Shane Life

Since all other sports in Kansas City suck, I thought I would drop some Chiefs on you.

Matt Mosely’s ESPN.com column today poses the question, what trades would you suggest if teams ever still traded?

My beloved Chiefs are facing a bit of a crossroads this summer. They have issues with three of their 5 biggest stars: Larry Johnson, Jared Allen and Trent Green this off-season?

I know that they want to dump Green now that Huard is locked up. At least it was reported that way in the Kansas City Star. LJ’s contract is coming up and he wants a lot of money. He deserves it. Allen served jail time this off-season and will probably sit out 4 games to start the season. He WANTS to be traded since the Chiefs won’t give him the long-term deal he wants.

It got me thinking, where could the 3 of them go and what could the Chiefs possibly get in return? (This is of course assuming that Carl Peterson actually THINKS through his off-season acquisitions rather than listening to “all the buzz”. See: Kendrell Bell.)

Here’s what I think:

Green for Plummer and a 3rd rounder. Fitting to acquire the guy who couldn’t beat anyone but the Chiefs and has maybe the worst attitude possible to replace a upstanding (albeit aging) guy like Green who wants to start, but probably will be relegated to “best backup” next year. This is a longshot…I think Plummer wants to compete for a starting job, but with the money we’ve already given Huard…I don’t know if it is a competition.

Allen for Ricky Williams and a 2nd rounder. Allen would be an incredible complement in Miami to Jason Taylor. Miami doesn’t need Williams. They don’t want him. They’d be glad to be rid of him. We could use him so we could do this:

LJ to Cleveland or Tampa for their first round pick, with which we could select Calvin Johnson, easily the best player in the draft, who would immediately make an impact on the crappy receiving corps the Chiefs have continued to stick with through the past disappointing years.

Is it even possible? Probably not even close. We can dream though…