[La Canfora] CB Marcus Peters on trade block?

Why trading Marcus Peters makes all the sense

I want to make it very clear here that I like Marcus Peters, a lot. I like what he’s done for the Kansas City and Oakland communities, I like the passion he brings to the game, and if I were the Chiefs, I would favor keeping him. He’s too much of a unicorn to let go.

For the sake of this article, however, let’s explore why I believe the Chiefs could make a case for trading him.

The first, indisputable argument is that Marcus Peters loses his cool way too often on the football field. Officially, Peters has four career unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, in addition to one taunting call. If you watch the Chiefs every week either at Arrowhead Stadium or on television, we all know it could be much worse than that.

We’ve seen Peters scream obscenities at fans in the stands, referees and opponents alike.

This season, we saw the worst of Peters’ actions as a professional when he threw a referee’s flag into the stands after a defensive holding call he did not agree with. The referees only gave Peters an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, but he jogged off the field, only to return (now infamously) without his socks.

It was later reported that Peters got into an argument with a Chiefs coach on the way to the airport, and after that, head coach Andy Reid had seen enough.

The NFL only fined Peters for the in-game incident, but Reid gave him a one-game suspension.

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Noonthirtyjoe said:

Bears stay away from hot heads.

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dreadpirateroberts said:

TRADE SCENARIO 1: Pace trades 1[8] to the Bills for picks 1[21], 1[22], and their 2018 4th round pick. He then trades pick 1[22] and possibly a 4th for Peters.

TRADE SCENARIO 2: Pace trades 1[8] to the Chiefs for Peters, their 2018 2nd round pick, and Washington's 2018 3rd round pick.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

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msadows said:

In a heartbeat. Potential for two more years on his rookie contract.

Fuller, Peters, Amos, and Jackson would make us one of the best secondaries in the nfl.

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