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Disgraced Chiefs bad boy Tyreek Hill was one of the worst draft picks ever.
That according to recently departed Lawrence Journal World sports editor Tom Keegan…
Amazing how sports media suck ups can suddenly grow a pair when freed of the obligation to write home team schmooze stories. The odds of Keegan nailing KC’s hallowed Chiefs to the wall the past several years when he was passing out attaboys in Lawrence:
Would you believe, zero?
Ah, but now that Keegan is safely ensconced in Bean Town – home of Chiefs rivals Tom Brady and the New England Patriots – he flat laid the pipe to KC’s favorite sports franchise.
“NFL doesn’t need once convicted, twice accused talent in its ranks,” shouts another headline above Keegan’s column in the Boston Herald.
“Every list of NFL draft busts brims with quarterbacks chosen in the first round: Rick Mirer, Heath Shuler, Ryan Leaf, Tim Couch, Vince Young, JaMarcus Russell, Tim Tebow and Johnny Manziel,” Keegan begins. “The misses never stop.
“But not all the worst picks in NFL history were taken on the first day. Sometimes they’re selected in the fifth round, even though the scouting reports scream to run in the other direction as fast as possible.”
To wit:
“Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill, a first-round talent taken in the fifth round, was one of the worst picks in the history of an NFL draft loaded with bad choices.”
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