Week I

Here goes the Chiefs' Super Bowl hopes.

NFL reportedly told Chiefs to 'stop pursuing' Kareem Hunt video

Ryan Young

Yahoo Sports Dec 1, 2018 6:45 PM

An NFL Network report on Friday said that neither the league nor the Chiefs had seen the video of Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt shoving and kicking a 19-year-old woman in a Cleveland hotel hallway earlier this year until TMZ released it on Friday.

The video quickly resulted in Hunt being cut from the Chiefs shortly after he was placed on the commissioner’s exempt list.
The league claims that it knew the video existed and made several attempts to obtain it, but simply could not. Cleveland police also said that they had not seen the surveillance footage of the incident until TMZ released it, as “detectives only follow up on felonies. This is a misdemeanor.”

There is skepticism surrounding both cases, especially when it comes to the NFL’s — as many find it unusual that TMZ was able to obtain the video while the NFL couldn’t.

However, according to a report from The Athletic on Saturday, the Chiefs knew that this video existed and repeatedly attempted to obtain the video. The team, though, was “told by the NFL to stop pursuing it later in February once the league began its investigation.”

Hunt continued to lie to the Chiefs

While the Chiefs quit looking for the video, due to the NFL’s instruction, they apparently didn’t take their eyes off of Hunt. They reportedly asked him multiple times since February to be totally truthful about the incident.

“I never left the room,” Hunt told the Chiefs each time, per The Athletic. “I didn’t do a thing.”

In recent months, Hunt was apparently “a highly accountable player and upstanding teammate,” even with the Chiefs security team keeping in close contact with him.

Yet when the video surfaced, the Chiefs cut him largely because he was “not truthful.”

“As part of our internal discussions with Kareem, several members of our management team spoke directly to him,” The Chiefs said in their statement releasing Hunt. “Kareem was not truthful in those discussions. The video today confirms that.”

Had he been truthful about the incident, the Chiefs “would have pursued every option available to them through the league to ensure the possibility of him remaining on the team’s roster,” according to The Athletic.

Hunt’s emotional departure from Kansas City

The Chiefs sent Hunt home shortly after the video surfaced on Friday. Hours later, he was called back to the team facility.

There, according to The Athletic, Hunt “cried in front of his coaches and members of the front office.” He reportedly pleaded for them to reconsider their decision to release him — which they ultimately didn’t do — with “trembling emotion in his voice.”

“It really felt like a funeral,” a source told The Athletic.

While the Chiefs reportedly told Hunt that he’ll never play in their uniform ever again, they did tell him they want him to keep getting counseling. The Chiefs called the NFL twice on Friday to “express their desire to have Hunt enrolled in a new counseling program through the league,” according to the report.

“The belief is that he’ll get help,” a source told The Athletic. “I do think he’ll get it. This is a guy I believe can figure it out. This will be tough for a while.”

One member of the Chiefs organization, though, made it clear who was at fault for Hunt’s release from the team.

“(Andy Reid) didn’t cut Kareem, (general manager) Brett (Veach) didn’t cut Kareem, and (owner) Clark (Hunt) didn’t cut Kareem,” a source told The Athletic. “Kareem cut Kareem.”

Looked like there were more than a couple “Vegas” games this week, starting with Thursday night and the Cowgirls over the Saints. Cards over the Pack IN Green Bay; Giants over Bears; Ravens over Falcons; Bucs over Panthers; even Chargers over Steelers in Pitt.

Not one of those I would have touched with a ten foot pole. I wonder how the Prediction Master did this week?

GO DODGERS!!!

I couldn't believe the Raiders were off-sides three straight times. The last one was the worst too. 

Haha! No. you have to admit the Raiders put up a fight with a hurt and depleted team. Carr showed alot of heart and had it not been for a missed call by the refs against the raiders, you don't get the touchdown that you won by. I think the Queefs will get beat on defense.

Or when Vegas gets enough money on them against a team and spread that gets zero point zero action. I’m going to guess against the Ravens. But Ray just might be right with his first playoff round.

GO DODGERS!!!

This time their defense cost them. Chiefs lose 29-28.