Kansas City Chiefs Struggle To Control Narrative After Tyreek Hill Departure

Just a quick life lesson that applies to football and the real world . . . 

When people say there wasn't "a rift" that usually means there was a rift. There's no such thing as a good breakup.

To be fair, some of the smarter fans we know think that the trade benefited the team. 

Here's the official explanation . . .

“We felt like Tyreek deserved an opportunity. We came in aggressive and then after we got to a point, we just said, ‘Hey, listen, in this day and age, you have issues that you have to deal with with the cap,’ so we felt like it was better to allow him to go ahead and be traded. You can go different routes. You can play hard ball with a player and do that, or you can kind of go about the way I did. Or we did,” Reid said.

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Chiefs Andy Reid breaks silence on Tyreek Hill trade

PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Kansas City Chiefs and wide receiver Tyreek Hill shocked fans last week when they announced a trade to Miami. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid broke his silence on the trade Monday while attending the NFL owners meetings in Palm Beach, Florida, as reported by ESPN's Adam Teicher.

Chiefs HC Andy Reid: 'There was no rift' with Tyreek Hill

On Sunday, the NFL's annual spring meetings got underway The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida. And just as you would expect, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is been rocking a Hawaiian shirt. According to The Athletic's Nate Taylor, Reid addressed last week's trade of Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins.

You decide . . .