Never underestimate the schmooze power of an NFL star…
Why all the foot dragging on whether Chiefs superstar Tyreek Hill (once again) did the unthinkable? I mean, it’s not like he’s incapable of committing heinous violent acts against the people closest to him.
Not to bore, but remember what Hill did in 2014 to Christina Espinal, the then-pregnant mother of his now three year-old son that he’s under “investigation” for breaking the kid’s arm?
“Espinal told police in December that she and Hill had been dating since June,” the Tulsa World reported at the time. “According to information given to Stillwater police, her age was 20 at the time of the incident and she now would be in her fifth month of pregnancy. She testified on Monday that she and Hill had sex during the evening of Dec. 11, and then ‘were planning on going to the movies’ when he became angered by messages he saw on her phone.
“Hill ‘threw my laptop (and) my phone into the hallway’ before ordering her to leave his apartment, Espinal testified. She said she was in the hallway outside of Hill’s room, but did not leave because she wearing only a T-shirt and underwear. After she reentered the apartment, ‘domestic violence occurred,’ she said.
“In response to questions from Payne County Assistant District Attorney Lynn Hermanson, Espinal said that Hill ‘punched my face. … When I tried to get up, I was put into a chokehold (for) longer than a minute.’
“Espinal, who at the time of the alleged attack told police investigators that she was pregnant with Hill’s child, said Hill punched her stomach ‘on the left side,’ and after that ‘grabbed my neck … and started choking me again. … He was pounding my head against the wall. He eventually stopped.’
“When asked why she believes Hill stopped with his alleged attack, Espinal replied, “I think he had a realization moment…
“In the original Stillwater police report, Espinal was said to have told an investigating officer that Hill ‘threw her around like a ragdoll. … She explained Tyreek has a volatile temper and that he thought it was OK to punch and choke her.’ ”
Naturally, the Chiefs skipped right over all of the above because they knew he’d be a huge asset to the team.
After a brief bout of criticism, local media bought into Hill’s signing based on the calibre of his play and the fact that he didn’t get busted since he joined the team.
Until now…
Most, but not all…
“His checkered past is not something that should be forgotten,” new KCMO radio morning drive host Pete Mundo cautioned. “A DUI, drug use, hell, even assault against another man, I could find a way to forgive at some point in time. But, punching your pregnant girlfriend in the stomach? It’s absolutely unfathomable.”
Yet here we are, weeks after the first Overland Park police report, still “investigating” Hill for child abuse. In fact, O.P. police closed out the initial complaint against Hill when prosecution was declined.
WTF?
So here we go again with a second incident and still crickets from the cops…
Raising ever so slightly the question of if hometown mega sports stars get a pass.
Back in the days of Joe Montana his late night escapades were infamous.
None of the local cops wanted to snuff out Montana’s playoffs prospects via a DUI.
Shoot, shortly before retired, Montana got stopped for erratic driving in South Florida just before the Super Bowl in the wee hours with a hot blonde that police told me was not his wife. And the arresting officer let him off with just a warning…
The reason being, if the officer had written Montana an actual ticket he would not have been able to keep the original – he’d have had to turn it in. By writing a warning ticket though, the officer was able to keep it – which he did – and had it framed it and hung in his home.
Make no mistake, if Hill goes down on a charge of abusing his three year-old son, the Chiefs playoffs hopes for the upcoming season will take yet another severe hit.
And don ‘t think the powers that be in Overland Park aren’t fully aware of those potential consequences.
It’s illegal to drive around with a hot blonde that you’re not married to? Man, this “me too” movement has gone way too far.
Not exactly…
The reason he was pulled over was he was driving erratically at a ridiculous hour of the night. But was he administered any DUI tests…
Wow! This is something new —- johnson county, kansas protecting a black man.
He’s gotten the same woman pregnant twice — that must be a record.
“if Hill goes down on a charge of abusing his three year-old son, the Chiefs playoffs hopes for the upcoming season will take yet another severe hit.”
