Jon Baldwin Traded For A.J. Jenkins: Chiefs Fans Reminisce On No. 89
Jason Bridge-USA TODAY Sports
The sun is shining brightly and it’s a beautiful day here in Kansas City. In other unrelated news, Jon Baldwin has been traded away.
That’s right folks, Kansas City was able to reach out to the San Francisco 49ers and trade Baldwin for wideout A.J. Jenkins, as reported by Reid Ferron of KCChiefs.com.
Jenkins has a stat line of zeroes so far in the NFL, but he did have a pretty good college career at Illinois. Baldwin, on the other-hand, has been the bane of many Chiefs fan’s existence. And no, we’re not talking about the villain who squared off with Batman.
We reached out on Twitter and asked you addicts to give your memories of Jon Baldwin. Here’s how you’ll remember the Chiefs’ much maligned wide receiver:
This is a good way to start things off, via Trent Thurmon:
Baldin notched 41 receptions for 579 yards and just two touchdowns with Kansas City. Considering the hype he came in with, those are forgettable numbers.
This seems to be a trend:
@ArrowheadAddict Jon Baldwin was in Kansas City? I never knew he SHOWED UP.
— Derek (@dudercode) August 19, 2013
Speaking of trends:
@ArrowheadAddict Wow that was a costly drop for Baldwin.
— JFisch (@jfisch93) August 19, 2013
Ah, now this is a good analogy:
Believe it or not, not everybody is happy with the move:
@ArrowheadAddict They really didnt give him much of a chance smh watch he ball out for tha niners. Bad move Andy
— Big Moog (@brawnco) August 19, 2013
Remember the fight with Thomas Jones?
@ArrowheadAddict one good catch that showed his potential, one fight with @ThomasJonesRB to show what we had to expect
— Casey Schaaf (@KCSchaaf) August 19, 2013
Did Jones actually respond to that?! Awesome:
@KCSchaaf @ArrowheadAddict Lol! GO CHIEFS! Miss playing in KC and living in the plaza. Great times!
— Thomas Q. Jones (@thomasqjones) August 19, 2013
Here’s another one of these:
@ArrowheadAddict Who is Jon Baldwin?
— D Mendez (@mendezbuscos) August 19, 2013
Poor Alex Smith can’t even catch a break today with some fans:
@ArrowheadAddict yeah, well let me know when they trade Alex Smith back to SF. I'll be much more happier then .
— Polleywogg (@Pernell_Burford) August 19, 2013
Another one of these tweets, just because:
@ArrowheadAddict That dude could take a punch
— ILIV4Chiefs (@Mallord39) August 19, 2013
And finally, the funniest tweet of the day goes to:
@ArrowheadAddict, Jon Baldwin... the driving range pro.
— Jarad S (@__BeLikeWater__) August 19, 2013
Not on Twitter? Your thoughts didn’t make it into the article? Sound of below, addicts.