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

the chefs trade allen because they fully admit that they are rebuilding. i respect the decision and the fairness to allen -- let him go try to find glory with another team. the chefs admit that they are far from it.

and if allen asked for a trade, kudos to him for keeping it in house. chad johnson makes me sick.

Michael said...

The problem is that Jared Allen is only 26. He seems like the kind of talent you'd want to rebuild around. I think the real issue is that he'll be an unrestricted free agent next season and they don't think they'll be able to keep him on the team. Even if he wanted to stay, KC is really tight on cash right now.