– subliminal or Freud-scribian slips, as football jargon ‘punchlines’ write themselves where swiss chiefs are concerned. Speaking of other late arm breaking, drop kicking, Championship-missing ‘this is our year’ tie-ins:
Gone/unsigned defense LB Houston, LB Ford, DE Bailey, S Berry, CB Scandrick, LB Zombo, among others. Offense C Morse, WR Conley, TE Harris, RB Ware, OG Allen, FB Sherman, among others. Things are looking grim here the swiss kingdom… what else is new.
Seasons upon decades become half century, failure runs together. A more sobering reality: they couldn’t win ‘with’ Hill and the rest – didn’t have the horses then, even less horsepower today.
Thankfully, the draft draws nigh. ‘Speaks’ing of said, Veach lays yet another egg 2019 wheel o’ fortune, will go the way of Raphus cucullatus (dodo bird.) Free agency? Who will be this season’s $ammy Watkin$? (or the next Amerson, or Hitchens… inquiring minds want to know.)
KC lost at least once to every playoff team they played regular season: Patriots beat them (did so again post season), the Seahawks beat them, the Rams beat them, the Chargers beat them too. In fact, counting post season the swiss lost 3 of their last 5 games (avoiding 0-5 only due playing the AFC’s worst team end the regular season and the worst seeded team in post season (fortunately it was played in KC with the added benefit of bad weather.) Weighing merits and demerits 2019… RUH-ROH!
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Hey old man? Who won the NFL MVP this year?
Continuing…
“What to do? where to go? Do nothing and go nowhere, easy enough” – Cioran as Not Jack Kerouac’s take same swiss chiefs, this year as every, ad nauseam.
An collection ‘I’ndividuals in lieu ‘team’, undisciplined ‘me’s instead ‘we’s, massive player defections, leaving greener pa$ture$ elsewhere some, concrete grey colored confines bed check land others, perhaps.
Who can save them? Not God Himself were He even so inclined… ‘wait till next year’, part 2019, verse 50 and counting… mounting… another year and season if not reason get excited. Closest thing to God 2018 NFL MVP Drew Brees under center KC, would we stand a legitimate chance to be more than but annual pretender. Offense ours not able to hang with the better QB’s and offenses NFL, other side losing equation ours.
Elsewhere offense, another ‘big addition’: RB Hyde has been signed, an older, slower version the dearly departed Spencer Ware (he too went elsewhere, a place not named KC); that Mr.Hyde plays more like Jeckle/brother Heckle than Dr. destruction afield, par the swiss chiefs landed in sand trap again football course.)
Well, if all that is not exciting enough: D, KC? Nah, we don’t need no stinking defense.
22 sacks lost between the exit Houston and Ford combined? No problem. Something referred ‘Okafor’ his 22 sacks… over the last 6 years/COMBINED – you betcha, swiss signed him. If ever a guy was born be an swiss chief/’nother ‘okie dokie’ add their big collection, is Alex.
To help their burgeoning group of Tom, Dick and Harry’s reek havoc (sorry, ‘wreak’… force of habit, swiss player troubles) on themselves most often, that toddlin’ football town Kaycee also added a new LB: Wilson (an guy who couldn’t crack the lineup full-time Dallas, same place came to KC ‘nother stellar Cowpoke, Hitchens (you might’ve seen him getting run over(often) last year Arrowthruthehead Stadium.)
Another loss on defense not referenced earlier: CB Nelson – another starter chose to leave the sinking swiss Titanic. Again, not a problem. 2019’s ‘Amerson’ to the rescue (you ‘member Dave: he was signed last off-season, made it all the way to end of pre-season afore being Hunt’d (rhymes with punted) to the curb. 2019 ‘Amerson’ an guy named Breeland (rhymes with hum drum and ho hum); one sieve replace another… it’s the swiss chiefs way.
There, your up to the minute swiss chiefs news, presented (again) as a public service, courtesy Not Jack Kerouac. Stay tuned for more late arm breaking, drop kicking and nothing good ever happens aft midnight (or since 1/11/1970) in Kansaswiss City.
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