I think the Chiefs will be better in the long run for it. Pioli is trying to build a dynasty not a one year winder. Accumulating future draft picks will set the Chiefs up well for the future. I can promise you know that every Chief fan will be watching the Falcons and that second round pick next year will be the most scrutinized and examined one!

this sucks.

Tony wanted out. We couldn’t get a second pick for him last year. I’m glad we got a second rounder at all.

This is what the Patriots do! They stockpile picks, even if it is next year. We’ll still need it next year too.

is what happened to winning now and I’m glad I didn’t renew my family season tickets. What player on our roster do you identify with as a true Chief now? I can only think of Waters and his time in KC may be done too. Sad day.

I loved having Tony G with the Chiefs as much as anyone, but he’s a TE over the age of 30 who’s likely only a couple of years away from the end of his career and supposedly he’d be in an offense here that doesn’t feature the tight end. This was as high as his trade value was ever going to get and this could very well net the Chiefs a player who will be as valuable to the team as Tony would be for the remainder of his contract (keeping in mind the age).

Yes, we hate to see one of our favorite players go, but this is a move for the future and that’s a good thing.

REAL Chief fans from bandwagon fans. Trust your GM, he has done this for a while now and has a great track record. Even if the 2nd next year don’t pan out we still got a good deal IMO. This team is gonna be a contender in the very near future and you all will be dick riding all day long. Like I said..Trust your GM(Pioli)…hes good at this.

It’s amazing how quick we can turn on a GM. I have to believe that Pioli is going to do a better job then Peterson. People we just endured two years of losing with Carl and Herm. Are you telling that you are not willing to give Pioli a chance now. You have to make tough decisions like this one at times if it means a better future for the Chiefs.

What good is it to gain the whole world and lose your soul?

how Tony was all like “I only have one, maybe two years left! Please trade me! I’m running out of time to win a championship!”

And now that he’s been traded he’s all like “I look forward to making a Super Bowl run every year for the next three or four years!”

I’ll always love Tony, but I don’t like how he handled this whole situation. He gave up on the Chiefs. Pioli did what he had to do in getting rid of him.

As a team that often trades players and/or picks for future picks (They traded AJ Feeley to the Dolphins for a 2 a year later, and they traded their 1 last year to the Panthers for a 2, a 4, and their #1 this year), let me say that you’re all going to have a fun time rooting again the Falcons next year for the better 2nd round pick.

Whoever plays the Falcons will be your other favorite team.

This is the Pioli gameplan. Long term, it’s great, short-term it’s a definitely a little confusing. We say, be philosophical about it and wait and see. We don’t like the win later approach, but for the franchise it was probably smart. Tony’s trade value isn’t going up, so we let go and see what happens.

The offense has a log bigger burden now, but they kinda already did anyway.

If he is as good as some people thinks then losing Tony G will not be as problematic. Before Moss and Welker, Brady did not exactly have the all pros to throw to. He had decent receivers and good protection. Also as mentioned here, Haley’s offense does not feature the TE as much. For how they use it, Cottam will probably work fine.

We love Tony.

We love winning.

We want to win more, for a long long time.

Tony doesn’t want to wait a long long time.

We get a second round pick for a guy near retirement.

Where’s the problem here? Is it the winning for a long long time part?

This is a new year, new team, new era. Tony G was beyond question the face of this franchise, but a holdover from past regimes. Perhaps another reason for the trade is to help Chiefs’ fans to move into the new ear with Cassel being our new face?

Just a thought.

Pioli & Co. are going to be very hated upon and criticized. I for one HATE this move. I wanted him to retire a Chief. I’m as much a Chiefs fan as a Tony fan and I dont like this one bit. Tony deserved and should have retired a chief. Now he wants to play 3-4 years instead of 2?

Yes Pioli is still a to be good GM, I hope, but this hurts him more than anything else right now. I’m really not a huge Pioli guy anymore.

Here’s to Atlanta sucking big time next year for a good pick. Hope Pioli regrets this and realizes he screwed over a lot of Chief fans.

I can’t keep up with all of this!

I’m going to hold my judgement on this deal until the middle of the season.

but it does give us awesome trade package options now.

Packaging our 1st and next year 2nd, Waters & #2, LJ & #2, with a wheeler dealer like Pioli we just opened the door to a ton of opportunities.

I’m more upset that we still don’t have any first day picks besides #3.

Tony is still one of our best players on offense. What other veteran leadership do we have on offense? I can’t think of anyone, especially if Waters is gonna go too.

If we HAD kept Tony Gonzalez, we’d have been 1 2nd round pick short in the coming 5 years when a player of that caliber will be most important to us. We were going to lose Tony G. by the time it would’ve really mattered anyway. It’s unfortunate, but teams don’t usually expect to go from 2-14 to playoff caliber in 1 year. Just because it happened last year…

2009 may still be an exciting year, just don’t set your expectations too high. I predict we’ll win more than 2 games.

I’ve read in some other blogs, such as the broncos saying we went from worst to first to worst again I guess we get to prove them wrong.

Atleast I sure hope so.

I’ve decided these things

1) For your upset children; Simply tell them this – Our main Chief(Pioli) turned him(TG) into a Falcon to fly away and bring us fortune when you grow up. Make it a Native American history lesson story or something. Hell, tell yourself that little story and you may feel better.

2) More about those that think he’s the soul or the face of our franchise. Take a look at the Falcons, losing Vick they had to feel they had nothing left, but they moved on successfully.

3) We WILL NOT suck after losing TG, we already sucked.