Chiefs Did Well For Themselves
Posted by Mike Florio on April 23, 2009, 7:59 p.m.
Heres a quiz for you. (The winners get a free one-week subscription to PFT.)
Who made the following question statement last year regarding the possible trade of Tony Gonzalez?
Nobody is going to trade a second for a 32-year-old tight end.
Was it: (a) Chiefs G.M. Carl Peterson; (b) Packers G.M. Ted Thompson; (c) Eagles president Joe Banner; (d) Jason Whitlock of the Kansas City Star; or (e) Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez?
If you picked (e), you win the prize.
Gonzalezs comment came as part of a diatribe regarding the failure of Chiefs G.M. Carl Peterson to trade him during the 2008 season.
I know teams offered a third and in the end, Carl [Peterson] made the asking price a second, Gonzalez said. Im very disappointed that he didnt go through with it after he told me he was going to try to make it happen. Ive been around this league a long time, its a business. Theres nothing I can do about it. I was pissed off about it but Ill get over it.
So now, during the 2009 offseason, the Chiefs got a second-round pick for Gonzalez, whos now a 33-year-old tight end.