If Jason La Canfora is to be believed, Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt was the primary force behind the team trading away their star cornerback.
When the rumor mill was churning and the trade winds were blowing, it was Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports who turned out to be correct about the news that the Kansas City Chiefs were trying to trade star cornerback Marcus Peters.
Despite backlash from fans who couldn’t believe the Chiefs would entertain such an idea, La Canfora insisted that he was onto something and it turned out to be right. The Chiefs dealt Peters to the Los Angeles Rams along with a sixth round pick in exchange for a fourth round pick this year and a second round selection next year.
Per the most recent episode of the Pick Six podcast, NFL analyst Jason La Canfora recently appeared and gave away the information that he’d received that Chiefs owner Clark Hunt was the dominant force behind trading Peters. Whether that’s because his kneeling reflected poorly upon the organization or just a part of the bigger picture that also included an altercation with a coach and a single-game suspension, Peters has been a controversial yet very talented figure since entering the NFL.
“Everything I heard is this was a mandate from the top... (Clark Hunt) wasn’t paying him, and I’m not sure he was going to pay his fifth year option either.” - @JasonLaCanfora on why Marcus Peters was traded on the Pick Six podcast.
— Brandon Kiley (@BKSportsTalk) February 26, 2018
If Hunt is responsible for forcing the Chiefs to trade away their star cornerback, it certainly fits the narrative as far as we know. While the Chiefs certainly had their disciplinary troubles with Peters, it was never so out of hand that the team should give him up for such an easy haul for other teams to match. The Rams simply switched picks in this year’s draft from a fourth to a sixth and then gave up an extra second round selection (next year) to acquire the best ballhawk in the NFL who is cheap and young.