Speaking publicly for the first time since the team traded Hill to the Dolphins, Reid explained why the Chiefs parted ways with the six-time Pro Bowler. “I love Tyreek Hill,” Reid said Monday through ESPN’s Adam Teicher. “There is no rift between Tyreek Hill and myself. I thought he deserved a chance if he wanted to go there. he does it and at the same time gives us great compensation. “We came in aggressively [with a contract offer], and once we got to a point, we just said, “Listen, in this day and age you have issues to deal with.” So we felt it was better to let him go and exchange. … You can follow different paths with one player. “You can play hardball or you can do it like I did it, or we did it.” This offer would make Hill one of the NFL’s highest paid receivers, according to Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. Negotiations for a contract extension stopped and led the club to give Hill permission to request a deal. Hill was soon sent to Miami where he signed a four-year, $ 120 million contract extension. Kansas City received five draft options including one champion (No. 29 overall) in the NFL 2022 draft in exchange for Hill. The Chiefs also received second and third round options in this April draft and fourth and sixth round options in 2023 from Miami. “You have to be able to handle this properly,” Reed said of the Chiefs’ salary cap. “If you pay all your money to a general and you can’t surround him with players, that can be a problem. So you have to find a way with a Tyreek Hill maybe you have to get rid of him. He can make up for it. This is attack and defense. “I’m not just talking about the offensive side.” Ever since Hill traded, the Chiefs signed WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling and ran Ronald Jones back. Kansas City also brought WR JuJu Smith-Schuster and signed Justin Reid’s security into the free agency’s first steps. Chiefs general Brett Veach will have plenty of opportunities to add talent through this April’s draft, now having five picks in the top 100 picks, including two champions. Kansas City has just over $ 18 million at its peak, as of March 28, per Over the Cap. “You want to surround him with great players,” Reed said when asked how the trade would affect General Patrick Machomes. “We tried to sign Tyreek at a certain cost. Once we get over it, now you can see what we do here with the players we brought in and we feel they are very good players. So, I would like to say, the end result will be what it happens during the season, but Brett builds this thing back to where we feel comfortable that we can go win on Sundays. “
