Amani Toomer Still Bitter About Being Cut By The Chiefs
by Joel Thorman on Jun 16, 2010 12:54 PM CDT
in 2010 Kansas City Chiefs Season
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PrintAt 34 years old, his skills dwindling and without a home in August, Amani Toomer felt he had something to offer the Chiefs when he signed with them. At the time, he said he was excited to show folks that he could still play.
The Chiefs apparently disagreed releasing him before the season. He said last November that he felt going to Kansas City was a mistake (the Chiefs probably agree).
"I feel like it was a mistake going to Kansas City," Toomer told Alex Marvez of FOXSports.com. "I played 13 years in a great organization like the Giants. I was in a preseason game with Kansas City and it felt like it wasn't pro football to me. It kind of made it easy for me (to walk away)."
Today, nearly a year after being released, Toomer said going from New York to Kansas City was like "going from the varsity to junior varsity."
Sigh.
Being bitter about his former teams is nothing new for Toomer considering he ripped the Giants after leaving them last year.
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It's easy to cry & talk shit when you're unemployed
So he went from Varsity, to JV….to reliving his “glory days” on tape since he has nothing now. He & Terrell Owens should get together & have drinks.
by HeatherChiefsLvr on Jun 16, 2010 12:58 PM CDT reply actions
If it was the JV team as he says
why couldnt he make the team?
by slackator on Jun 16, 2010 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Sour Grapes...
But the team he saw and practiced with in Kansas City for that short time ended up 4-12….so if last years team formed his opinion of the franchise…then yeah we are a junior varsity team I guess. Hopefully for not too much longer.
Don't Fuccop Succop
by chicks_love_chiefs on Jun 16, 2010 12:58 PM CDT reply actions
he sucked anyway once he got here so who cares..trust me ladies and gentleman this season is gonna be a turning point in our franchise…heads will be turned i guarantee it!
by ~chief_ganja_king~ on Jun 16, 2010 1:01 PM CDT reply actions
Hey Amani
Must suck not being able to cut it on a “junior varsity team”…Fuckin bum! Just mad cuz you were given a job like your boy Tom did for you!
lol dude i been sittin here for ten mins wondering wat u meant by the end of that sentence lol
by ~chief_ganja_king~ on Jun 16, 2010 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions
"Made it easy for me to walk away"?
Not feeling like pro football isn’t what made it easy to walk away. Being cut by a team and having no other options is what made it easy. Don’t you think it speaks volumes that a WR that is “beloved” by NYG fans was just cut from the team? He wasn’t even given the role of 4th or 5th WR, he was just cut. Thanks Amani! You and the other aging receivers the chiefs brought in last year was for practice purposes, you had no real shot of making the team.
I have a joke for everyone:
Amani Toomer!
What an idiot…
Touchdown Machine: Dexter McCluster
Football Prodigy: Eric Berry
The revival of Derrick Johnson
The Manimal: Tamba Hali
AFC West Champs 2011
Our New Kansas City Chiefs!
Wow. Is he really saying what I think he is saying?
Did he have an opportunity to play here and decide against it? Oh, snap! As the player you don’t make that decision. The team does. So by disparaging us as Junior Varsity, isn’t he really saying that he couldn’t make it on a JV team?
Somebody needs to tell him that words mean things.
It's not a toomer!!!
Kindergarten Cop yo!!!
Other Arenas wish they could be like Arrowhead Stadium as it prepares to turn a new Page on Chiefs legacy. Rivals think they are going to be fine on an island of Flowers, but when they get hit by what feels like a Carr, they'll never be able to eat a Berry ever again.
"Boys have a penis and girls have a vagina."
“Thanks for the tip.”
Classic.
"Crunch" Berry
"Duster" McCluster
Our mom says that our dad is a real sex machine.
I've been rapping for about seveteen years okay? I don't write my stuff anymore I just kick it from my head you know what I'm sayin? I can do that. No disrespect but that's how I am.
what a joke
Who is Toomer playing for now? Yea thats what I thought
Are we the team to beat in 2010? I sure think so! Go Chiefs.
breaking news
UFL not interested in Amani Toomer
Are we the team to beat in 2010? I sure think so! Go Chiefs.
Double breaking News:
Chris Berman is taking Toomer’s nickname back.
