KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One morning during training camp last month at Missouri Western State University, Chiefs coach Andy Reid addressed the most pivotal and controversial decision of the offseason with strikingly calm assurance and a casual gesture.
Pondering the momentous trade of extraordinary receiver Tyreek Hill to Miami for five draft picks after contract negotiations became gridlocked, Reid simplified the then-startling move that will underscore both the near future and the 2022 season that begins Sunday at Arizona:
It ultimately came to “if he’s here, and if he’s not here,” Reid said, as he subtly used both hands to signal a balancing scale.
