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it would be understandable of some Chiefs fans were still a bit down on their team. But longtime Chiefs radio play-by-play announcer Mitch Holthus thinks the young talent on the current roster is reminiscent of the teams in the 1960s that went to Super Bowl I and Super Bowl IV.,Considering the way the season ended for the Kansas City Chiefs as well as the amount of holes on defense they need to address this offseason

Holthus, who has been calling the plays on Chiefs radio since 1994, said during a press conference at Hutchinson Community College Tuesday he believes that once fans recover from the playoff loss to the Tennessee Titans that saw the Chiefs lose a 21-3 lead, they'll see a roster that has as many good young players as it has in years.

"Once we get blood back in our face after the loss to the Titans, we're going to realize this will be the most talented team the Chiefs have had returning of young players that are emerging in their career -- and I went back and looked at this -- probably since the mid-1960s," Holthus said. "Remember the Chiefs played in Super Bowl I. There were (players like) Buck Buchanan or Bobby Bell or Willie Lanier... who were just emerging. That's kind of where our team is now."

Players such as Kareem Hunt, Tyreek Hill, Marcus Peters, and Chris Jones are surely among those Holthus has in mind when thinking of the current roster. But it's new starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes who Holthus singled out as having a particularly exciting future.

"Mahomes, Kansas in 1872. That's who's taking over, as I said when he beat Denver with basically our JVs, Wyatt Earp just rolled into town," Holthus said. "Wild Bill Hickock. I said it's the Chisolm Trail and we're in Abieline, with a very talented, explosive group around him. I would say get ready. I got a text just two days ago from someone who you would know but I can't say but it's a private text that said 'Get ready. Get ready for a ride.' That's what I would tell Chiefs Kingdom: Get ready for a ride."

Holthus was confident enough in the Chiefs to invite all 1,100 people in attendance at a lecture he gave earlier in the day to a Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City one year from now. There's much that has to happen before that can take place, but perhaps he has a point -- despite any concerns about the roster and how the season ended, the Chiefs still have a core of young players that many teams would be happy to have, and perhaps things could get exciting if the team can add the right pieces around them in the months ahead.

The news is shocking given that the Colts went so far as announcing, through the team’s Colts.com website,Authentic Kevin Byard Jersey, that they had agreed to terms with McDaniels and were set for a press conference with McDaniels in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Andrew Walker of Colts.com also authored a story titled “Getting To Know: Josh McDaniels.” In the story, McDaniels is described as gaining “a golden opportunity to put it all together” with the Colts. In sum, the Colts gave every indication that McDaniels was already in the fold.

Yet neither McDaniels nor his agent, Bob Lamont,Authentic Terry Bradshaw Jersey, made a public statement about any agreement to join the Colts. Their silence, especially when juxtaposed to the enthusiasm and expressiveness of the Colts,Womens Antonio Brown Jersey, seems noteworthy in hindsight.

For Patriots fans grappling with the team’s loss in Super Bowl LII, the news of McDaniels staying—and turning down the Colts—is cause for celebration. With Tom Brady as the quarterback, McDaniels’s offenses have consistently been one of the best. And among the 32 NFL teams that McDaniels could have spurned at the last second,Womens Jerome Bettis Jersey, the Colts are likely at the top of wish list for Patriots fans. The Colts attracted the disdain of Patriots fans by playing an instrumental role in the Deflategate controversy. Emails from then-Colts general manager Ryan Grigson to NFL officials about Grigson’s air pressure suspicions contributed to the NFL’s controversial decision to investigate. Patriots fans may see McDaniels embarrassing the Colts as payback for Deflategate.

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it probably would still not be enough for a legally enforceable contract.,Even assuming that two sides had reached a so-called “meeting of the minds” on the essentials of a contract

For one, employment contracts are often difficult and in some cases impossible to enforce in the absence of them being in writing. In the context of an NFL coach, an employment contract is a very detailed understanding of the responsibilities and duties of the job. Had McDaniels and the Colts finalized a written contract,Womens Ben Roethlisberger Jersey, it would have specified:

The conditions in which the Colts could void McDaniels’s contract or be able to terminate it “with cause”—meaning not have to pay McDaniels on the remainder of the contract—on account of any misconduct.

There is no indication that the Patriots engaged in wrongful behavior in trying to retain McDaniels. Kraft and Belichick had every right to negotiate with McDaniels until he would have become contractually bound to the Colts.

For instance,Womens Kevin Byard Jersey, they may have warned him that a second failure as an NFL head coach could doom his prospects for another chance. It’s also possible,Authentic Jerome Bettis Jersey, the Patriots could have sweetened McDaniels’s current terms of employment and even agreed to pay him more than what the Colts would have paid him. Kraft and Belichick could have also stressed possible downsides to McDaniels taking the Colts job, most notably the lingering questions about Luck’s health. Also, Kraft and Belichick may have gently reminded McDaniels of his “failure” as a head coach the first time around. To that end,Womens Terry Bradshaw Jersey,Authentic Jack Lambert Jersey, as explained above, that Kraft promised McDaniels that he would become the Patriots head coach when Belichick retires or leaves.

None of those scenarios would be grounds for misconduct. They instead reflect healthy competition between an existing employer and a prospective employer over a coveted person.

McDaniels had been a Patriots employee the whole time. The Patriots couldn’t tamper with the Colts when the person of interest was already under contract with the Patriots.,Womens Jack Lambert Jersey,ome have speculated that the Colts could argue that the Patriots engaged in tampering. There’s a big problem with such a theory: tampering occurs when one team interferes with another team by trying to convince that other team’s employee to join. In this instance

The Colts could instead consider filing a lawsuit against the Patriots. At least in theory, one claim might be “tortious interference”. Through it,Authentic Ben Roethlisberger Jersey, the Colts would insist that the Patriots unlawfully damaged a prospective contractual relationship between the Colts and McDaniels.

A lawsuit along these lines seems far-fetched. For one, it would be subject to preemption. As mentioned above, the NFL constitution makes clear that disputes between teams must first go to the commissioner. Second, the Patriots attempted to retain McDaniels so that they would keep their talented offensive coordinator and ensure that he does not sign with an archrival. That’s not illegal conduct—that’s being competitive in a market economy.

In anticipation of McDaniels taking the job, the Colts hired Matt Eberflus as defensive coordinator, Dave DeGuglielmo as offensive line coach and Mike Phair as defensive line coach. Although Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network reports that the Colts will retain these three coaches, these three men will nonetheless have legitimate reason to worry about their Colts employment. Whoever the Colts ultimately hire as head coach won’t be the person who recruited them. Their new boss might be someone they don’t know and who has a very different philosophy about game planning and preparation. That new boss might eventually—and perhaps sooner than later—want or even demand from Colts management the ability to hire other persons to those assistant coach slots.

Still, it seems unlikely that the assistant coaches would pursue a detrimental reliance claim against McDaniels over their situation. The fact is, they are employed, albeit with less certainty and under different circumstances than they expected. It’s also possible that they could—like assistant coaches on any team—pursue jobs with other NFL teams. They also took a bit of risk in signing contracts with the Colts before McDaniels signed. A lawsuit would also trigger a time-consuming and energy-draining controversy that the assistant coaches are probably not interested in.

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