"Crunch" Berry
"Duster" McCluster
My favorite Toomer highlight
was the post route he ran in pre-season which he never returned from. They literally had to hold up the next down so he could get his old & out-of-shape ass on our side of the line of scrimmage just to hike the ball. Put a fork in it Amani. You’re done.
D.J. #56 - Pay The Man & Play The Man
by KansasCityShuffle on Jun 16, 2010 1:07 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Toomer: "You button hooked me. Didn't know you were gonna button hook me."
"Crunch" Berry
"Duster" McCluster
I never had anything against the guy
but come on give it a rest already you were a decent wide reciever that played past your prime why the need to keep talking still Ive lost all of what little respect I had for the guy to begin with just shut up and go away or join a analyst crew
Toomer is bum and is pissed he cant do it anymore
I was excited when he came to KC last year but Im so glad hes jobless now
This dude was never a REAL Chief anyway...
We gave him a shot when no one else would. And I mean no one. He couldn’t make our “JV” team. And this is how he repays us…by running his mouth?
Fuck him.
10 + wins in 2010. Chiefs SHOCK the NFL!!! Mark it down.
yeah, evidently chris chambers liked what he saw coming to KC....he didnt have to stay.
by SDChief on Jun 16, 2010 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
Chris could of went to a team that went to the playoffs last year and decided to keep it here in KC
yeah he never had an Arrowhead on his helmet
another reason why I like that they dont just give them away at camp. Screw this guy
Are we the team to beat in 2010? I sure think so! Go Chiefs.
Whats that say about him?
he couldnt make a team that was terrible. Maybe its cause there wasnt a bunch of thugs shooting themselfs in the legs.
Would ya like a free NANAA!
by Jazzy Megalodon on Jun 16, 2010 1:24 PM CDT reply actions
All I can say is...
Thank God we’re no longer the dumping ground for washed up players that no one else wants.
10 + wins in 2010. Chiefs SHOCK the NFL!!! Mark it down.
for real!
Would ya like a free NANAA!
by Jazzy Megalodon on Jun 16, 2010 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Who will this years
Goff, Toomer, Lelie, Engram, Thomas, Alleman, Brown be? Or are we past that.
Don't Fuccop Succop
by chicks_love_chiefs on Jun 16, 2010 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
How can I forget Bobby Wade?
Don't Fuccop Succop
by chicks_love_chiefs on Jun 16, 2010 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
It's hard...
But, I’m trying.
10 + wins in 2010. Chiefs SHOCK the NFL!!! Mark it down.
Amani, you are right. You did have a monster season for the team that picked you up after we cut..... Oh wait.
"Crunch" Berry
"Duster" McCluster
hahahaha!
I know that you're afraid... you're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin.
That was a good one!
I know that you're afraid... you're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin.
Toomer is just pissed that when the Chiefs cut him he didn't get the same treatment that Zach Thomas got.
"Crunch" Berry
"Duster" McCluster
He also had this to say:
"When I was with the Chiefs, I don’t know if I was really into it,"
Wow. It’s a real wonder why this guy was cut.
My God
Shut the f*ck up already. What a bitter guy.
I know that you're afraid... you're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin.
Toomer no longer bitter towards old team
I love the story’s headline. Now he’s bitter towards a team he “wasn’t into.” It’s tough to get old in the NFL and be cast aside, and Amani has generally been a class act throughout his career, so I’ll give him a pass at his “bitterness” towards us, and am just glad that fossils like him and Engram, and Goff, and Zach Thomas, that can’t play anymore aren’t part of our equation going forward.
tomahawk44 quote
Toomer keeps looking like an AWESOME pick up every day! Keep it Amani!
Don't Fuccop Succop
by chicks_love_chiefs on Jun 17, 2010 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions
I said i was pumped about it when we picked him up above ^..cool of you to try to make me look like an idiot though
I was excited when he came to KC last year but Im so glad hes jobless now
and the one comment I ever find me making on Toomer
except comparing a deal for Holt could be like Toomers deal…The day I made the comment as well was a training camp update and it was mentioned that Toomer continued to the teams standout WR and Todd Haley was praising him. Who wouldnt be excited? Doesnt mean Im still a fan
hey tomahawk44
who is that player yu posted a pic of??
nvr seen him before
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